Charming and brutal
This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
View MoreOk... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
View MoreIt's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
View MoreThis is a pretty epic installment to both the alien and predator franchises, even for a PG-13. I don't understand why it was hated on. Some fans of Alien and Predator may complain because of lack of gore, but they did get away with Aliens getting their faces split in half or Predator head explosions. I think it would have fared better if it was and R-rated film, but then again, the sequel was R-rated and that one didn't do too well either. I dunno why people dislike it, Nostalgia Critic reviewed it saying "It is overall worth watching." And there are tons of worse movies getting 4-star reviews, so yeah, I blame the economy. At least try it, but I do warn you, It starts out a little slow.
View MoreWell, if Bishop died, it would mean that Alien vs. Predator is not a "prequel" to the Alien quartet, since he appeared in Alien 3. However, the end of Alien Resurrection clearly shows that earth is no more, which would mean that AVP, would then have to be a prequel.One of the many questionable plot lines, that I guess could be answered by altering previous truths and intentions. Apart from that, AVP proves to be somehow the freshest of the sequels (It's sad that W.S. Anderson may have given a better product that James Cameron), though perhaps not the best, while of course, it still suffers from the same basic issues this entire franchise is plagued with.AVP substitutes a spaceship, a colony, a jail and another spaceship, for an underground pyramid, then follows the exact same overdone Alien franchise blueprint that excels mainly in under delivering.The Predator's origins on earth involving the aliens was not bad, and it's what really gives this installment some level of edge over the other sequels. The action was pretty much the same with the benefit of more advanced cinematic technologies, and the sequence of this film, in terms of how many people, predators and aliens are involved, dead and alive was not well presented. 5.3/10.
View MoreThe horrible sequels, except Aliens, should be banned from the public. really is a shame that Hollywood can't make better films with so much money and some talent around.the whole female in the lead is totally wrong and missed the point of the original Alien, where Ripley was forced into the lead.
View MoreAlien versus Predator, what's not to like? Let's make it happen: Ali v. Frasier, Tyson v. Holyfield. All we need is a serviceable premise to pit these two against each other and we're talking about cinematic gold! Well, therein lied the problem. The story around having these two iconic creatures fight was awful. An underground pyramid has been accidentally discovered and a wealthy businessman wants to be the first to discover it. He hastily assembles a team of explorers, scientists and the oh-so necessary terrain expert, Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan). Of course instead of getting to brag about his landmark find, he finds he and his team are nothing more than canon fodder for the extra-terrestrials.Between the acting and the lazily developed story I was ready to scream. For thousands of years these inter-planetary predators would every so often visit Earth to harvest aliens in order to hunt them. What!? And as a parting gift to the humans that worshipped them they taught them how to build. Really!?Look, the only decent and watchable thing about this movie was the Predators and Aliens going at it like cats and dogs. After that there was nothing to pay attention to and nothing to hold my interest.
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