AVP: Alien vs. Predator
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
PG-13 | 13 August 2004 (USA)
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When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

Reviews
Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Fallen Eye Well, 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.
BrickNash It's so easy to jump on a bandwagon when your a sheep, and that's exactly what happened to this movie. AvP is a solid action sci-fi film, and there' just no getting away from that. To start with, it looks great! Director Paul W.S. Anderson (the man who gave us the ONLY good video game film ever in Mortal Kombat) has a remarkable eye for visuals, and here is no exception. It's a pretty film with decent CGI and some really stunning set design.The story is interesting as well, and to address the elephant in the room, yes the first third of this film is pretty much Identical to the start of Prometheus, only AvP got there first by nearly a decade. When things kick off the action is fantastic and it's just a well made and fun film all round, plus it's GREAT to see Lance Herikson back, and he does afar better job as a Weyland than Guy Pearce.Is it perfect? No. It's not as good as any of the first three Alien films not is it as good as the first two Predator films. There's a real lack of character development and most people there are just meat sacks waiting to be killed. Some questionable representation of the gestation cycle of the Aliens is on show here and having the lead teaming up with a predator was just a bad idea. Another fault is that, even though the action is fantastic there's just not enough of it.Still, these minor quibbles aside I found AvP to be a great and fun action sci-fi film, with plenty of thrills, spills and monster madness. Infinitely better than the atrocious sequel which followed.Don't listen to the sheep. Something being "not as good as..." doesn't automatically = "Bad".
morganstephens512 I really do not have anything else to say about this film aside from the fact that it was just average, but not needed to be made at all. I do think that the soundtrack was pretty decent and there was good action scenes, almost even great. But I didn't care for the characters at all and the effects seemed almost too realistic for their own good. I know that it sounds odd for me to say that, but that was just how I felt about the whole thing. So with a good soundtrack and action, but bad acting and too realistic effects, the film just ends up being totally average.
jackdayz This movie is a good movie not because it has a Great Story, or Incredible Characters, or even gory character deaths, but what it does well is pacing, once the first fight between an Alien and Predator happens, the movie Never slows down their is always something happening or about to happen until the end of the final fight.The action for the most part is Incredible! The first fight is Easily the Best, while their are some dumb moments in the fight (theirs a bit in the beginning of that fight where the alien's flipping like a fish on the beach trying to stand up on legs it doesn't have) Though their are some Great moments in the fight such as; how the environment is used to pretty good effect.However the final fight between Lex and the Scar Predator work together to fight the Alien Queen is underwhelming because the Predator almost never does anything to the queen, although the fight uses the environment Very Well and without it they would've all died.In conclusion Alien Vs. Predator is a movie for those who want to see Aliens and Predators Beating each other up, however if you want a movie with a focus on story you may be disappointed, for me I think this movie is a lot of fun too watch.