Fifty seven years after Ellen Ripley survived her disastrous ordeal, her escape vessel is recovered after drifting across the galaxy as she slept in cryogenic stasis. Back on earth, nobody believed her story about the "Aliens" on the planet LV-426. After the "Company" orders the colony on LV-426 to investigate, however, all communication with the colony is lost. The Company enlists Ripley to aid a team of tough, rugged space marines on a rescue mission to the now partially terraformed planet to find out if there are aliens or survivors. As the mission unfolds, Ripley will be forced to come to grips with her worst nightmare, but even as she does, she finds that the worst is yet to come.
Written by Brian Rawlings
The camo pattern worn by the Marines was custom made for the movie, but due to its similarity it is often confused for one called "frog and leaf," which is no longer in production.
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Goofs
Plot holes:
The ICC hearing had been going on for "over three hours", yet it was never mentioned once that LV426 had been colonized. This seems entirely unlikely, since this fact would be extremely relevant to the hearing. The fact that people had lived on LV426 for years and had never seen an alien would have definitely been mentioned.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Salvage team leader:
Bio-readouts are all in the green, looks like she's alive. Well, there goes our salvage, guys. See more »
Crazy Credits
The ALIENS title forms slowly during the opening credits. The full title
isn't seen until the opening credits are finished, and the "I" illuminates
brightly.
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