A review by wyrmbergmalcolm
Aliens: Criminal Enterprise by S.D. Perry

2.0

The thing with Aliens stories is that they are all pretty samey to a degree. A bunch of 2d characters get quickly whittled down to the last few 'heroes'. To that end, this story is no different. Unfortunately, in an effort to make the characters a little more flesh out, they're all drug-addicted or emotionally damaged losers. All apart from the pilot, Tommy, who spends the whole tale brooding/sulking about the mess his brother has gotten him into. Needless to say, when it all finally hits the fan (180 pages in with not much in the way of build-up), I just didn't care about what happened to any of them. The focus was mainly on three characters so all the rest were barely a feature.
Simply another retreading of the Aliens formula, but this time with no one to root for.