Aliens [30th Anniversary] [Blu-ray]

Director: James Cameron James Cameron

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/13/2016
UPC:	0024543269694
Original Release:	1986
Rating:	R
Source:	BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:17:00
Sales rank:	9,657

Special 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

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sigourney Weaver	Ripley
Carrie Henn	Newt
Michael Biehn	Cpl. Dwayne Hicks
Paul Reiser	Burke
Bill Paxton	Pvt. Hudson
William Hope	Lt. Gorman
Jenette Goldstein	Pvt. Vasquez
Al Matthews	Sgt. Apone
Mark Rolston	Pvt. Drake
Colette Hiller	Cpl. Ferro
Daniel Kash	Pvt. Spunkmeyer
Cynthia Scott	Cpl. Dietrich
Tip Tipping	Pvt. Crowe
Trevor Steedman	Pvt. Wierzbowski
Paul Maxwell	Van Leuwen
Valerie Colgan	ECA Rep
Alan Polonsky	Insurance Man
Lance Henriksen	Bishop
Alibe Parsons	Med Tech
Blain Fairman	Doctor
Barbara Coles	Cocooned Woman
Carl Toop	Alien Warrior
John Lees	Power Loader Operator
Louise Head	Double for Newt
Kiran Shah	Double for Newt
Ricco Ross	Pvt. Frost
James Horner	Composer

Technical Credits

James Cameron

David Giler

Ronald Shusett

Dan O'Bannon

James Cameron	Director,Screenwriter
Norman Baillie	Special Effects
Gordon Carroll	Executive Producer
David Giler	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Walter Hill	Executive Producer
Gale Anne Hurd	Producer
John Richardson	Special Effects
Paul Weston	Stunts
Stan Winston	Special Effects
Ronald Shusett	Screenwriter
Dan O'Bannon	Screenwriter
Brian Johnson	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

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.