Nothing New, No characters, Unscary:The Director Flops.

Rating: 4/10 (17 August 2004)

Why were the original Alien movies so much better than this one? Why did they have believable characters as opposed to mushy stereotypes? What made the original Alien movie so terrifying?
Two Words: Ridley Scott.
Aliens vs. Predator is a lame ripoff of the original genius that was Alien. It has neither the same nail-biting suspense nor the believable characters that the original movies had. The whole idea of Aliens has been turned into a Hollywood joke. Not only is this movie not at all scary, it's scarcely exciting. There are no new developments on the original idea of Aliens and the plot is easily predictable. The monsters in this movie are children in clown suits compared to those that first terrified us and glued us to our seats. One could go through a thousand reasons why this movie is so disappointing compared to the original Alien movies but the lack of good directors is a major factor. Ridley Scott, and James Cameron: without them the legacy of Aliens is better left untouched.