I miss Arnold.

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2004)

Let me break this movie down honestly. I'm NOT one of those stupid critics who are all into those overly dramatic movies. And I'm not also one of those critical geeky fans. I'm just a guy who likes movies for "guys who like movies". I'm a big fan of the Predator and Alien franchises (especially Aliens and Predator part 1).
This movie is obviously going to expect comparison to the other alien and predator movies. With that said, Alien Vs. Predator is an "alright" movie, but they could have done soo much more. I thought the storyline was awesome and creative, and the 'Weyland' connection to the Aliens movies was a nice touch, but there just seemed to be something missing. I prefer the main character/hero in an action movie like Alien Vs. Predator to be a guy because lets face it, who can take more of a punch from an enormous creature like an Alien or Predator, a man or a woman?, Arnold or Sigorny? Paul WS Anderson has a habit of making a chick the main character(Ex:Resident Evil 1 & 2). But he is a good storyteller and knows good scenery.
But like i said, the movie was pretty good/ 'alright', but the filmmakers could have done soo much more. I realize the humans werent trained commandos, but rather (most of them were)scientists, but i thought they could have made more of an impact because they had the right guns and equipment. And if you haven't seen the movie yet,***minor spoilers*** don't expect the predators to be a hugee unstoppable force because they were in a small, closed area without their laser cannons (for most of the movie) and werent in a massive jungle where they could easily hunt their prey. They were going head to head, a little hand to hand combat with the aliens. And i thought they put up a pretty decent fight. They also shouldn't have killed off Colin Salmon character (he was the team commander from Resident Evil) so easily. He seemed like a trained soldier.
I was kind of hoping they would have Arnold make a cameo or at least mention his character name and how he survived the Predator years earlier. But i liked how Paul Anderson stayed loyal to the Alien movies. In Alien part 1, the Weyland Company set Ripley's crew on the alien planet for a reason. The company knew all about the aliens and what they could do. Now, we know how they knew. But it could have been a little better. I missed the commando team aspect and thought the filmmakers could have done more with it. It's too bad they chose to go the PG-13 route instead of R (considering all of the other Alien and Predator movies were R). Can't wait for that Unrated/R Rated Alien Vs. Predator DVD.