If Alien and Predator were brother and sister, this movie was their creepy uncle who molested/defiled them both.

Rating: 1/10 (23 August 2008)

AVP holds a unique place in my heart because it took a dump on not just one of my favorite 80's movies, but two. I thought it couldn't get much worse after Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection. However, this movie gave me a whole new perspective.
AVP had just about everything I hate in a movie bad plot, acting, writing, etc., etc., etc. But I'm not even going to write about any of those. I'm not even going to write about how bad this movie massacred the plots of the original two movies. No, I'm going to write about my biggest pet peeve of all in movies the late 90's to 2000's "action movie woman" cliché. For that this movie was the epitome.
Let's recap the original Predator and Alien movies. The predator kicks everyone's ass (including a bunch of trained Army Special Forces like Jessie Ventura). Then Arnold, only after the predator voluntarily removes all it's weapons, uses his military training to narrowly kill the predator (and Arnold get's the crap kicked out of him in the process). In the Alien movies, Sigourney Weaver (after getting the crap kicked out of her) manages to kill the alien queen with the use of a massive cargo robot. And the queen still lays its eggs inside Sigourney eventually killing her.
Cutting foreword to the 2004 movie "Alien vs. Predator." A female professional ice climber single handedly (with the aid of a shield and spear made out of used alien parts) wipes out everyone. Those aliens didn't even stand a chance. Not only was she able to kick the most feared aliens and predators in the universe's asses without the use of any weapons, but the predator actually teems up with her so she can help protect him. Come on.
I'm not even complaining about equal rights bull. I'm complaining because the "action movie woman" cliché completely ruins movies and TV shows. There's this thing called a plot. When that plot fails to surprise you because of crappy cliché's that you can call a mile away it's not much of a plot.