Not completely terrible but, not good either..

Rating: 4/10 (4 September 2007)

I have to give this movie credit for a couple of reasons, the special effects are quite good as are the puppet and suits the special effects team used to animate the aliens and predators. The good special effects is the only reason I didn't give this movie a 1.
To start off the story is very boring. There is action in AVP but, not enough to get that heart pumping and blood flowing. The PG-13 rating states:"Slime and gore". There's not much gore but, there's a heck of a lot of slime. Aliens and Predators are getting blown to bits left and right. There's so much goo in AVP I wonder if they asked Nickelodeon to provide the slime effects....
The actor list is filled with mostly unknowns except for Lance Henrickson. He may be pushing 50 but, the man known for his role in Aliens still gives a good performance.
Many fans of both franchises were outraged by AVP and I can't say I blame them. This movie is nothing compared to the classic Predator, and Alien movies. One of the worst parts of AVP is the fact that it's just not scary. The scenes that are supposed to make you "jump" barely succeed at doing that. If the movie had a R rating they could have pulled off more frightening scenes.
Another quip I had with AVP was that if you had to sum up AVP in a sentence it would be:They walk around in a big pyramid and get killed by aliens. The characters wander around getting trapped behind walls FAR too long. I was getting bored waiting for the aliens to kill these dorks off.
As a movie critic I try not to expect good things from films. I've learned from my years watching movies that if you get your expectations too high for a film often you'll be let down. Unfortunately I expected AVP to be a great flick and I was let down. AVP-Requiem is looking promising but, as I said before, I thought AVP looked promising too.. We'll just have to wait and see.