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Alien Vs Predator Details

2004 Certificate 15
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When audiences caught a glimpse of an alien skull mounted in the trophy cabinet of a Predator in the 1990 film PREDATOR 2, it seemed a franchise was about to be born. Sure enough, comic book artists immediately seized on the possibilities suggested by the brief scene, and a number of skirmishes between the deadly foes were .. Read more

Starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner, Lance Henriksen
Director Paul W.S. Anderson
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Alien Vs Predator

When audiences caught a glimpse of an alien skull mounted in the trophy cabinet of a Predator in the 1990 film PREDATOR 2, it seemed a franchise was about to be born. Sure enough, comic book artists immediately seized on the possibilities suggested by the brief scene, and a number of skirmishes between the deadly foes were played out on the printed page. Fans have had to endure a lengthy wait for a cinematic match-up, but writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson (EVENT HORIZON) has finally delivered the blood-splattered goods in ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. Set in the near future, a team of archaeologists lead by Charles Wiedland (Lance Henriksen, returning for more ALIEN action after appearances in the second and third films) ventures towards an inexplicable hot zone detected in Antarctica. Joined by Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan) and the requisite amount of human fodder for the otherworldly creatures to feast on, Wiedland and his cohorts discover a sizeable underground pyramid. Chaos ensues as they awake the Queen alien from her blissful slumber, causing face-hugging and chest-bursting scenes aplenty. But the ailing crew has a further quandary to grapple with in the shape of some fearsome Predators, who are using the aliens as bait for their offspring to brawl with in an ancient initiation ritual. With the human team trapped in the labyrinth-like pyramid, the battle evolves into a nail-biting three-way tussle between the archaeologists and their extraterrestrial adversaries. Fans of both the ALIEN and PREDATOR movies should find much to satiate their appetites here, and with an ending suggesting further hostilities between the pernicious coupling, this one looks set to run and run.

Starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner, Lance Henriksen
Director Paul W.S. Anderson
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 37 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 37 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: French, Spanish
Released DVD: 07 Mar 2005
Blu-ray: 09 Apr 2007
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Face-huggers, a defrosted Alien queen, rite-of-passage combat and a goofy explanation for the dawn of Man are all elements of director Paul WS Anderson's sometimes inspired melding of two sci-fi horror franchises. An expedition heads for Antarctica after billionaire Lance Henriksen discovers a pyramid under the ice. They find that the interior of the pyramid reconfigures every ten minutes and proves to be the venue for a Predator vs Alien smackdown, with the expedition's crew as the warm-up. The characterisation is nonexistent — Trainspotting's Ewen Bremner, Italian megastar Raoul Bova and 007 regular Colin Salmon exist only to explain the plot and become cocoon fodder. But at least Ripley replacement Sanaa Lathan manages to shine during the thrilling finale. Slime-encrusted face-offs between monster-movie icons are what this guilty pleasure is all about, and that's where Anderson really delivers. The epic spaceship moments and a loony twist ending are a bonus.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 40 out of 55 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Enjoyable and Interesting

    I am a hard-core fan of both the Alien and the Predator films, so when I found out that hollywood were mixing the two, I desided to be optemistic, afterall, it had already been done with games and books.

    The film doesn't follow on with the Alien of the Predator films, and alot of the diologue is stolen from other films (look out for the line from True Romance!), but I did enjoy the film.

    The film is about a rich guy (who made the Bishop robot) who finds a pyramid under the ice in antartica. So he gathers a group of people (includeing the guy who played Spud in Trainspotting) and ventures towards the primid. When they get there, they acsidentally unfreeze a queen alien and the predators come down from the stars and, as the title would suggest, a big fight between Aliens and Predators kicks off. Some great bits, includeing an acid-blood spreying Alien.

    The creatures are really well done and hold all of their original charatreistics, although the Preators no longer record snippets of conversation.

    It is an enjoyable film, and the 'bullet-time' face-hugger leaps were pretty dam cool, and I would give it 3 1/2 stars, but I cant, so I'll just give it 3.

      • Robert from Nottingham
      • Posted 26 Sep 2004 17:23

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Fabulous,but too short!

    If you were not a fan of the original series of Alien and Predator films,then save yourself a whinge and don't bother to rent this movie.

    If however you did enjoy the original blockbusters then this film will not dissapoint you,the special effects are second to none which make it more visually superior than the original films.A must for all sci-fi horror buffs, the only critism i would have is that the extended version was too short!.

    Happy viewing!

      • phillip hart from Hither Green,London
      • Posted 17 May 2005 22:26

  • News and features

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    Requiem

    Alien Vs Predator sequel goes "back to basics"

    • 26 Oct 2007

    The latest entry into the Alien Vs Predator (AVP) series will be closer to the original Alien movie than its effects-laden predecessor, according to the film's directors. Speaking to USA Today Colin and Greg Strause, the two brothers behind Alien Vs Predator - Requiem, said that they hope to redress the damaging effect of a number of below-par sequels from both the Alien and Predator franchises. In particular, they claim, there is a desire to bring the dark and brooding atmosphere of Ridley... Read more

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