Lone survivor of the first film awakens from hypersleep 57 years later, to find that the planet where the aliens were first found is now a human colony--a colony with which contact has been lost. Accompanying the Marines sent to investigate, Ripley has to face the xenomorph once again, only this time there are a LOT of them. . .

Probably the perfect action movie, because it has action and heart behind the gunplay. And it's a pleasure to watch a film where the supporting characters all get their moments in the spotlight and aren't just cardboard cutouts there as cannon fodder.

Note: Character names are from canonical supplemental sources.