Fans of the Comic Book Series may be disappointed but it is entertaining enough to overcome certain silliness of this toned down adaptation.

Rating: 8/10 (29 August 2005)

It may be our planet but it's their war! The deadliest creatures from the most successful sci-fi/horror movies ever made face off the first time on film. Based on a Dark Horse Comic Book.
A Team of Scientist and Adventurers are sent to Antractica, after the scientists have discover an ancient pyramid buried under the ice. When they get close to the frozen continent. The team makes an eerie discovery:Two Alien Races engaged in a ultimate battle. Whoever Wins... the human race will lost.
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Event Horizon, Resident Evil, Soldier) made an silly but enjoyable take off to the Alien and Predator series. The best way to enjoy the film, if you don't the story seriously. Fans of the Alien Series will enjoy Lance Henriksen's role in the film, since he's best known as Bishop from Aliens and Alien 3. Henriksen gets to play the real Charles Bishop Weyland, who is in the film a billionaire industrialist. Sanaa Lathan in the lead role will remind you of Sigourney Weaver from the Alien films.
DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an terrific-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (Also in DTS). DVD has two enjoyable commentaries by the director, actors:Lathan & Henriksen, visual effects supervisor:John Bruno and creature effects designers/creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. DVD also has Deleted Scenes, Making of a Featurette, Dark Horse Comics AVP Cover Gallery and more. The DVD also has an alternative version of AVP with an alternate beginning.
The latest DVD is the 2 disc set, which it features the original theatrical cut and extended cut. DVD has the same picture quality and sound from the previous transfer. But the extended cut is disappointing, The director added eight minutes of additional footage but DVD cover promises more battles and more violence. That's simply not true, The filmmaker added character development instead and there's more CGI blood than the PG-13 version. But second disc has plenty of featurettes from Pre-Preduction to Post-Production and more.
Anderson's film is simple but it has some exciting visual moments, which their are sensational. The film is fun enough to overcome the illogically plotting of Anderson's screenplay. Screen Story by Anderson, Dan O'Bannon (Alien) and Ronald Shusett (Dead & Buried). Although O'Bannon and Shusett had nothing to do with Anderson's original screen story. But Anderson used elements from O'Bannon and Shusett's story from Alien, that they were never filmed from the original 1979 film. Shane Salerno actually co-wrote the screenplay with the director:Anderson. Which is Salerno is uncredited. Super 35. (****/*****).