Much Better Than Expected *phew* (Careful, refers to a specific part of the film)

Rating: 6/10 (12 November 2004)

I'm a huge Alien fan (with the obvious tag-lines "seen all the films, many times") and I was nothing short of euphoric when I heard that the Alien saga would be extended with AvP. Despite my initial enthusiasm, I feared that it would only be a low quality spin-off with a lot of action with no brains behind it. Fortunately, Mr. Anderson gave a work of art to the fans on both sides and provided an interesting story behind the action we see in the film. So, now we see the cons. I have two main criticisms for this movie. Firstly, a technical mistake in the incubation period of an Alien. When the first Alien comes out of 'Adele' the other members of the group who were attacked by face-huggers at the same time as she was still have it stuck on their faces. Now, as I know it the fecundation period of an Alien has four main phases 1) the face hugger infects its victim 2) the face hugger dies when the fecundation is complete 3) the victim awakens 4) the young Alien comes out a few hours after the victim awakens. In the film, the time lapse between phase 3 and 4 is practically inexistent (app. 43 seconds). Secondly, as a fan, I felt that the film was too short. If the director expected this film to be an epic he should have tried to produce more than 101 minutes of runtime. But, as I said the second point comes from a fan's greed for more. Mr. Anderson wisely preferred quality instead of quantity, but both would have been great in my opinion. To conclude, I would give this film a 9 or a 10 rating because I got what I wanted after all these years of waiting. If you want to comment on my review be free to do so at the e-mail which you should find with this rundown.