Great film for true fans.

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2004)

Okay, for whoever read mister "Seaview1's" review on this film, and the "plot holes" he notated, and is a true "purist" as he referred to us, you will know he is full of poo. In ALL the alien movies the aliens have had a rapid maturing time from birth to adulthood. How long did it take before the first alien was ripping out of John Hurt's chest, until it was hunting down Weaver and crew later on? About a a day, if even that. Probably less. Also, he was criticising the human's ability to find out the history of the "Hunt" and he obviously missed the point that one of the scientists on the expedition was able to translate the hieroglyphics on the wall. Someone wasn't paying attention to ANY of the films, and is grossly criticizing what in my opinion, pays a lot of homage to all the originals.
**POSSIBLE SPOILERS**
As a true PURIST, I have read every comic book, paperback novel, played every video game, and watched every movie. This HAS NOT been just a creation of people who want to pit horror bad guys together in order to make more movies. Hey Seaview1, if you're such a purist, how come you never realized the Dark Horse AvP comics came out long before Freddy vs. Jason (which was utterly lame)? The story is not old, it has not been done before, and it is quite unique. The Predators have helped in the past what looks to be an Atlantian continent of pre-historic men learn to build, and cultivate their land, in return these humans offer sacrifices to the Alien race in order to breed drones that young Predators can fight as a Rite of Passage. Using a heat pattern, they lure a group of scientists to an under-ice pyramid in the Antartic in order to awaken the frozen mother alien, and begin the cycle of hunt once again. Yet, when the Predators get their, they find that their shoulder mounted particle weapons have been taken by the human explorers, and the Aliens have already begun to breed, so they must get them back.
What results is a battle between the mass quantities and brood mentality of the Alien species, the brute force and massive technology of the Predator, and the ingenuity, and curious nature of the Human. A stand off to keep you on the edge, wondering .. "who's going to win?" Of course in the usual manner of both the Alien and Predator films, there is no winner.
In the end, for those who have been faithful to both movies, and to those who thought Alien:Resurrection stunk (this from a die hard fan, and many like me) this will be a great success. I recommend it highly, because it is not your typical kill-em-all horror/suspense. It is intelligent, well lit, and the sets are amazing. Someone in another review of the film said "wah wah I didn't like it because there was no character development". Shaddup. This isn't about the humans, cool guy. This is about the two baddest alien species on the big screen.
10/10 for me. I will definitely see this one again ... and again ... and again ... and ...