James Cameron and Aliens

• James Cameron was born on August 16th 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada and moved to USA in 1971. 
• He majored in physics at California State University but after graduating he drove a truck to follow his screen writing ambition. 
• He landed his first professional film job on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond The Stars in 1980. 
• But in 1981 debuted as director on Piranha Part 2: The Spawning. 
• In 1984 he wrote and directed The Terminator which was a huge success. 
• After this he made many successful science-fiction action films such as Aliens (1986), Abyss (1989), and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). 
• In 1990, James formed his own production company called Lightstorm Entertainment. 
• In 1997 he wrote and directed Titanic which went on to break all box office records and won 11 academy awards. It also became the highest grossing movie of all time. 
• He is now one of the most sought after directors in Hollywood. 

Aliens was released in 1986, directed by James Cameron. The budget was $18,500,00 (estimated) and earned $85,200,000 (USA). It won 2 Oscars (Best effects and sound editing effects & best effects and visual effects) and had other 20 wins and 21 nominations. 

It stars Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton. Aliens is about Ripley who was the only survivor of the Nostromo and was discovered in deep sleep half a century later by a salvage ship. When she is taken back to Earth, she learns that a human colony was founded on the same planet where the aliens were discovered too. After contact with the colony is gone, she ends up getting sent back to the planet with a team of warriors trying to destroying the alien menace forever, and saving any survivors that remain. 

It has an IMDB rating of 8.4 stars, whereas Roger Ebert gave it 3.5/4 stars and gave a quite negative review: "The movie made me feel bad. It filled me with feelings of unease and disquiet and anxiety. I walked outside and I didn't want to talk to anyone. I was drained. I'm not sure "Aliens" is what we mean by entertainment. Yet I have to be accurate about this movie: It is a superb example of filmmaking craft." Whereas RottenTomatoes.com gave it a positive 98%!

This fits into the Thriller theme by the intense and violent scenes throughout, the dark element and settings, and it leaves audiences thinking & feeling mixed emotions afterwards.