Fun

Rating: 5/10 (11 March 2006)

Avp was never going to be a masterpiece. It was never going to have the majesty of Alien and the sheer terror of Aliens. No those things were never going to be in AVP, however AVP has its own little weapon. Its great fun. The story is the simplest of the year. A group of scientists find an ancient pyramid and go to explore. There they find themselves trapped in a war between Aliens and Predators and they are the bait. At 100 min long the movie moves quickly and the fights are furious. All aspects of Aliens and Predators are seen here from the chestbursters and facehuggers to the predators lethal arsenal of weapons. Sanaa Lathan plays the lead and whilst she ain't sigourny Weaver she makes a mighty fine fist of it. Its a pity everyone else is poor even the usually cool Ewan Bremmner. Lance Hennrikson is also on show but his appearance only causes you to make unfavourable comparisons to Aliens in which he played the Android. The beasts have never been nastier thanks to Paul Anderson who makes a decent directorial effort despite some sloppy editing. Its no classic but Avp is good fun.