Not half bad

Rating: 6/10 (14 August 2004)

I am a big Alien and Predator fan. When I say I am a fan, I mean I liked all the movies. Obviously, I liked Aliens and Predator the best of the franchises. The others were still good quality entertainment. When I heard this movie was coming out, I thought it was going to be awesome! About two weeks before release, I heard it wasn't going to be released to the critics and I thought it would suck. I had NO intentions of seeing it last night, however, my brother dragged me to the theater on opening night to see it. I expected this movie to suck, however, it wasn't half bad.
I never give out HUGE spoilers in my reviews, so I won't go into too much detail. I had problems with the following things in this movie.
It was made WAY too child acceptable. The violence was toned down a lot so the movie would make more money by getting kids in the theater. This movie would have benefited by seeing more graphic violence instead of implied violence.
They didn't stick to what made the previous movies successful. The whole premise of the movie was a little unbelievable. Just look at the way they set the temple up for instance. I think the story could have been a HECK of a lot better.
Now, I thought the Alien and Predator fight scenes were very cool. However, there weren't many in the movie, which turned me off a little bit. I think this movie would have benefited from 15 more minutes of fights between the creatures. It was a short movie anyway, so just they should have just added them in.
The bottom line is if you liked the franchise movies, you MIGHT like this one. The key is not going in with high expectations.
5/10