Aliens
Directed by James Cameron
This time it's war.
| Released | July 18, 1986 |
| Global Box Office | $183.32m |
| Budget | $18.5m |
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn... Show All
- Sigourney Weaver - Ripley
- Carrie Henn - Newt
- Michael Biehn - Corporal Hicks
- Paul Reiser - Burke
- Lance Henriksen - Bishop
- Bill Paxton - Private Hudson
- William Hope - Lieutenant Gorman
- Jenette Goldstein - Private Vasquez
- Al Matthews - Sergeant Apone
- Mark Rolston - Private Drake
- Ricco Ross - Private Frost
- Colette Hiller - Corporal Ferro
- Daniel Kash - Private Spunkmeyer
- Cynthia Dale Scott - Corporal Dietrich
- Tip Tipping - Private Crowe
- Trevor Steedman - Private Wierzbowski
- Paul Maxwell - Van Leuwen
- Valerie Colgan - ECA Rep
- Alan Polonsky - Insurance Man
- Alibe Parsons - Med Tech
- Blain Fairman - Doctor
- Barbara Coles - Cocooned Woman
- Carl Toop - Alien Warrior
- John Lees - Power Loader Operator
- Holly De Jong - Newt's Mother
- Christopher Henn - Newt's Brother
- Jay Benedict - Newt's Father
- William Armstrong - Lydecker
- Mac McDonald - Simpson
- Eddie Powell - Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- Jill Goldston - Worker in Corridor (Special Edition) (uncredited)
- Elizabeth Inglis - Amanda Ripley-Mclaren (uncredited)
- Stuart Milligan - Salvage Team Leader (uncredited)
- Bob Sherman - Salvage Team Leader (voice) (uncredited)
- Chris Webb - Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- Tom Woodruff Jr. - Salvager (uncredited)
- Alec Gillis - Alien (uncredited)
Reviews
David Ehrlich, IndieWire:
Aliens is obviously one of the greatest action movies ever made.
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An iconic spectacle that supplants the haunted horror of the previous film with a sense of overwhelming danger, Aliens unfolds like a PTSD flashback of the nightmare that Ripley improbably survived the first time around.
Mekado Murphy, New York Times:
Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien films made the transition from survivor to full-blown sci-fi action hero. She paved the way for other leading women in space, from Jodie Foster in Contact to Sandra Bullock in Gravity.