Alien Vs Predator Reviews

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.

[Highly rated reviewer]

The enemy of my enemy... is my friend.

When a satellite belonging to the Weyland Corporation picks up a heat trace on a remote island in the Antarctic, investigation reveals it to be some form of pyramid, hundreds of feet under the ice. Putting together a team to go under the ice, Weyland leads a group that includes an ice climber environmentalist, pyramid experts, people who date stuff, drillers and a couple of really big guys with guns.

When they come to drill they discover a perfectly formed shaft at 30 degrees going down to the pyramid and take it down as the easy way. However reaching the bottom they quickly get separated by the shifting structure of the pyramid and it is all too late before they realize that they are not alone and may only be a side issue in a bigger story.

If you watch this expecting plot, acting, scares or quality then maybe best you watch something else. But if all you want is two men going 'BOSH' and 'BANG' while wearing monster suits then you've pretty much hit the jackpot with AvP. The characters are completely uninteresting and of some you don't even get to know their names. Why should you even care for the characters in this movie? None of them is likable or easy to relate with.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate the film, it's just that this was a movie with so much potential but somehow Anderson turned it into the most formulaic and average movie possible. When you have the concept of making the aliens fight the predators, then surely this should have been something special. Still the special effects are good and some of the action is enjoyable enough to make this movie still a watchable one.

Long wait, disappointing result

The sad thing about this film, which should never have seen theatrical light of day, is that it could have been something amazing. For starters, it has two of the best alien franchises ever to grace our screens, and they are locked in battle! As thousands of sci-fi fans drooled for years at the prospect of this movie (the idea came from ?Predator 2? where in the Predator spaceship a trophy Alien head is clearly visible on the wall) the film-makers should have left it as a wet dream rather than throw together this piece of rubbish.

It also has an all-star cast with an impressive collective CV. Back in the old days Lance Henrikson could have stopped an Alien or Predator in its tracks with his creepy wide eyed stare alone. Sadly, his character seems to lack the steel we normally associate with the great man (he currently has a pottery exhibition on in London, fact fans!). Ewan Bremner and Tommy Flanagan, two of Scotland?s finest, make up part of the cannon-fodder (or alien fodder) of the hapless scientific team that discover a great pyramid hidden deep beneath the Antarctican ice. It soon transpires that they have been drawn there by the Predators who fancy a bit of big-game hunting and need to generate some ?aliens? in order to do so, and the humans soon find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between the two species.

Bearing in mind that this is several hundred years before the Ripley ever took that fateful voyage on the Nostromo, it seems a shame that the film-makers took some liberties with the alien breed. For starters, the gestation period is remarkably quick ? only a matter of minutes before face-hugger = full grown alien. This is at the expense of the movie?s credibility bearing in mind the only people likely to watch this film are die-hard Alien/Predator fans. I feel they could have given us a little more meat for our money. These are ?pop-tart? aliens, sleek and black and oozing KY-jelly, yet half the time they do just look like a stuntman in an alien suit.

The Predators are the only saving grace of this film. With kick-ass hardware they are super-cool and unafraid to die. It?s their frankly human attitude to hunting, and their attitude towards their prey (the aliens) and the humans they use to breed them that make them so likeable. You almost get the impression that they are the Supreme Bloke ? out on a boy?s weekend of extreme sports. They thrive on risk and the thrill of the kill, but won?t attack unless a victim is armed (which is more than we can say for the human species) and give respect where respect is due. They are top of the evolutionary ladder which is precisely where they deserve to be.

Wrong title?

Saw this at the cinema recently and it was pretty ordinary; watchable. Going by the title, you'd expect aliens and predators kicking butt and killing each other, ummmm, nope, maybe once or twice but not what I was expecting.

However, it is quite an interesting story-line with the history of the aliens and predators battling it out for 1000's of years. The move starts very slowly and when the action starts, the movie ends before you know it. My suggestion is wait for the DVD; you might as well hit 'rent' now.

Not bad, but certainly not great.

Im a massive fan on the Aliens and Predator films. Ive also read most of the Alien Vs Predator comics and books. Whilst this sticks to the same precedents set by the comics/books (All the Predators do is hunt, and the Aliens are their toughest prey), it just doesnt quite manage to pull it off.

The script is flawed quite badly, and doesnt seem to have any continuity throughout the film. Fortunately the action scenes are very solid, and show two of the action/horror film genres greatest inventions fighting like you never imagined they could. That script does grind on you though....

In short, excellent action scenes, but a very poor script.

Disappointing

I was looking forward to the release of this movie, as a huge fan of the Alien films. The film started out quite promising but went down hill quickly. The effects were good, but they needed to spend more on the storyline. It is just about watchable, but don't bother unless you are only interested in the special effects.

It's worth the rental

I enjoyed it... does exactly what it says on the tin!

Ignore all the hopeless reviews above, anyone who was expecting a hearty storyline should've rented something else. This is a monster scrap, with some nice special effects and a well considered conjoining of the two themes.

If you need some more reassurance, just scroll through the reviews again, eliminate all the ones which are misspelled and you should be left with about two, both positive!

Although, what the hell... you've paid your monthly subscription so rent it anyway. What've you got to lose?

Terrible - please avoid!!!

I am a huge fan of both franchises - with Alien and Aliens being amongst my favourite films. I was hugely excited when I found out that the two greatest movie monsters would collide on the big screen. After seeing it - I ask one simple question - how did they get it so wrong?

First complaint - it is a teenagers films - very little blood - people looking for the gore of Predator and horror of Alien will be very dissapointed.

Second complaint - previous movies are completely disregarded. I can't say why without giving plot details away - but if you watch this -you will agree - that the makers did not respect the originals.

Third complaint - at best the film is laughable. Awful characters, truly dire dialogue, and one scene taken stright out of Batman and Robin (not the best movie to rip off).

Fourth complaint - When the fights come - it is edited to the point where it is difficult to see what action is taking place, and this action itself is far too short!

Overall - do yourself a favour and re-watch the others - then use your imagination. It is just a pity that the film-makers didn't!!!

Surprisingly good! Even for Girls!

My boyfriend had been eagerly awaiting this film for months, or even years! He had nagged me to go with him to the cinema, and I had always refused, but had agreed to get it out on DVD for him to watch - alone. I eventually conceded to watch it with him - or see what the first 10 minutes were like, and I was pleasantly surprised, and even admitted I was wrong!! I am a lover of all horror films, so was prepared for some gore, but this was not even as nasty as the original Aliens! I did really enjoy the film, and was actually disappointed when it ended. Top notch - He was right... this time!

Oh my God!

If like me you were born in the early seventies and started watching the alien series long before you were legally allowed to, first being scared by Ridley Scotts' tense classic and the John Hurt breakfast scene and then being blown away by James Camerons brigade of space marines in the sequel, (you may have even enjoyed the other films in the franchise) then please please please avoid this film at all costs.

If like me you are curious as to whether the film makers have turned a great concept into a great film forget it. In the first 20 minutes the film borrows snippets of nostalgia from the first 2 films which scream of desperation. Do yourself a favour stick with the comic version.