A Glaring Disappointment for Alien and Predator Fans

Rating: 3/10 (26 August 2004)

Director Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) had to cut a lot of scenes to get a hard PG-13 rating to get the kids in theaters but still scores no where close to the talents of Ridley Scott (Alien), James Cameron (Aliens), or John McTiernan (Predator). No jolts or scares really. Formulaic and no where near as fun as Milla kicking Zombie butt in Resident Evil or as kosher as Mortal Kombat. You might want to wait for the DVD to see the "real" movie that probably was a hard R-rating. Won't divulge details but the Predators are dispatched almost as easily as the unwary humans. Alexa Woods attempts to be as bad as Sigourney Weaver yet those are huge shoes to fill. A lack of character development didn't help. Fox should have released the "real" movie so us adults would come back for a haunt. I bet they will on DVD so someone will buy it or they will end this promising franchise. -Rach