Popcorn Movie

Rating: 5/10 (17 August 2004)

This is a pure "popcorn movie" meaning it's brainless. Don't expect elaborate plots or mind-boggling ideas. This is truly Aliens fighting Predators with some people caught in the middle - just like the preview shows. Nothing more. Maybe something less as the story goes really absurd by the time things are "explained" by the end. And the main lead, Alexa (played by Lathan) is no Ripley, although the director tries so hard to make her so. Overall I'd say it's worth a matinee price for a goofy movie. I did enjoy seeing the Aliens and Predators so well done via special effects. I don't think it particularly provided much insight into the world of these characters, and I would say it would even detract from it since it made such little sense.