And this Time It’s War!
Synopsis
Aliens is the sequel to the 1979 film Alien. Aliens follows Sigourney Weaver’s character Ellen Ripley, better known as Ripley as she returns to the planet where her former crew encountered the hostile Alien creatures. This time Ripley is accompanied by a unit of Colonial Marines.
The crew come to find the previous colony seemingly abandoned. The only colonist found is a traumatised little girl nicknamed Newt played by Carrie Henn. Aliens' is an action packed mix of adventure and horror. The Aliens are back and this time it’s war!
Director
Aliens is directed by James Cameron who also directed the award winning film Terminator. A fan of the original Alien film, Cameron was interested in crafting a hit sequel. Cameron drew inspiration for the Aliens story from the Vietnam War, a situation in which a technologically superior force was mired in a hostile foreign environment. In the story of Aliens the Colonial Marines are hired to protect the business interests of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, corresponding to the belief that corporate interests were the reason that American troops were sent to South Vietnam. The attitude of the space marines was influenced by the Vietnam War; they are portrayed as cocky and confident of their inevitable victory, but when they find themselves facing a less technologically advanced but more determined enemy, the outcome is not what they expect.
Cast
Aliens stars Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn and the Terminators Michael Biehn and Lance Henriksen. See cast info here.
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