Alien
“Alien” (1979) is the first film in what has become one of the most popular sagas in science fiction history.
It introduces Ripley, the iron-willed woman destined to battle the galaxy’s ultimate creature. The terror begins when the crew of the commercial space-tug nostromo investigate a distress signal transmitted from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilated mankind. They encounter a pulsating organism that attaches itself to one of the crew members and reproduces within his body to become a deadly alien. One by one, each crew member is slain until Ripley is left, leading to a final confrontation and an explosive conclusion that sets the stage for the stunning sequel “Aliens.”
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