A good premise but short of reward...

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2004)

Alien vs. Predator had the potential to be the best film of the lot. An interesting concept, smart back story and adequate special effects could have made this a blockbuster. Sadly, this will not happen. Where to begin with this movie? First, 87 minutes was too short to properly establish the movie. Basically, it starts off with who's who and next thing you know they are in Anarctica. OK, that's fine. This isn't a think piece. But in an action film, action is required. The title of the movie was Alien vs. Predator. As I sat in the theater watching this piece of crap I thought I was watching the live action scooby doo movie. Thirty minutes of the movie was spent with the cast wandering around the temple falling through trap doors and falling walls. If I wanted to see The Haunting I would have rented it. We get about 5 minutes of Predators vs. Aliens. What a waste! I have two major complaints besides the lack of action. First, how quickly the scientist figured out what was going on. That's phony and secondly, why are the plasma cannons hidden in the temple. That's just stupid. The most interesting part of the movie was the last 30 seconds. I just hope they get someone else to write that movie.