Alien Versus Predator A Disappointing Sci-Fi Horror Movie

Rating: 4/10 (15 June 2009)

Alien Versus Predator is a disappointing sci-fi movie but to be honest I wasn't expecting much from this either so I wasn't too surprised that I didn't end up liking it. The movie was okay but it wasn't the greatest and I found it to be rather predictable. Director Paul W. Anderson has done an all right job of making this movie but unfortunately the bad outweighs the good in this one. The cast for the most part good in their roles including Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, and Colin Salmon but most of them (except for Lathan) lack development and screen time because their written out of the movie rather quickly for you to care about their struggle to survive when they find themselves in the middle of a war between the nightmarish alien beasts and the deadly predators. Luckily Anderson keeps Alien Versus Predator at 100 minutes so it's not one of those films that seems to drag on forever (A.I., There Will Be Blood, or Spider-man 3). The action/fight sequences are okay but nothing memorable. The showdowns between Alien and Predator are letdowns because none of them ever last very long. All of them are missing that WOW factor you get when watching movies like The Dark Knight, Iron Man, or Spider-man 2. The dialogue wasn't the greatest at times either. Overall Alien Versus Predator isn't the best sci-fi adventure with so-so action sequences, good special effects, a little suspense, and decent performances by the cast but this movie could've been a lot better.