Aliens
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Aliens is a 1986 science fiction film directed by James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn. It drew a wide audience and shaped its genre.
Plot
A deep-space salvage crew find an escape shuttle where Ellen Ripley has been in stasis for 57 years after destroying her ship, the Nostromo, to kill an alien creature that slaughtered the crew. Ripley is debriefed by her Weyland-Yutani Corporation employers who doubt her claim about alien eggs in a derelict ship on the exomoon LV-426, now the site of a terraforming colony. After contact is lost with the colony, Weyland-Yutani representative Carter Burke and Colonial Marine Lieutenant Gorman ask Ripley to accompany them to investigate. Still traumatized by her alien encounter, she agrees on the condition that they exterminate the creatures. Ripley meets the Colonial Marines aboard the spaceship Sulaco but distrusts their android, Bishop, because the Nostromo's android, Ash, betrayed its crew to protect the alien on company orders.
Production
Written by James Cameron, the film was produced by SLM Production Group. James Horner composed the score. Adrian Biddle handled the cinematography. The film runs 137 minutes. The crew and editing refined every shot.
Reception
On a budget of $18,500,000, Aliens grossed $183,316,455 worldwide at the box office. A critic consensus praised its screenplay and score.
Legacy
Aliens is part of the Alien Collection franchise; its influence and legacy endure in later cinema.
See also
References
- "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time". topfilms100. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Ebert, Roger. The Great Movies. Broadway Books.
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