Weaver was right! Absolutely right!

Rating: 1/10 (27 January 2005)

It's been many years of waiting for an Alien vs. Predator film and when I first heard about it, the rating was still pending. I read a few interviews from the actors starring in the film speaking of their violent deaths and such, and then I finally get to the see the trailer. What's this? PG-13! I quickly came to terms with the rating and still wanted to see it. I then waited patiently.
Finally, the movie is released and I'm in the theaters first night with a friend with an equally love for both franchises. As Freddy vs. Jason (Which is another vs. movie I will not compare this film with) was a full theater as well, this one was different. You see, I never heard so many people laughing at a movie at once. The scene when the predator fashioned a spear and shield for the only surviving female character in the film was the best, as the entire theater was filled with genuine laughter and knee slaps. Brilliant! Me Tarzan, you Jane! What was wrong with this film? Plot holes, dialogue which I've seen better written in porno flicks, worthless back stories to characters that die within a half hour, and did I mention plot holes? Take for instance, why was the predator in the beginning the only one with who had problems with the acidic blood from the alien? After that, it seemed everyone could stab and slash at the aliens regardless of such consequences or it just seems they were forgotten.
I think the worst part of this movie was the idea. People say this film is the prequel to Alien films and sequel to predator films when that is ridiculous! To think the Predators can see if you have a baby inside the womb or some cancer inside your lungs, but to think that the predators have dealt with these aliens for countless years that they would not glance at the predator before carrying him inside the ship to see if he has been infected is absolutely ludicrous! And even if the little baby alien escapes, do you think a ship full of predators would have any trouble keeping the situation under control? What about that tag-line? Whoever wins... we lose. If the aliens "won", surely they would wipe us out of existence if they could actually escape Antarctica. What about the predators? They sacrifice a few people every 100 years for this ritual, which is a horrible idea and I wish they didn't rip off The Cube to fill in time! So, predators tend to hunt human beings every so often on Earth, big deal. Notice how everyone it killed was armed or had a rather nice skull? It's not like they were going to enslave the human race (Now that idea was just bad, not going into those plot holes) or kill us all. This film should get some Razzies, as when you think of it, it's another spin-off of a comic book just like Catwoman, but I guess Catwoman deserves it more since it has bigger names people starring unlike AVP.
Sigourney Weaver was right about the crossover idea. I just hope there is no sequel and hope this film gets the punishment it rightful deserves in due time. The only positive thing I can say about this film, which isn't a lot since the writing, directing, and just about everything else was awful, is that we got to see the queen 100% running around. That idea alone wasn't worth this film, but I guess Hollywood knows what we want since this film grossed so much in theaters. Michael Moore should make a documentary about how we are just attracted to such trash, but then again, I guess he made that point clear for we did re-elect Bush.