Movie Critics Move in Herds

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2004)

I can't believe all the critics ripping this flick. It's an irrational feeding frenzy for a movie that was quite satisfying, though much too short. You can tell that plenty was left on the cutting room floor to achieve that PG-13 rating.
Still, the story was extremely clever. Predators come down to earth, share advanced technology with humans and are worshiped as gods. In return, humans agree to sacrifice some folks so that the aliens can breed inside them. Once the little aliens pop out, the predators prove their machismo by hunting the aliens for sport.
Put the story in 2004, add a hot chick (Sanaa Lathan), and that's an A+ story line in my book.
Admittedly, the plot development is boring and fragmented. Once the action starts, though, the cream rises to the top. The last predator standing befriends the hot chick and they team up to open a can of whoop-ass on the aliens. As usual, the aliens' demise is less than certain, leaving an opening for a sequel. Let's hope we see more alien vs. predator of 2 hour length with an R rating.
As an aside, the trailers don't do justice to the movie. In fact, they seem to have no relation whatsoever to the story line. "Whoever wins, we lose" has squat to do with the film. Fire the ad agency who came up with this tag line 'cause it sucks.
In fact, the predators would seem to be our friends in a sadistic sort of way, sharing their technology in return for a few human sacrifices so they can get their jollies hunting aliens.
Bottom line: critics suck, trailer sucks, film too short, shouldn't be PG-13, and can't wait for the sequel!