AVP: Alien Vs. Predator is one outstanding film!

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2005)

One of the most anticipated films in history is AVP: Alien Vs. Predator! After many years of waiting for this ultimate feature film it finally arrives in the year 2004! Was it as good as the original Alien saga & Predator saga (Alien - 1979, Aliens - 1986, Alien 3 - 1992, Alien Resurrection - 1997, Predator - 1987, Predator 2 - 1990)? I think so in My opinion. Did it live up to the hype? Yes! Was the film what I expected? It was actually much more than what I had expected. Was the musical score great? Heck yes! Does newcomer composer Harald Kloser have a winning score like the other films do? OH YES! Does Paul W.S. Anderson deliver great direction? He delivers it all! I am I happy with the film overall? A big yes! Why? I will explain further as I go on. The film has one of the most different castings including Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, Tommy Flanagan, Ian Whyte and Tom Woodruff Jr. Henricksen has now been in three Alien films and now a Predator film! An interesting thing is now that he has been in Alien, Predator, and Terminator films which is really unusual. Readers of Dark Horse comics will now what I'm talking about. Anyway Lance acts very good in this film. Lathan and Bova also are pretty good in it. In the film Bova reminded a lot of actor Olivier Martinez. Tommy Flanagan was also good and he looked quite different in this picture. Everyone else is good. Since Kevin Peter Hall is sadly no longer with us his presence is missed very much as the Predator but the new Predator played by the huge Ian Whyte plays this classic role very well and he has a very convincing performance as a Predator. The Predators looks as great as ever! They all have different personalities especially the played by Whyte. As for the Aliens they too look as great as ever! The Alien Queen looks as awesome as ever and she really gets respect in this one. I was so disappointed how the Alien Queen was in Alien Resurrection. Fans of this Alien character will admire her in this film! The story of the film is really good. I am really surprised about the theories in this. Honestly I believe these theories and in My opinion there may be some truth in this film. The special effects are just tremendous! I was amazed by how realistic everything is! The action is also tremendous and I love the camera work. It was outstanding to see the Aliens and Predators together! The musical score by Harald Kloser is just wonderful. He doesn't use any of the music in the previous films by Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Alan Silvestri etc. but he has his own themes and such. I just love the theme he composed and the other music such as the alien fights. Another thing I just really love about it is the magical sounding in some places. I recommend that you do what I did buy the score from Amazon.com. Its truly a wonderful score. The creature effects by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. is just as great as the previous works in the previous films. The direction by Paul W.S. Anderson is just great. I love the way he made this film. He is one of My favorite directors and if there is a sequel to this film or one of the titled characters I would love for him to direct it. Well, this is My opinion of the film. I am pleased with it even though the film goes by very fast but I think that's because the film is action packed and just that great! If you are a hardcore Alien and Predator film fan, Alien and Predator comic fan, and/or fan of the two in general and like Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Tommy Flanagan, the rest of the cast, Paul W.S. Anderson, and want to hear some of the greatest music then I strongly recommend that you head over to you local video or department store or stop by Amazon.com and buy the DVD or VHS today!
Movie Nuttball's NOTE:
If you like alien movies and/or the subject of aliens I also recommend the following films: The Thing from another World, The War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Horror Express, The UFO Incident, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, John Carpenter's The Thing, Krull, Time Walker, Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn, My Science Project, Howard the Duck, John Carpenter's Starman, John Carpenter's They Live, Mac and Me, Explorers, Invaders from Mars, Alien Seed, Total Recall, The Abyss, Communion, Suburban Commando, Fire in the Sky, The Arrival, Mars Attacks! Men in Black I & 2, Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, Xtro 3: Watch the Skies, Battlefield Earth: A Saga for the year 3000, Impostor, Stargate, The Puppet Masters, John Carpenter's Village of the Damned, Independence Day, Life Form, The X-Files: Fight the Future, Mission to Mars, Evolution, Signs, Silent Warnings, Alien Hunter, Spaceballs, Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Predator & Predator 2, The entire Star Wars saga (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, The Return of the Jedi (Original and Special Editions!), The Phantom Menace, & Attack of the Clones), the entire Star Trek movie saga (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Final Frontier, The Undiscovered Country, Generations, First Contact, Insurrection, & Nemesis) and Stephen King's IT