aliens
- Release Date
- July 18, 1986
- Director
- James Cameron
- Cast
- Sigourney Weaver , Carrie Henn , Michael Biehn , Lance Henriksen , Paul Reiser , Bill Paxton
- Runtime
- 137
- Main Genre
- Action
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Writers
- James Cameron , David Giler , Walter Hill , Dan O'Bannon , Ronald Shusett
- Tagline
- This Time It's War
- Website
- http://www.alien-movies.com/
- Franchise
- Alien
Summary
Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole survivor from the original ALIEN, is awakened after 57 years of drifting through space, her stories disbelieved by Company executives who tell her that the alien?s planet is now inhabited and colonized. When contact is suddenly lost with the colonists, Ripley returns to the planet with a squad of marines, an android (Lance Henriksen), and a Company executive (Paul Reiser) with a mission of his own. Once on the planet, no survivors can be found except for Newt, a little girl who awakens motherly instincts in Ripley just in time for the acid-blooded aliens to attack in what quickly becomes a one-sided battle for sheer survival.
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