Twenty-five years ago, it was time for war. On July 18, 1986
James Cameron's film
Aliens exploded into theaters and immediately became one of the few examples of a standout sequel in movie history. Picking up where
Ridley Scott's
Alien left off - with
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley drifting asleep in the sci-fi version of a lifeboat -
Aliens emulated its predecessor with character-centric thrills and expanded upon it ...