Not great but glad I saw it.

Rating: Null/10 (17 August 2004)

Predator and Alien by far are the two greatest monsters ever created. They are the two best story lines and realistic creature effects ever in film. Because I am a true fan I am glad I saw the movie, although I was disappointed.
There was way too much time spent on gathering human characters throughout the beginning of the film. I don't mind some character development but let's not overdo it because the cast will be killed anyway. We all know this. The amount of Predator/Alien/human contact was minimalized by this.
I was also disappointed by the storyline. The basics were fine, but I wasn't expecting the Alien, who was a creature only encountered in the future, to have been here on Earth all along. That was just a quick way to throw Predator, Alien and humans all into one pot with very little explanation. The archaeologist was able to discover the entire plot by reading some ancient writing on the wall in about one minute. That's how long it took to develop the story line. 1/2 useless character development (the characters are gone quickly), 1/8 story development & history, and 3/8 explosions and action.
Nowhere did they explain how Predator was able to handle the cold, or any history pertaining to the two other Predator movies. Aliens were something that Ripley was fighting from coming back to Earth, while they were here all along.
If you're a true fan go see it. Give them some money and hopefully they'll actually make another Predator movie. Go for the action scenes because they are great. But don't go for story line because I was left unsatisfied.