Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
Large Photo	Starring: Steven Pasquale MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: 20th Century Fox Running Time: 94 minutes Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 15902 Average Customer Rating: UPC: 024543508090 List price: $29.99	Save 33% off list price Price Range: $19.99 - $29.99

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On Earth everyone can hear you scream, especially when a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters-and producing countless Alien offspring-with terrifying efficiency. When a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation, it's an all-out battle to the death with no rules, no mercy, and hundreds of innocent people caught in the crossfire. As the creature carnage continues, a handful of human survivors attempt a daring escape, but the U.S. government may be hatching a deadly plan of its own...

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  For those who found 2004's Aliens vs. Predator too lightweight in the gore-and-guns department, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem offers a marked improvement in both categories, as well as a respectable amount of rumbles between the title extraterrestrials. Set in the 21st century (which predates the story to all of the Alien features), Requiem sends a crippled Predator ship crashing to Earth in a small Colorado town; unbeknownst to the locals, the craft is loaded with H.R. Giger's insectoid monsters, which make quick work of most of the population. As the human cast is slowly whittled to a few hardy (if unmemorable) souls, a Predator warrior also arrives to complicate matters and do battle with the Aliens, as well as a ferocious alien-Predator hybrid (dubbed a Predalien by the sci-fi and horror press). Visual-effects designers and music-video helmers The Strause Brothers (who make their feature directorial debut here) keep the action on frantic throughout, which is wise, since the dialogue and characters are threadbare at best; that should matter little to teenage male viewers, who are inarguably the film's key audience. Fans of the Alien franchise, however, may find the offhanded nod to the series' mythology given during the finale its sole saving grace. --Paul Gaita

