not as bad as I feared

Rating: 6/10 (8 April 2005)

For some reasons 'Alien vs. Predator' has a bad name. Critics did not like the film. or maybe the idea of bringing together in one movie horror characters from two different flick series does not seem too original. Maybe so, but it was done before, and will be done more, I am sure. The film is not by far as bad as they say and I expected. I am a fan of the genre, and I would see almost all that was and will be put on screen in this genre, but 'Allien vs. Predator' has a consistent story, is not too difficult to follow, effects are OK, and the graphics are average plus. The original 'Alien' design was by the famous Swiss artist Giger, and the following films in the series including this one kept the cool repulsiveness of the original designs. Director Paul Anderson does not fall much from his original 'Mortal Kombat' and 'Resident Evil'. Main actress Sanaa Lathan is no Halle Berry, but I doubt that Halle Berry could have extracted much more from this role. The problem with the rest of the actors is the fact that they spend too little time on screen, and we do not really get to know them beyond the cliché, or even less. This is probably the main problem of the film - despite belonging to the horror-sci-fi genre it never succeeds to make the viewer too involved or too afraid. 6 out of 10 on my personal scale.