Aliens
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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 14, 1986
- Director
- James Cameron
- Cast
- Sigourney Weaver , Michael Biehn , Carrie Henn , Paul Reiser , Lance Henriksen , Bill Paxton , William Hope , Jenette Goldstein
- Runtime
- 2 hours 17 minutes
- Main Genre
- Sci-Fi
- Writers
- James Cameron , David Giler , Walter Hill
- Production Company
- Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions, Pinewood Studios, SLM Production Group
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