Above average for a big Hollywood franchise sequel.

Rating: Null/10 (16 August 2004)

I'm not going to give anything away, but if you're fan of either series, then I really don't need to. You can pretty much guess whats going to happen. That then is the film's biggest draw and it's biggest downfall, we all go to see Anderson's movie in hopes that it has all the moments we loved in Predator and the Aliens films. Then we walk away disappointed because it had all the same stuff from the predator and Aliens films..rehashed.
Paul Anderson does a pretty good job of combining the two series together, the story, while not entirely original, does hold up pretty well. The action sequences are cool to behold, the aliens look scary, the predators look badass. If anything about the story is wrong, its that it feels a tad too short and a bit rushed at times. The PG-13 rating certainly cuts back some of the gore I think we all wanted to see, hopefully a director's unrated cut will come out on DVD.
If you go into this flick expecting to see something akin to James Cameron or Ridley Scott's masterpieces then you'll be disappointed. If you go in expecting a good summer popcorn flick with lots of mindless scary action then you'll have a good time. If it makes you feel better Anderson does a much better job with this than he did with Resident Evil.