wow what a waste...

Rating: 3/10 (28 January 2005)

First off...i cannot describe how OFFENDED I am. This movie was such a terrible letdown, that it makes Freddy VS Jason seem like Star Wars (allthough Freddy VS Jason really wasn't a bad movie for what it was).
Lets see, you take two of the top sci-fi creatures EVER and put them together to fight? Sounds awesome huh? That's where the phrase, "sounds too good to be true" comes into play.
I simply don't understand how by mixing two sci-fi legends (aliens and predators) which span from a total of 6 R-Rated films ends up with the result being a PG-13 Rated kiddie fest full of CG and unintentional comedy.
Alien, Aliens, Predator, and Predator 2 were great sci-fi/action type films. I never enjoyed the last two Alien films though, but 4 for 6 isn't bad at all when you're talking about sci-fi movies.
After readin in Fangoria (Paul Andersen interview), i got pretty excited hearing all the ideas. Paul was talking about decapitations, chest bursting, lots of goo and blood. When the film hits theaters it becomes a watered down kids movie? NOT COOL for the fans.
The lack of quality blood/gore isn't the only problem here either. We've been watching Predator go toe to toe against marines and Arnold along with drug lords in LA. He shows NO MERCY. All of the sudden in AVP, we get a predator with a "soft spot" in his heart for a female human and they "save the day" together....awww, isn't that cute? SOMEBODY SHOOT ME.