Not the greatest, but not a total lost.

Rating: 5/10 (16 August 2004)

If you've bothered reading though the reviews this far, you have either a lot of patience or a lot of time on your hands. Or both.
After seeing AVP, and I consider myself a big Predator fan and knowledgeable in the lore. I'd say this movie is watchable but it could have been better. I say this as I've waited for this movie since Predator 2 shows an Alien skull in the trophy case and after Phill Norwood first drew the Dark Horse comic Alien vs. Predator and then it was turned into a novel.
This move follows the basic ideas of the original Dark Horse comics, but there are certain aspects of it that director Andersen drops. Make me wonder if he even bothered to do a little research into what has already been established, such as the Yautja's or Predator's weapons being resistant to the Alien's acid blood. Really how many can they kill if their weapons melt after each kill? And the face huggers can latch on a Yautja but after seeing a Yautja tossing an Alien around like a rag doll I would think they'd have the strength to yank a face hugger off, providing they do it before it paralyzes them.
Alien drones are supposed to have the intelligence of a dog, it seems to me these Xenomorphs are getting a little too smart. I would think the Yautja would know everything about these parasites seeing as they've hunted them for hundreds in not thousands of years.
No it's not an Oscar winning movie, then again most movies that win Oscars suck in my opinion anyways. LOTR being an unusual exception, yes honestly I didn't think it would win. However back to AVP, It's not the greatest, but it is mildly entertaining and very watchable. Unlike another film I could mention. And while the Yautja making googly eye looks at the human female mountain climber might have looked silly and like an attempt at a little romance. I think it was merely the admiration of one successful hunter to another.