Believable Plot, Awesome Battles

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2004)

A movie like this is difficult to pull off. But, I think they did an excellent job. I only wish there were more fight scenes between predators and aliens. My favorite part of the movie was when the predators are killing the humans and one turns around to realize that his buddy is gone. He looks up, switches to infrared vision, and sees that an alien has grabbed his companion. He doesn't stop to retrieve and prepare his weapons (as the humans still have them). He doesn't hesitate at all. Instead, he immediately drops the human he was preparing to kill and charges the alien -- beginning a brutal melee battle to the death.
The predators and aliens are both strong, fast, confident, patient, extremely stealthy, and very unafraid. Throughout the movie, the predators view the humans as negligible threats. The aliens are their real prey.
The last surviving human does end up teaming up with the last surviving predator, but only because extreme luck allowed her to kill one alien just before the predator kills her. As in Predator 2, the predators don't rush out to congratulate her or cower before her. They simply give her a spear and allow her to live.