Right now (as of 6/15/16), Amazon’s running a limited-time sale on every movie in the Alien franchise, from Prometheus to Alien vs. Predator, with all films in the series priced at $7.99 to own in HD. The sale includes:
Prometheus (R, 3.5/5 stars)
This film is set in 2093 and takes place in the same universe as the ‘Alien’ movies. A group of explorers, including some archaeologists, are on an “undisclosed” mission. They arrive at a planet trillions of miles away from Earth.
The team spot what they believe to be signs of civilization. They go to investigate and find more than just signs, they find conclusive evidence.
But some of them have an ulterior motive for being there, including the Weyland Corporation. They believe that this is where the human race actually came from.
Things soon turn from excitement to survival once inside their discovery.
– Written by Michael Hallows Eve, IMDB
Alien (R, 4.5/5 stars)
While returning from a deep-space mission, the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo is awakened by a supposed SOS call from a system they are passing through.
Descending to the planet’s surface, they discover a strange derelict spaceship – the apparent source of the transmission – and one of the crew descends into the hold. What he finds are thousands of strange alien eggs. While examining one of the eggs, it hatches and the parasite inside attacks him.
After returning to the Nostromo the crew takes off again to head for Earth. The alien parasite subsequently dies and all seems well again. But what no one knows is that another alien is quietly forming within its host – and when it emerges, the crew finds itself in serious trouble.
– Written by Derek O’Cain, IMDB
Aliens (R, 4.5/5 stars)
Fifty seven years after Ellen Ripley survived her disastrous ordeal, her escape vessel is recovered after drifting across the galaxy as she slept in cryogenic stasis. Back on earth, nobody believed her story about the “Aliens” on the moon LV-426.
After the “Company” orders the colony on LV-426 to investigate, however, all communication with the colony is lost. The Company enlists Ripley to aid a team of tough, rugged space marines on a rescue mission to the now partially terraformed planet to find out if there are aliens or survivors.
As the mission unfolds, Ripley will be forced to come to grips with her worst nightmare, but even as she does, she finds that the worst is yet to come.
– Written by Brian Rawlings, IMDB
Alien3 (R, 3.5/5 stars)
Despite the efforts of Ripley and the space marines in the film Aliens, an embryonic alien infiltrates the starship. It accidentally triggers the ship’s emergency systems, dropping the escape capsule to the surface of a nearby planet.
Ripley finds herself in a prison colony peopled by a religious cult composed of former murderers and rapists. Meanwhile, the alien has managed to grow into a new and deadly form, and is picking off the weaponless prisoners.
Ripley soon discovers, much to her horror, that the real danger is much more personal…
– Written by David Thiel, IMDB
Alien Resurrection: Special Edition (R, 3.5/5 stars)
200 years after the conclusion of Alien 3, the Company is able to resurrect Ripley through the process of cloning and the scientists successfully take the Queen Alien out of her.
But, Ripley’s DNA gets mixed up with the Queen’s and she begins to develop certain alien characteristics. The scientists begin breeding the aliens, but they later escape.
Soon the Xeno-morphs are running amok on the ship, which is on course to Earth. The Queen then gives birth to a deadly new breed of alien, which could spell disaster for the entire human race.
It’s up to Ripley and a band of space pirates to stop the ship before it reaches Earth.
– Written by Andrew Kasch, IMDB
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (PG-13, 3.5/5 stars)
When a private satellite encounters an unidentified source of heat in Antarctica and it is found to be a pyramid buried deep underground, a search team comprising of top-of-the-line archaeologists and engineers is sent to Antarctica to find out more.
Once there, the team comes across signs which indicate that the place is inhabited by an unknown alien species. It is not long before the aliens begin to hunt the team members.
At the same time, a trio of coming-of-age Predators have arrived to collect the skulls of the aliens as trophies, and the humans are caught in a deadly battle between the two warring species.
– Written by Soumitra, IMDB
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