A team of astronauts on their way home stumble upon an alien that has never been seen before...
This revolutionary “haunted house in space” thrill-ride is the classic business, stunning you with shock after shock, even when the fascinating creature is exposed in all its hideous glory. The top-notch acting (super-astronaut Sigourney Weaver) and imaginative bio-mechanical production design (with the alien created by Swiss artist HR Giger) succeed in flattering a script culled from many cult sci-fi movies, including It! The Terror from beyond Space and Planet of the Vampires. There's also director Ridley Scott's eye for detail and brilliant way of alternating false scares with genuine jolts, which help to create a seamless blend of gothic horror and harrowing science fiction. The director's cut, released in 2003, boasts a remastered sound mix and sequences cut from the original — until now only available on the Alien DVD — including a much-discussed cocoon scene." - Radio Times Review
This revolutionary “haunted house in space” thrill-ride is the classic business, stunning you with shock after shock, even when the fascinating creature is exposed in all its hideous glory. The top-notch acting (super-astronaut Sigourney Weaver) and imaginative bio-mechanical production design (with the alien created by Swiss artist HR Giger) succeed in flattering a script culled from many cult sci-fi movies, including It! The Terror from beyond Space and Planet of the Vampires. There's also director Ridley Scott's eye for detail and brilliant way of alternating false scares with genuine jolts, which help to create a seamless blend of gothic horror and harrowing science fiction. The director's cut, released in 2003, boasts a remastered sound mix and sequences cut from the original — until now only available on the Alien DVD — including a much-discussed cocoon scene." - Radio Times Review
In this sequel to 'Alien', after years of hibernation in space,
the sole survivor of the spaceship Nostromo is reluctantly drawn
into a second encounter with the deadly extra-terrestrial....
"Surpassing its predecessor in terms of sheer spectacle, this sequel to Ridley Scott's outer-space nightmare from director James Cameron is an outstanding science-fiction thriller. Sigourney Weaver wakes up 57 years after the original events unfolded, only to be told that the planet where she first met the alien predator has been colonised. When all contact with the inhabitants is lost, she's sent in with a crack squad of marines, and hurtles headlong into a hi-tech house of horrors that delivers plenty of shocks and nail-biting suspense. Masterfully controlling the tension and moving the involving plot at a lightning pace, Cameron exploits everyone's worst fears and carries them to the riveting extreme in this consummate Oscar-winning fright-fest." - Radio Times Review
"Surpassing its predecessor in terms of sheer spectacle, this sequel to Ridley Scott's outer-space nightmare from director James Cameron is an outstanding science-fiction thriller. Sigourney Weaver wakes up 57 years after the original events unfolded, only to be told that the planet where she first met the alien predator has been colonised. When all contact with the inhabitants is lost, she's sent in with a crack squad of marines, and hurtles headlong into a hi-tech house of horrors that delivers plenty of shocks and nail-biting suspense. Masterfully controlling the tension and moving the involving plot at a lightning pace, Cameron exploits everyone's worst fears and carries them to the riveting extreme in this consummate Oscar-winning fright-fest." - Radio Times Review
A group of archaeologists find themselves fighting for survival when
they discover a number of aliens buried in the ice. Their survival
rate is hampered further by the arrival of more aliens on a training
mission.
"Face-huggers, a defrosted Alien queen, rite-of-passage combat and a goofy explanation for the dawn of Man are all elements of director Paul WS Anderson's sometimes inspired melding of two sci-fi horror franchises. An expedition heads for Antarctica after billionaire Lance Henriksen discovers a pyramid under the ice. They find that the interior of the pyramid reconfigures every ten minutes and proves to be the venue for a Predator vs Alien smackdown, with the expedition's crew as the warm-up. The characterisation is nonexistent — Trainspotting's Ewen Bremner, Italian megastar Raoul Bova and 007 regular Colin Salmon exist only to explain the plot and become cocoon fodder. But at least Ripley replacement Sanaa Lathan manages to shine during the thrilling finale. Slime-encrusted face-offs between monster-movie icons are what this guilty pleasure is all about, and that's where Anderson really delivers. The epic spaceship moments and a loony twist ending are a bonus." - Radio Times Review
"Face-huggers, a defrosted Alien queen, rite-of-passage combat and a goofy explanation for the dawn of Man are all elements of director Paul WS Anderson's sometimes inspired melding of two sci-fi horror franchises. An expedition heads for Antarctica after billionaire Lance Henriksen discovers a pyramid under the ice. They find that the interior of the pyramid reconfigures every ten minutes and proves to be the venue for a Predator vs Alien smackdown, with the expedition's crew as the warm-up. The characterisation is nonexistent — Trainspotting's Ewen Bremner, Italian megastar Raoul Bova and 007 regular Colin Salmon exist only to explain the plot and become cocoon fodder. But at least Ripley replacement Sanaa Lathan manages to shine during the thrilling finale. Slime-encrusted face-offs between monster-movie icons are what this guilty pleasure is all about, and that's where Anderson really delivers. The epic spaceship moments and a loony twist ending are a bonus." - Radio Times Review