Aliens

Theatrical Release Date: 1986 07 18 (USA)

UPC: 024543711216

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Not For Children, Profanity, Gore, Sci-Fi Violence, Children in Peril]

Summary: Big-budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer/director James Cameron turned what should have been a by-the-numbers sci-fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven-time Oscar nominee. Sigourney Weaver returns as Ellen Ripley, the last surviving crew member of a corporate spaceship destroyed after an attack by a vicious, virtually unbeatable alien life form. Adrift in space for half a century, Ripley grapples with depression until she's informed by her company's representative, Carter Burke (Paul Reiser) that the planet where her crew discovered the alien has since been settled by colonists. Contact with the colony has suddenly been lost, and a detachment of colonial marines is being sent to investigate. Invited along as an advisor, Ripley predicts disaster, and sure enough, the aliens have infested the colony, leaving a sole survivor, the young girl Newt (Carrie Henn). With the soldiers picked off one by one, a final all-female showdown brews between the alien queen and Ripley, who's become a surrogate mother to Newt. Several future stars made early career appearances in Aliens (1986), including Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Reiser. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Sound Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Visual Effects Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Makeup Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Audio Commentary by Director James Cameron, Cast and Crew
Introduction by James Cameron (Special Edition Only)
Final Theatrical Isolated Score by James Horner
Composer's Original Isolated Score by James Horner
Deleted and Extended Scenes

Aliens

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 05/10/2011

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DS Dolby Surround (4.0), DTS Digital Theater Systems, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 137 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Brendon Hanley

For big-budget, high-octane showmanship, Aliens (the sequel to Alien, directed by Ridley Scott) is hard to beat. While not as deliberate or interesting as the first in the series, Aliens is a wide-open visual-effects bonanza, with enough intensity and thrill for three standard action movies. Director James Cameron again proves himself more than capable when it comes to making the genre pay off. Sigourney Weaver reprises her role as Ripley, but this time she's no mere survivor, she's ready to lay waste to those ultra-nasty creatures from the first movie. She's like Wonder Woman without the skimpy clothes. The female heroine in this series has always been fascinating because of her complete ignorance of her sexuality. This is given an interesting spin at the end of this film when Ripley's goal becomes to destroy the alien eggs in their nest. A slap in the face to traditional motherhood? Anyway, too much shouldn't be read into the proceedings here. The dialogue is often horrendous, and the characters other than Ripley are little more than fodder for some impressive scenes of carnage, but this remains one of the most enjoyable action movies of the mid-'80s. ~ Brendon Hanley, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Ricco Ross  Actor 
Blain Fairman  Actor 
Barbara Coles  Actor 
Al Matthews  Actor 
John Lees  Actor 
Carl Toop  Actor 
Colette Hiller  Actor 
Mark Rolston  Actor 
Valerie Colgan  Actor 
Alan Polonsky  Actor 
Tip Tipping  Actor 
Daniel Kash  Actor 
Kiran Shah  Actor 
Louise Head  Actor 
Alibe Parsons  Actor 
Paul Maxwell  Actor 
Trevor Steedman  Actor 
Cynthia Scott  Actor 
James Cameron  Director 
James Cameron  Screenwriter 
Gordon Carroll  Executive Producer 
David Giler  Executive Producer 
Walter Hill  Executive Producer 
James Horner  Composer (Music Score) 
Gale Anne Hurd  Producer 
Sigourney Weaver  Actor 
Carrie Henn  Actor 
Michael Biehn  Actor 
Lance Henriksen  Actor 
Paul Reiser  Actor 
Jenette Goldstein  Actor 
Bill Paxton  Actor 
William Hope  Actor 

Country: USA