Exactly what I expected

Rating: 8/10 (19 August 2004)

This movie was super fun, and I totally enjoyed it. I was not expecting the dark mastery of Alien 3, but rather the exciting pace of Aliens/Predator 2. More action than horror. In that regard I was not disappointed. Yes, it was a fluff movie. Yea, it would have been nice to have more character development, but hell the movie is called "Alien Vs. Predator", not "Humanity vs Multiple Bad ass Alien Species." For human drama, watch the Assembly Cut of Alien 3. Otherwise, this movie was great fun. The fight scenes between the Aliens and the Predator were exciting and ass kicking!

To be overly critical of the film (complaining about the rating, and just hating it even before it was released) is exactly that, overly critical. This isn't supposed to be some grand thought provoking film. The term "Popcorn Movie" springs to mind. And all in all, it was better than Alien Resurrection (seriously, not to beat a dead horse, but who approved the Newborn?)... so...
Clearly, Anderson put some thought into the film in regards to keeping it honerable to the others. The quiet tinging hanging chains that seem to make their way into EVERY Alien film for example to Weyland playing with the pen ala Bishop with the knife. Subtle, but there.
My only complaint was that the incubation period of the Alien was too fast. Less then 10 minutes and the Chestbusrters were coming out! There was a post in the discussion board with a comment from Anderson stating that this was explained in footage that was cut from the theatrical release. Surely this will appear on a "Unrated" DVD edition when it becomes available.
See the film for what it is. Not Alien 5, not Predator 3... but a different film all together. One the is true to the science (if indeed the short incubation period is explained) of the other films, but is itself a different film all together!