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Aliens

Summary: Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

Release Date: July 18, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: James Cameron

Writers: James Cameron

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions, Pinewood Studios, SLM Production Group

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, CBS, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Tubi TV

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 18,500,000

Domestic: $ 85,160,248

International: $ 45,900,000

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corrupting influence of capitalism cowardice crawling through an air shaft creature creature feature critique of capitalism crushed head crushed to death cryogenics cryonics cult classic cult film cyberpunk damaged android danger dark comedy darkness death death by explosion death of brother death of daughter death of family death of father death of mother deception director's cut available dismemberment disobeying orders dissection doll doll's head door controls double cross dream sequence dropship egg elevator ellen ripley character escape esprit de corps ethnic slur exo suit exploding body exploding ship explosion extraterrestrial face slap facehugger falling through the floor famous line fear feline female alien female female hug female fighter female mercenary female pilot female protagonist female soldier female warrior feminism fictional war final battle final showdown finger gun fire fire sprinkler fire suppression system firearm flamethrower flashlight freaking out friendly 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through the mouth shot to death shotgun showdown shuttle craft siege slide locked back sliding door slime slow motion scene soldier sole survivor space colony space marine space sci fi space station space travel space vessel space western spacecraft spaceship spaceship explosion spacesuit special forces speeding vehicle stabbed in the back starship starship interior stasis stasis pod strong female character strong female lead subjective camera surprise after end credits surprise ending surrogate mother survival survival horror suspended animation suspense tail attack team action technology telling someone to shut up terraforming timeframe 2100s timeframe 2170s timeframe 22nd century title directed by male title directed by man title spoken by character title written by male tomboy torn in half torso cut in half tough girl tracking device tragedy trapped in space traumatized child traumatized girl trust vehicle video footage villain violence waiting for an elevator warrior woman weapon 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