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A More Likable Predator -	Aliens vs. Predator DVD Review
In AVP:REQUIEM, the audience sees that a transformation has occurred in the character of the Predator. While the Alien remains the same mindless gore hungry killer that Sigourney Weaver first encountered in the original, the Predator has slowly begun to morph from the skull collecting trophy hunter that Arnold Schwarzenegger faced to a hunter that has a purpose over and above killing its prey. With each Predator sequel, we learn a bit more about what motivates the species. To begin with, for the first time we see its home world. As the last sequel AVP ended, a dead Predator was headed home when an Alien burst from its incubated host, thus beginning this movie. His vessel crashes back to earth and a message is sent to the Predator home world. What is of interest is that in previous Predator films, the Predators share one trait with our own Navy Seals: they will not let one of their own fall into the hands of the enemy. A Predator undertakes a solo mission to bring back or avenge the death of his comrade. Thus, the focus of the movie is less on the plight of the beleagured humans and more on whether the avenging Predator will succeed. We care very little for the human beings since they are nearly faceless and interchangeable. There are no Sigourney Weavers to make us care about their collective fate. A entire town in picked off one by one. Further, for the umpteenth time we are told that a heartless and shadowy government has its own means to contain the threat, one that deals more with eliminating it than rescuing the threatened townspeople. By default, the focus of attention in on the sole Predator's mission. There is plenty of gore, including even a disturbing scene in which an Alien enters a hospital nursery to find rows of unguarded and helpless human babies and heavily pregnant mothers. Such scenes add little to the forward thrust of the film since we have been thoroughly desensitized by the mass spilling of blood by those whom we have not had time to know. The mission of the Predator is what holds the film's disparate parts together. To the Predator, humanity is unimportant except insofar as to provide an opportunity to clean up the mess left by his erstwhile comrade. This Predator is much like any celluloid hero. He fearlessly faces staggering odds and in one scene performs in a way that reminded me of Errol Flynn in THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON as Flynn faces an oncoming Souix horde with no bullets and can do little else than draw his saber to face his fate. I came close to cheering this Predator but the level of interchangeable human deaths led me to accept the view that AVP:REQUIEM was little more than an excuse to give a slightly different tack to a series that is rapidly running out of reasons for further sequels.
Not Great, But Better Than the First AVP -	Aliens vs. Predator DVD Review
The bare bones of AVP-R is the Predator ship carrying the Pred-alien from the first AVP crashes back to Earth, and the mayhem that always accompanies Aliens trying to make babies ensues. Cue face-huggers. Cue bursting chest scenes. Cue clueless humans. Much running. Much screaming. Not much that is new. Except the Pred-alien, and the Predator with a Purpose. What do you get when you cross an Alien, and a Predator? An Alien with quasi-dreadlocks and the ability to scare, intimidate, and/or command the other Aliens. Pred-alien. What do you get when Aliens over run the (at least, one of the) Predators' favorite hunting grounds? According to AVP-R: a Predator whose purpose is similar to a "cleaner" in organized crime - get rid of the evidence at all costs. The actor playing this Predator, while wearing pounds of prosthetics, manages to out act all the other actors. He is introduced with a clinical, almost bored, attitude towards his pending Alien clean-up. As the movie progresses Ian Whyte - the actor portraying the Predator - successfully projects the surprise at the discovery of the Pred-Alien; determination to eradicate the Aliens; frustration at being unable to quickly wipe out the Aliens; and at the end, total primal fury while fighting to the death with the Pred-Alien. Kudos to Mr. Whyte. The humans in AVP-R were simply fodder for the Aliens and the Predator. The acting is as one-dimensional as the cliched characters: unsure sheriff; bad boy come home; brother to bad boy; and solider returning from war, almost a stranger to family. Yeah... I wasn't surprised to learn that the film's directors have experience making music videos. "Music Video" came to mind as I watched AVP-R, primarily during Alien/Pred-alien/Predator action scenes. Various moments lasting a few seconds, pasted together to give an impression, rather than a start to finish action scene. Very bad lighting, as well. The directors' lack of theatrical experience is very evident in the scenes of "horror and carnage" which usually induce mocking laughter, instead of chills. To try and make up for the lack of skillfully done horror, the directors have the Aliens take out anybody, and everybody - babies, children, pregnant women, not pregnant women, men. The only things that weren't attacked by the Aliens were kittens, and teddy bears. Or, they were, and the scenes were edited out. Arguably, the directors respected much of the Alien (except when it came to making baby Aliens) and Predator canon, and seemed to have passion for the characters, but they (the directors) just didn't have the experience to express it well on the screen. I'm hoping that their film making experience, and expertise, will eventually catch up to their passion. Is this a good movie? Only when the Predator is on screen, despite the badly shot, and lit, fight scenes. Overall, AVP-R is much better than the first AVP. The first AVP is pretty to look at, but has no passion or purpose, other than to seemingly indulge Paul Anderson, as he thumbs his nose at all those who are not Paul Anderson. AVP-R is not very pretty to look at, but it's hard not to feel the director's passion for the Aliens, and the Predators. Definitely worth a look, but not if you have to pay full price. Wait for a sale. A really, really good sale. The fast forward button is your friend with this DVD.
very bad script -	Aliens vs. Predator DVD Review
Very bad script. In the previous AVP, there were several Predators on the ship. The ship should not crash back to the earth. If it's another ship, after the crash, only aliens can survive?! Why only one predator came to do the clean up job?!The whole movie is shown in dark background and make it not enjoyable.Don't buy this movie, just rent it.
Not a bad movie! -	Aliens vs. Predator DVD Review
first off AVP R is a lot better than the original. I perferd the R rating over the PG-13.(It dident really matter there were like[...] kids watching it with there parents when i saw it in theaters.) The special effects are good and the acting is so-so. altho it is sort of predictable the deaths are good! Alot of memorable moments. Expecialy in the Unrated Version.
graphic violence and lots of fear -	Aliens vs. Predator DVD Review
I remember when both Alien and Predator were popular movies. BOTH had me pretty frightened as a young child with his mind constantly wondering and unsure what was even going on! Now, many years later, I'm an adult now, and yet, I still feel somewhat scared when I watch the movies, because they portray humans unable to defend themselves against these huge POWERFUL creatures, and I think that's the thing that bothers me the most. Alien vs. Predator was disturbing in that, it seemed whenever someone lost their life, their friends and family would die next, in graphic ways. This movie shows everything from little kids having aliens shoot from their bellies while hunting in the woods, to pregnant women in hospitals having aliens munch through their stomach and stick their sharp dangerous teeth in the air, while the patients and nurses were forced to watch these graphic things happen. This made Alien vs. Predator a VERY scary film. One I highly recommend. Everything from nurses getting their heads popped off, to sharp teeth chewing on peoples faces, to a pizza delivery boy getting his buns kicked by the new boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend. It WILL be a bit hard keeping track of what's going on half the time though, because there's like, 20 different main characters in the film, showcasing a variety of different friends and families, and because the film takes place at night time for the most part, it's hard to tell who actually won the fight between the alien and the predator. I think the creature with green juice squirting out of him lost. There WERE some predictable moments though, such as the monsters swimming through swimming pools while people were in the pool, and you KNEW they would swim after the people. The amount of blood is very very high throughout the film. Oh, and the ending scene is VERY cool.
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