Simply brilliant. I am torn between this and Black Hawk Down as my favourite film of all time, and whilst I struggle to qualify why I praise Black Hawk Down, I can sing the praises of Aliens for days. It’s simply the ultimate sci-fi, horror and action flick.

It’s in the fortunate position of be being a sequel and as such the story is set up and ready to go from the first minute. It’s long too with a runtime of well over 2 hours on the extended edition.

This movie is almost as old as I am and goes to show that modern film making techniques might provide a quick thrill but don’t have anywhere near the longivity.

The marines are badass, the aliens are even more badass. The only slight pitfall is having an annoying little blonde girl as one of the lead characters.