There's a reason the "Unemployed Critic" is unemployed...

Rating: Null/10 (16 August 2004)

Look, AvP was never meant to be Shakespere, okay? Let's all just calm down and realize that this movie never had any pretensions of being anything other than what it is - pure, unadulterated cheeze!
The lack of company scheming was very disappointing (especially from all the build-ups hinted at by the director over the past year or so), but other than that, the film delivered exactly what all the trailers hinted at - ridiculous amounts of violence, flying acid and gobbets of Predator everywhere.
A lot of people were worried about the PG-13 rating, but fortunately Peter Jackson has set a new standard there: You can show blood and beheadings as long as the gore ain't human.
Also, Unemployed, if you hated this director's other forays so much, why in the wild wild word of sports did you torture yourself with this movie? Or did you just want an excuse to whine and complain? And this goes for the rest of you nay-sayers. Were you expecting another "Alien"? AvP should be likened to "Freddy vs. Jason" or even "Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman". "vs." movies are never meant to be serious, they're meant to be fun and action-packed.
To all who haven't seen the movie: If you want to have an hour and a half of mindless fun, go see this movie! If not, stay at home and watch "The Magdelene Sisters" and "City of God" back to back.