Just plain Awful

Rating: 1/10 (13 August 2004)

Here I was, not expecting very much from this film. All I wanted was to see some awesome action from one of the most formidable warriors ever created on the big screen. The PREDATOR! The Predator's are supposed to be warriors, hard nosed, skilled in combat. Aliens are also very dangerous. Their acidic blood, agility, and sharp tails are lethal. Unlike Predators, they are basically insects, carrying no kind of technology and use instinct as their primary way to survive. Now don't get me wrong. I didn't expect the Aliens to come across as pussies. However, I never thought in a million years that the Predators would be portrayed as such. Three Predators kill a handful of humans and only two face huggers, two Aliens, and a recently born Alien straight from the stomach. The female lead kills more Aliens then the first two Predators combined. How can this be?!!!!!!! I didn't ask for much from this film. Just to see the Predators fight and kill Aliens in the tradition that the comic books and every other rendition had done in the past was all I asked for. The stupid characters, the horrible dialog, that was expected from this writer/director. But to reduce the Predators to being such wussies with only two or three cool moves by the lot of Predators in the film was a waste of time and money. Even the Aliens come across poorly. I could find only two moments in the film where I was actually enjoying the film. They lasted a combined 2 minutes. Not worth this film. Sorry, but Alien Resurrection has more creativity and story, and that movie was garbage. Who would have thought that somebody could simply ruin two classic great characters so easily? Hate to say it, but I'm pretty pissed off after waiting so long just to get a crap movie where the writer/director obviously didn't do his homework. Fan or no fan, this guy's a hack! Save your money and get the Predator SE or the first two Alien movies.