ALIENS Review On "Violent Maniac's Cage"

ALIENS

(1986, USA)

DIRECTED BY: James Cameron.

STARRING: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein, Al Matthews, Mark Rolston, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller, Daniel Kash, Cynthia Scott.

This explosive sequal is on par or better than the original. It picks up right after the original where the only survivor of the Nostromo Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) some 57 years after being in a deep sleep chamber (I wonder if she had bed sores!). The ship which hosted the aliens in the first film is now colonized. Ripley along with a group of rough marines including Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn and Maria Conchita Alonso and Android Lance Henrikson along with the chief organizer of the
colonization Paul Reiser (who is an asshole in this) must go to the ship and see what is happening.

Once there they realize the place is deserted except for a little girl. Soon the aliens attack and they must fight for thier lives againist the hordes of the buggers similar to the one in the first. The good thing is that this time they have some impressive weapons and manage to stay alive for a bit longer(not much). Again Ripley is left alone but this time she has a cool weapon and a little girl instead of a cat. Weaver made herself out to be quite the 1980's female Rambo much similar to
Cameron's Linda Hamilton character in T2.

Ripley blows the hell out of the alien hives and does battle with the mother alien in some sort of cool bionic suit and does away with it in a similar fashion to the first. This one again has absolutely no
character development or atmosphere as in the first except that we already know Ripley is a strong missus, the marines are tough jokers and Reiser is a jerk although it provides a stronger dose of special effects and action that Camerons films became known for.

Camerons original Terminator was quite the film as well but don't talk about T2, who hasn't seen it much like ID4. Check out when android Henrikson is ripped in half by the mother aliens tail, quite the scene. Must see sci-fi action

Rating: 4 Skulls

Review by: Richard J. Taylor

Email: rtaylor@roadrunner.nf.net

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