disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2004)

I am a very big fan of the two franchises in question. I heard about the story before i got to see the film and the plot seemed decent enough to make this a great action flick but...
Anderson really has a neck for taking a good idea and ruining it to the bone.
First of all, we only get to see 1 true battle of the 2 species.
Second, a predator makes friends with a human?
Third, the setting is terrible. this is a dark movie all the way through and it doesn't use it to its advantage.
Fourth, when it was finished I got the feeling that we just didn't see enough of both aliens and predators. There was no tensionbuilding at all. When you mix these 2 characters together you really need a story that takes longer than 1.5 hours.
conclusion: great idea, bad directing...