Almost good.

Rating: Null/10 (25 October 2004)

As an avid fan of both the Alien and Predator novel/game franchise I was very keen to see this movie. The movie is good - if you put Aliens and Predator in the same place at the same time...its bound to be cool!
But - it does unfortunately leave you thinking that the film is very unbalanced, timewise. It gives good character insight and a nice build up to what you hope is going to be an all out acid bloodbath (eg the sentry gun scene in Aliens) then suddenly the survivors are at the exit and one quick scrap later...it ends...no real climax to the movie just a rushed and rather disappointing ending.
If you are into the AvP novels then you will appreciate the (loose) merger of two of the best novels to make the plot of this film but sadly it never quite delivers to be the movie we all hoped it would be.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy it - but it lacks something...perhaps its the reduced rating to a 15 when it really should have been spruced up a bit and given the 18 rating - the 15 means the gore is slight and the fear of the humans is shortlived...they go in, figure it out, die quickly and usually off-screen and then those left make a run for the exit.
Almost good.
6 out of 10