
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story... all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
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Sigourney Weaver | Ripley |
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Carrie Henn | Newt |
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Michael Biehn | Corporal Hicks |
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Paul Reiser | Burke |
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Lance Henriksen | Bishop |
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Bill Paxton | Private Hudson |
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William Hope | Lieutenant Gorman |
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Jenette Goldstein | Private Vasquez |
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Al Matthews | Sergeant Apone |
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Mark Rolston | Private Drake |
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Ricco Ross | Private Frost |
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Colette Hiller | Corporal Ferro |
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Daniel Kash | Private Spunkmeyer |
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Cynthia Dale Scott | Corporal Dietrich |
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Tip Tipping | Private Crowe |
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Trevor Steedman | Private Wierzbowski |
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Paul Maxwell | Van Leuwen |
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Valerie Colgan | ECA Rep |
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Alan Polonsky | Insurance Man |
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Alibe Parsons | Med Tech |
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Blain Fairman | Doctor |
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Barbara Coles | Cocooned Woman |
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Carl Toop | Alien Warrior |
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John Lees | Power Loader Operator |
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Bill Armstrong | Lydecker |
Director | James Cameron |
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Writer | James Cameron, David Giler, Walter Hill, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett | |
Producer | Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Gale Anne Hurd | |
Musician | James Horner | |
Photography | Adrian Biddle |
Nr Discs | 4 |
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Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 533 |
Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:28 |
Modified Date | Jun 24, 2025 17:32:55 |
Story Synopsis:
With this James Cameron-directed Aliens epic, we are taken back to the creepy world of Ellen Ripley (Weaver), the only survivor from mankind’s first encounter with the Alien. This time she must face both the monstrous Alien as well as inept military men.
LaserDisc Picture:
Picture quality on the 1.85:1 LaserDisc is excellent, the result no doubt of carefully orchestrated transfers. The picture presentations reflect the dark brooding mood intended by the directors. There is virtually no video noise artifacts nor evidence of any significant degree of grain.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
Any science fiction film usually requires an array of original sound effects to create an other worldly environment and the sound design is particularly rich with both complexity and startling realism. The scores by both Jerry Goldstein and James Horner capture the sense of the vast emptiness of space in one moment and grisly human terror in the next.