What's scarier than a man-eating, acid-bleeding, stomach-tearing, vicious alien? Answer: a whole bunch of 'em.
So when Sigourney Weaver returns to LV-426 with a gang of macho military-types, all hell breaks loose, as a man vs. alien war begins, and it's to the death.
Director James ('The Terminator') Cameron returns with another rip-roaring actioner, as enjoyable and satisfying as they come.
There's an unexpectedly high quality cast on display here to compete against the tremendous effects - Michael ('The Terminator') Biehn, Bill ('Near Dark') Paxton, and Lance ('Pumpkinhead') Henriksen (as an android) all face the prospect of face-huggings and bell-bustings. 'Alien 3', the lesser of the series, followed in 1992.