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.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.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.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 20 wins & 25 nominations total
Cynthia Dale Scott
- Corporal Dietrich
- (as Cynthia Scott)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLike most films, the movie wasn't shot in sequence. But for added realism, James Cameron filmed the scene where we first meet the Colonial Marines (one of the earliest scenes) last. This was so that the camaraderie of the Marines was realistic because the actors had spent months filming together.
- Goofs(at around 2h 10 mins) When Bishop saves Newt from being sucked out of the airlock, part of Lance Henriksen's real torso can be seen beneath the false one, emerging from a hole in the floor. (James Cameron acknowledges this error on the DVD commentary; the goof was digitally corrected for the 2010 Blu-ray release.)
- Quotes
Private Hudson: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Private Vasquez: No. Have you?
- Crazy creditsAs the final credits fade, there is the sound of an alien egg opening.
- Alternate versionsThe Finnish VHS version rated K16 is cut with 3 minutes and 42 seconds. Some gory murders done by the aliens, some acid-to-the-face scenes, and pretty oddly the entire "fingers and knife"-game between the soldier and Bishop, and just a shot of Newt in the water and couple of aliens rising up to the surface, are cut out. The scene in the movie's ending, where the alien queen rips Bishop in half is heavily cut too. The Finnish video version re-release is still heavily cut (3 minutes and 3 seconds), although it's a little more complete (at least the "fingers and knife"-game is intact). The cuts on both versions were applied by the distributor.
- ConnectionsEdited into Zeiram (1991)
Featured review
Ripley and Jones are rescued, but 57 years have past and humans now colonise the planet where the original Alien was found.
Can the Company get a crew of Marines out to the planet in time to save them? Can they survive themselves?
After being awoke from such a long hypersleep, Ripley's life is very different. The Company does not believe her story and she is striped of her profession. Even all her family have now passed away. She finds herself tortured by nightmares.
When the Company loses contact with the colony, after sending some colonists to investigate Ripley's story, they have a change of heart and send the crack Marines in to rescue the colonist but need Ripley's knowledge.
She eventually, reluctantly joins the trip as an advisor, as long as they kill the creatures they find.
When the team find that the colony is completely overrun with the creatures, survival becomes the only concern.
Strong sequel. Very different in mood, deliberately, as they move into a sort of siege story and the hide and seek of the first drifts away.
As a result this is a less effective horror story but is a very effective grownup sci-fi movie.
Although the Marines are all stereotypes, and they have the minimum required to cover all the options, they are well acted and the action is well paced.
Sigourney Weaver's second outing as Ripley allows the character greater depth and flexes some different acting muscles too. There is a believable set of relationships and dynamics between Ripley and the other characters, especially young "Newt", played by Carrie Henn. Indeed, the child steals many scenes from the more established actors.
Lance Heinrikson and Michael Biehn are always good to watch but Bill Paxton is superb as the 'comic relief' Hudson. Paul Reiser, very popular at the time, pulls in the slime as the Company man looking to make his fortune - at any cost.
The effects are good and the sets again very believable. The final showdown again grips.
Although this is a very effective sci-fi action movie it is not a traditional horror, lacking the menace of the original.
Things to look out for: nightmares, inquiry, queen alien, grunts, Newt, loads of one liners, another android.
Can the Company get a crew of Marines out to the planet in time to save them? Can they survive themselves?
After being awoke from such a long hypersleep, Ripley's life is very different. The Company does not believe her story and she is striped of her profession. Even all her family have now passed away. She finds herself tortured by nightmares.
When the Company loses contact with the colony, after sending some colonists to investigate Ripley's story, they have a change of heart and send the crack Marines in to rescue the colonist but need Ripley's knowledge.
She eventually, reluctantly joins the trip as an advisor, as long as they kill the creatures they find.
When the team find that the colony is completely overrun with the creatures, survival becomes the only concern.
Strong sequel. Very different in mood, deliberately, as they move into a sort of siege story and the hide and seek of the first drifts away.
As a result this is a less effective horror story but is a very effective grownup sci-fi movie.
Although the Marines are all stereotypes, and they have the minimum required to cover all the options, they are well acted and the action is well paced.
Sigourney Weaver's second outing as Ripley allows the character greater depth and flexes some different acting muscles too. There is a believable set of relationships and dynamics between Ripley and the other characters, especially young "Newt", played by Carrie Henn. Indeed, the child steals many scenes from the more established actors.
Lance Heinrikson and Michael Biehn are always good to watch but Bill Paxton is superb as the 'comic relief' Hudson. Paul Reiser, very popular at the time, pulls in the slime as the Company man looking to make his fortune - at any cost.
The effects are good and the sets again very believable. The final showdown again grips.
Although this is a very effective sci-fi action movie it is not a traditional horror, lacking the menace of the original.
Things to look out for: nightmares, inquiry, queen alien, grunts, Newt, loads of one liners, another android.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Alien 2: El regreso
- Filming locations
- Acton Lane Power Station, Acton Lane, Acton, London, England, UK(exterior of atmosphere processing station; interior of alien structure; cocoon chamber, now demolished)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $18,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $85,160,248
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,052,042
- Jul 20, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $131,060,248
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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