new review at 100 Films

Aliens (1986)

Where Alien is a Horror Movie — but in space — Aliens is a War Movie — but in space. The central characters are a team of marines, as opposed to the original’s ordinary guys; where the first film’s design was dark, shadowy and oppressive, here it’s all gleaming tech, tanks and guns and spaceships and the like; and, just to underline the point, the score is full of military drums.

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Tonight, I'll post a review of Alien³, and tomorrow, one for Alien Resurrection.