Michael Biehn has appeared in enough classics that it probably takes quite a lot to genuinely blow him away. This is a man who brought us films like The Terminator, Aliens, TheAbyss and Tombstone, all of which certainly aren’t a bad selection to have on your résumé, after all. So, when this man says something exciting about a movie yet to come out? That makes you sit up, and it makes him difficult to ignore.
Biehn will soon appear in Onslaught, the newest film from Adam Wingard. And he’s not merely telling audiences that the movie is good, either. Speaking exclusively with Collider, Biehn made perhaps the biggest comparison possible for the upcoming action-horror movie: watching the finished Onslaught gave him the same feeling he remembers having when he first saw Aliens.
Biehn had already described Onslaught as possessing the same “frantic energy” as The Terminator, while comparing its overall flavor to a combination of Wingard’s The Guestand Terminator 2: Judgment Day. But his reaction to actually seeing the finished movie went much further, because when sked what he hopes audiences will think when they leave the cinema, Biehn gave us an answer that made his hopes for Onslaught — and its future — pretty clear:
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“I’d like them to walk away thinking two things. First, I’d watch that again. And second, I can’t wait for the sequel.”
So if you weren’t already excited about a movie audiences haven’t even seen yet, Biehn’s enthusiasm should hopefully sell you on it. But his enthusiasm was just as intense when he discussed the first time he saw the film.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
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🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
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You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
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The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
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You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
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Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
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The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Michael Biehn Thinks ‘Onslaught’ Is as Good as ‘Aliens’
“I kind of had the same feelings I had when I saw Aliens. I just didn’t have Bill Paxton in there next to me to high five with,” Biehn recalled watching Onslaught alongside Wingard and immediately jumping from his chair once the movie ended.
“Oh my God, you fucking did it, Adam! You fucking did it, Jesus! This is fucking amazing.”
Considering Biehn’s history with Aliens — and his insistence elsewhere in our conversation that it’s James Cameron’s best film — that’s an endorsement that could carry the movie on wings. Wingard has clearly made something that’s about to hit us hard and leave us wanting more. And if audiences come away feeling the same way, Biehn is already looking several steps ahead: he wants them ready to watch it all over again and immediately demanding Onslaught 2.
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