AVP: Alien vs. Predator 2004
Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Horror
- 101 min
- PG-13
Whoever wins... we lose.
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.
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Unpretentious, classical in form, plot-driven and grave.
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“Is AVP: Alien vs. Predator better than Resident Evil?”
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“Is Sanaa Lathan the best thing in AVP: Alien vs. Predator?”
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- r96skon TMDB · Aug 20247/10
Finally got around to watching this crossover between the two titular characters. It's pretty good! I'm not someone who has a keen interest in either franchise, though. I'm kinda surprised both have as many flicks made as they do and as many still on the way. I admittedly I do like all of the <em>'Alien'</em> films, whereas I found <em>'Predator'</em> to be rather uninteresting - until <em>'Prey'</em> anyway, that's the only one from that series that I'd say I like. With all that, I wasn't too sure what to expect from <em>'AVP: Alien vs. Predator'</em> - a movie that I've actually heard of since I was a kid, I remember people at my school referring to it quite often; I probably knew of this before I knew that they were a crossover from separate releases. Pleasingly, i did find the required enjoyment from this 2004 movie. None of the cast are particularly outstanding, though all work really nicely as a whole. Sanaa Lathan gives a good showing as the main human character, in what is my first real experience of seeing her onscreen. Same can be said for most of the acting talent, with only Ewen Bremner being someone I could say I recognised; and Lance Henriksen, only after thoroughly r
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Apr 20225/10
If Paul WS Anderson had just taken a moment longer to look at the casting here, he might have had a decent property. A solid conflict between the ultimate ninja "Predator" and the ultimate killing machine from "Alien". Why didn't he? Instead, we find a truly C-list bunch of acting fodder exploring a temple wherein, aeons ago, these two titans of terror battled it out. On arrival in the sacrifice room, they inadvertently release some eggs, and some "Predator" creatures, and soon some of them are on the menu for both as a battle royal looms. The special effects are good, and the action elements work fine too. I even found myself taking sides - just not with the humans, who deserved every tortuous chewing, stabbing and nasty involuntary caesarians that they got. It's paced well, it looks eerie and sinister, and the ending is quite exciting - it's just a real shame the writing and the acting are really mediocre. Teed up for a sequel too - I can only hope it ups it's game for that!
Read the whole review on TMDB - Gimlyon TMDB · Mar 20186/10
I can honestly say, that this is one of the most under-rated films of 2004. Not because it was good, just because it was panned so fucking hard by critics! I think this is mostly due to the fact that it was being compared to both the Alien and Predator series, which is fair enough, but it was never going to be what either of those films was. Ultimately it's downfall came from some poor dialogue, and trying to reach a larger audience. Where Predators was a film that you didn't need to have watched all the others in order to follow, it was still fundamentally a Predator film, aimed at the Predator-loving market. AVP on the other hand used references to the older films, but then completely threw the canon out the window and went for a larger fanbase. And whilst it worked to some degree (my grandma liked it) it wasn't enough of a step in either direction. AVP was complicated as a stand alone, and disastrous when compared to anything else in the franchise except perhaps its sequel Requiem (and maybe Predator 2 or Alien3). Honestly I think the film works as an archetypal film in the realm of both Alien and Predator, just not a sequel or prequel to either. The lead protagonist is a woman
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Cast
- Sanaa LathanAlexa Woods
- Lance HenriksenCharles Bishop Weyland
- Ian WhyteScar
- Raoul BovaSebastian de Rosa
- Ewen BremnerGraeme Miller
- Colin SalmonMaxwell Stafford
- Tommy FlanaganMark Verheiden
- Joseph RyeJoe Connors
- Agathe de La BoulayeAdele Rousseau
- Carsten NørgaardRusten Quinn
Crew
- Paul W. S. AndersonDirector
- Paul W. S. AndersonWriter
- David JohnsonDirector of Photography
- Harald KloserOriginal Music Composer
- Alexander BernerEditor
- Gordon CarrollProducer
- David GilerProducer
- Walter HillProducer
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