Alien Vs Predator

Rating: 7/10 (11 September 2004)

*** Contains Spoilers *** I'm not sure exactly what to say about this film, I found parts of it to be very enjoyable and some parts annoying. The good bits... well its Aliens V Predators isn't it, how cool is that! Seeing them battle on screen is fantastic and the action sequences are superb with terrific set design and special effects. The bad bits.... I feel they rushed into the battle a little quickly and apart from the main female actress I cared very little for the humans. Also was Ewen Bremner who was great in Trainspotting deliberately acting that bad?, the Italian actor and the lead female actress were thankfully very good though. Lance Henrikson was great and with him being in the movie it tied up all the movies very nicely, lots of little in jokes for fans of the Alien movies to enjoy spotting. The biggest problem with this movie is the fact that its not an 18 certificate so the director couldn't up the gore level and make the film more frightening and nasty, which an Alien and Predator movie should be, this is just the movie company wanted to get the kids in the cinema so the film can make more money. If they release an uncut version on DVD I would certainly buy it, though why I should have to wait for it is slightly annoying. Also the movie is very dark so sometimes its a little hard to see whats going on, which certainly wasn't a problem in Predator for instance which was set in the Jungle. The movie is well directed by British director Paul WS Anderson who made the great Event Horizon and the absolutely terrible Resident Evil. AVP is a much better movie than Resident Evil thankfully and if you go into the cinema wanting a fun movie you won't be disappointed, but you will be if you expect it to be as good as Alien, Aliens or Predator. However its better than Alien 3, Alien Resurrection and Predator 2. It also sets itself up for sequel ( what a surprise! ). *** 7/10 ***