We went ahead and saw “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem” today, fully knowing it probably wouldn’t live up to its predecessor, “Alien vs Predator” (which is saying a lot, as the first one wasn’t all that good, anyway…). This one picks up where the previous left off, with a “Predalien” (Predator/Alien hybrid) taking over the ship, causing it to crash-land on Earth in Colorado. Then, as one could surmise…the Aliens and Predators fight it out and a lot of people die with lots of explosions…
The acting was better than to be expected, and the effects were decent. In all honesty, I would have preferred more elaborate fight scenes. Much like the previous iterations, the action took place in darkness, so any fighting was somewhat difficult to see.
Overall, the movie was decent, and about as good as the previous one. That, and the “Predalien” was pretty badass… 😉 If you liked the other one, this one’s likely worth your time. If you are expecting the thrills and chills of better fare, such as “Alien,” “Aliens” and “Predator,” you may want to rent the DVD(s).
What possesses you to go watch movies that rate at an impressive 15% on rotten tomatoes?
Well, “AVP” was 22%…I guess they didn’t improve much on the original…
I too was once suckered into seeing the original Alien vs Predator despite its awful reviews on rotten tomatoes (at the dollar movie though, at least).
I have to say that it was the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. Yup, the worst. Not only was it the corniest cheesist piece of crap i’ve ever seen, but it also took pleasure in destroying two terrific franchies by making the aliens and predators completely suck. Oh yeah, the predator is going to be buds with the human? Yeah, that’s absurd. I did a blog on that movie with all the descrepancies in “abilities” of the Aliens and Predators that AVP completely hosed up, but it is apparently down now. Sad. Andy – I can’t believe you would see the sequal to such a terrible movie. How could you throw money at garbage like that.
Rankings of the movies:
1) Alien 2 (awesome, one of the best sci-fi’s ever)
2) Alien (great)
3) Predator (great)
4) Predator 2 (very underrated and good in my opinion)
5) Alien 3 (crap but still somewhat of a guilty pleasure)
6) Alien Resurrection (absolute crap I almost never watch)
7) Alien vs Predator (I would rather shoot myself in the face than see this again)