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aliens (1986)

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Action
Adventure
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller

Release Date
July 18, 1986
Director
James Cameron
Cast
Sigourney Weaver , Carrie Henn , Michael Biehn , Lance Henriksen , Paul Reiser , Bill Paxton
Runtime
137
Main Genre
Action
Studio
20th Century Fox
Writers
James Cameron , David Giler , Walter Hill , Dan O'Bannon , Ronald Shusett
Tagline
This Time It's War
Franchise
Alien

Summary

Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole survivor from the original ALIEN, is awakened after 57 years of drifting through space, her stories disbelieved by Company executives who tell her that the alien?s planet is now inhabited and colonized. When contact is suddenly lost with the colonists, Ripley returns to the planet with a squad of marines, an android (Lance Henriksen), and a Company executive (Paul Reiser) with a mission of his own. Once on the planet, no survivors can be found except for Newt, a little girl who awakens motherly instincts in Ripley just in time for the acid-blooded aliens to attack in what quickly becomes a one-sided battle for sheer survival.

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