Nothing special.

Rating: 4/10 (20 October 2004)

An expedition travels to Antarctica to explore an underground pyramid, but they soon realize it's a training arena for the predators to practice their skills against the Alien Queen's offspring.
Being a fan of both franchises I decided to check it out and what I got was an over blown mess. I give due credit to the designs of the predators & aliens and the special effects were good.
The problems were that the story seemed really flat and soulless, the lack of suspense, the humans were really just one dimensional bystanders, shallow performances because of the lack of characterisation and lacking a strong lead ( I agree with a friend that Lance Henrisksen was wasted). I thought the aliens seemed to play second fiddle to much, with much of it centered on the Predators.
Though It has SOME good moments it gets incredibly cheesy and I couldn't help but snigger at how lame it got in the last half an hour. When the credits started rolling I thought... geez is that it and I left the cinema thinking at least I saw it on cheap ass Tuesday.
I heard that some believe that the classification of the film was why it was a disappointment but really it would've made no difference as it would've been the same story and bland characters.
A pretty average film and a forgettable one too.
2/5