One of the better movies based on a game

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2004)

But that's not saying much. While Alien vs Predator was a fine video game, it seemed unlikely that it would ever be made into a film. First of all, franchise crossovers, while common in comic books, are extremely uncommon in movies, save for Japanese monster movies. Also, the total lack of humans in the AvP game made it even more unlikely to be turned into a film. I don't think film studios are brave enough to make a movie without any human beings in it.
So, predictably but probably wisely, they took the Zerg vs Protoss route. For those that haven't played Starcraft it means it focused on a battle between Aliens (Zerg) and Predators (Protoss) with the humans caught in the middle serving as mainly hosts for the Aliens. Predictable or not, it made for a fun movie with good fight scenes, decent acting, and an okay back story.
But, on the downside, it pretty much played it completely safe. Nothing really that major happened, and nothing really came as a surprise. However, save for Alien 1, none of the previous movies had many serious surprises, so I guess it's no real loss.
This movie was good enough to warrant a sequel, and I think this may be one of the few franchises where the sequel outdoes the original. More big stuff needs to happen though. 7/10