Flirting With Disaster (Special Edition)

Advantages: Action packed, heart racing survival sci-fi
Disadvantages: There are better child actresses than Newt

...Now I’m not going to start comparing this to the original, as they are entirely different films. The sequel follows the discovery of Ripley and her story about the Nostromo disaster which is dismissed by the company since colonists have been on the planet in question for 20 years quite safely. But when the colony loses contact with Earth after investigating this story, Ripley goes back in with the Colonial Marine Corps, a gung-ho band of soldiers with state of the art weapons and state of the art attitude. Aliens and bullets a plenty here as disaster after disaster befalls the marines in the colony after they seriously underestimate their opponents and one by one the troops fall victim to the aliens. Superb effects and plot, excellent acting (yeah the characters are dumb but they look real enough), and topped off with more... Read review

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Advantages: A reminder of the 80's
Disadvantages: A reminder of the 80's

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Advantages: The music.
Disadvantages: All the rest.

...I am appaled. This is not worthy of Disney. The animation is boring, the story non exsistent, and the only thing saving the film from total disaster is the soundtrack. I had excpected more than this, and I do not think I am the only one. Disney Classics has always been of a very good quality, and this smells of just pure moneymaking. They could have done a lot better both with the story and especially with the animations. Everything is sort of hazy, as if the animators are trying to save time and ink. No, the only thing about this film is some of the music, and maybe Pochahontas's little friends.... Read review

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