Alien was a ground breaking movie and film making at its best. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I love this film (unlike its immediate sequel, which is ace!) but it definately tugs at the heart strings. Based on concept and delivery alone, this film scores five stars. The cast and crew do an absolutely superb job of pulling together a story that has thrills, action and edge of the seat suspense. This is definately what Sigourney Weaver went to acting school for, and she totally sold herself out in some of her recent stuff.

Some might say the moderately slow start to the movie is boring and enough to develop an underlying grudge that will ultimately put you off the entire film, but if you can overlook that this film is a real winner and worth watching, if anything, to see what all the fuss is about.

I bought the two disc special edition for my collection as it was a mere £6.99 on play.com and as this is the predecessor to what remains one of my favourite films of all time, I had to have it.