73 out of 76 people found the following review helpful:

Absolutely Loved It!

buzzgav from from London, 23rd January, 2008

I had read all the bad reviews on the internet but thought i'd see it anyway and i'm really glad i did - then i can form my own opinion! The only bad point is the acting - yeah, it's a bit wooden and predictable but hey! I felt the storyline picked all the best bits from the Aliens/Predator films and attempted to recycle them - although it wasn't done really well, it was done well enough to keep your attention throughout the whole film. There was enough action from both the Aliens and Predators and was impressive. I do think this is for die-hard fans of the Aliens/Predator films but give it a go and enjoy it for the action/sci-fi flick it is!

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45 out of 46 people found the following review helpful:

shambles

A Customer from Edinburgh, 18th January, 2008

I read all the bad reviews from the states, but as a fan you have to see these films. Unfortunately the bad reviews are all correct. This is a mixed up shambles of a film, it jumps about from one scene to the next not knowing what story if any it is trying to tell. The whole Predator v Alien thing just does not work, another stand alone Predator film would have been a smarter idea. I would suggest you just wait for the dvd if you have to see it.

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40 out of 42 people found the following review helpful:

ALIENS VS PREDATOR:REQUIEM

JonnyDay from , 25th January, 2008

I won't tell you too much but in this film the predator is like the one in 1 & 2 - sounds and imagery ripped straight out of the originals, brilliant, the aliens are james cameron's aliens hardly any CGI and sound effects are from the original aliens. The music is awesome as well, every theme from all the franchise is in there at some point. The negative, this is no where near as good as arnie's, the human characters just don't cut it, there's no dutch or hudson to root for, no memorable patter like 'fall in situation position get karnov on de hook' and of course no sign of jim hopper, but i would put it on par with predator 2 which if you consider how crap the last two alien films have been thats not bad. The gore and violence is back and the big baddie's breeding methods are horrific.

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34 out of 34 people found the following review helpful:

very average

Russell22 from , 21st January, 2008

The brothers strauss who directed the new avp film said they were gonna make a much better film than avp pt 1 and it would please fans again of both franchises..yawn..it was so obvious from the outset this was gonna be mediocre at best and it was!! I though AVP 1 was ok..not nearly as bad as some suggested it was but certainly no masterpiece and not as best as the best aliens and predator movies seperately..it was a good actioner with litle else to recommend and had the always watchable lance henrikson too. This however has a bunch of mtv actors and some of the worse editing and lighting work i've seen in a film!! Trust me you cannot see a thing that goes on in this film!!..ok so its set at night fair enogh but when the action scenes start the editing is so frantic and the lighting so dark,the scenes lose any cohesion and you miss half of what was filmed. The brothers strauss should stick to sfx and stay away from directing. I hope this is the last avp film..i can't see much of a future for aliens as all the mystery and scares were eliminated eons ago but i still believe a kick ass predator film can be made given the right script and director..here's hoping?

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no one can hear you scream at home !!!

bluehazeman from , 7th February, 2010

Alien 'no one can hear you scream in space' has been replaced by this pathetic offering, you would think that with the Alien and Predator pedigrees to work from they could make a killer sci-fi movie AVP 1 was bad enough but this one is almost comical, no wonder it`s filmed practically in the dark they were so embarrassed by it, take my advice on this one LEAVE WELL ALONE !! what a waste of a rental, muppets from outer space had more scare factor.

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Perhaps too dark and messy...

Ydnaj3333 from , 30th January, 2010

I don't hate this film in any way - in fact it is perhaps a guilty pleasure of mine. Do I think it's a good movie though ? - not really. My biggest complaint with the film is the lighting - it is nearly always so dark that I cannot tell what is going on - and we never get a good look at the famed PredAlien throughout the entire film. The performances are pretty rotten also - some of them laughable. I was disappointed by Reiko Aylesworth (who I used to like in '24') and the male leads are disposable also. The gore here is at an all-time squeemish - the hospital scenes really are pretty gruesome even for me. I did enjoy the ideal of the survivors splitting into two groups - one that was walking into inevitable death from an explosion - and the end itself poses some interesting questions and links back to early Predator films. So would I recommend it - well no not really. But for some reason, I've watched it quite a bit and probably will continue to do so....

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Didn't understand much!!

davecob from from Sutton Coldfield, 27th January, 2010

I added alien vs predator 1 and 2 to my list after watching the alien series on dvd. However i got sent number 2 before i could set priority strength. So il try to talk about it best i can. I firstly found the title a bit confusing because aliens is plural and theres only one predator, so i thought that the aliens being super intelligent life forms would have won this battle hands down. However i think as the film goes on it makes the predator seem more of a good guy because i think he only kills two or three humans in self defense i presume. The fight scenes and kills are slightly above average. Alot were like 'how can they possibly do' sort of thing and few were great special effects and action stuff. Overall this film is a cross between a teen-slasher and sci-fi film where the alien films were just purely sci-fi presumably to appeal to a younger audience, and to be honest its what any 18 year old lad like me would love. however i like to criticise hard so it was only good for me. I shall whatch the first one and find what the story is really about. For self conformation!!

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Need to finish watching this

A Customer from Huddersfield, 10th January, 2010

The disc was damaged but I was enjoying the half a film I watched. Lots of action!

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