A decent sequel

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2009)

Many people found Anderson's vision something of a let down. Predator fans complained that he gave the upper hand to the alien, alien fans complained how the birthing and maturing process of the alien was sped up a lot. However the film nonetheless stays true to its origins comes into the classics of the series and walks away humbly.
Spoilers: First off the movie though PG-13 still retains the elements of the series we don't need massive amounts of gore to get the effect and thing is bot the alien and predator movies were actual pretty subtle with the gore, I've seen other PG-13 movies that had more gore than the original alien and predator movies. It focuses on Charles Bishop Weyland and his discovery of a pyramid that has the elements of three ancient cultures and could possibly be the first pyramid ever built. At one time humans worshiped the predators as gods and as a way into adult hood the predators utilized the humans to birth aliens so they can begin a hunt. The aliens however have a faster life cycle which was one major let down but the rest of the film sticks with what made the others great, a long lead up to the any of the action, characters who are somewhat well developed and that you kind of care about. People die but not for just the sake of dying the deaths seem natural and you care when a character goes. The predator as well is given more emotion, showing the ways of the species. He joins forces with our main character a somewhat sub in for the Sigourney Weaver role and they form a somewhat awkward bond. Action ensues and some really kick ass moments happen. With this film Anderson has outdone himself making a great homage to the series and creating an interesting prequel that expands the mythology. It may take place on earth but it's in Antarctica and by the end it seems no one not even our heroine makes it out alive so no one gets to figure out about the aliens. Adding to that I'd like to say of course the alien was given the upper hand if anyone read the books or comics a predator could not face an alien with his bare hands hence the reason the predators had their asses handed to them up until Scar gets the plasma caster. According the book series only one predator took an alien on barehanded and walked out alive and he lost one of the husks due to it. I know my mythology on both series and happily say this films keeps true to its source material and is a far better film than Resurrection was, c'mon what was with the baby at the end that was some really cheestastic crap.