Not too bad of a flick at all!

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2004)

OK, first things first. (SPOILERS)
I know the first thing everyone is going to s*** all over the Predator respecting allowing the woman to help him hunt the Aliens. But that's exactly what happened in the comic. The Predators accepted the female character as a Predator, and she hunted with them. The other is the birth of the Preadtor/Alien hybrid at the end. This was plucked right from the game. So before everyone goes off chalking these two plot points up to bad writing and cheese, they were pulled from previous incarnations of the Alien vs. Predator universe.
Second, for a PG-13 movie, I thought it was still pretty damn good. A small bit of blood from the humans, and plenty of gurgling and crunching noises.
Lots of gore from the 2 alien species was to be had.
Third, there were only a few things that I was hoping for that I didn't get.
More Predator vs. Alien free-for-all fights. The only one you got was during the flashback of one of the first battles. Granted, the one-on-one fights were awesome, but I wanted to see more "royal-rumble" style fight scenes. Also, I was hoping I would get a little more detail and info on Weyland and his corporation, since Weyland-Yutani is "the company" in the Alien movies.
I was pleased with some of the "for true fans only" bits thrown in. Weyland in his office doing the knife trick that Bishop does on Hudson in "Aliens" briefly was my favorite. There are others as well, but I'll wait and see if people find them.
I have to say that overall, I was pretty impressed.