fades away in a tough crowd...but good enough to mention

Rating: 8/10 (17 August 2004)

I have to say off the bat I've never sat down and watched all the Alien or Predator movies all the way through and don't know them inside out like many people do. There's my disclaimer.
Summary: A wealthy business owner finds a heat spot in Antartica and assembles a "Crack" team to go check it out and make his mark in history. Once there they find a pyramid built by three ancient civilizations. They are then joined by three predators set to prove themselves against the aliens that are spawned in the pyramid. Yada Yada Yada, whoever wins, we lose....
I will say that this movie could have been a whole lot better had a few things been different (not that any movie would be better with some changes) 1) PG-13 to R: the fights could have been better and shown more graphically 2) Focus less on the humans and lets see what the movie title says.
3) Cut down on some of the cheesiness characterization and portrayal of the scientists
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this movie. But it could have been better. It's tough because it fades away in the likes of Bourne Supremacy, Collateral, I, Robot, The Manchurian Candidate, and some other movies. If this were almost any other summer this movie could be tops. For a fun factor I would say 7 of 10...Don't expect a lot though.