A hell of a lot better than I expected.

Rating: 7/10 (20 June 2006)

I refused to watch this when it came out. I thought it was a terrible, terrible idea, "The Scorpion King" of the Alien franchise. I was wrong.
I've never seen the Predator films but I love Alien, Aliens, don't mind Alien 3 and detest Alien Resurrection.
Back is the feminist theme, a keystone of the franchise that disappeared in Resurrection. The Predators are cool, as are the Aliens vs. Predator fights. It looks cool - the design, the fx, the weapons, the aliens, the predators, the sets.
It's a fairly cool film. More in line with Aliens than any of the other Alien films. Only one real creepy moment, the rest is hack and slash action but certainly a worthy addition to the Alien franchise, their best attempt since Aliens. Not too intelligent but not plain out dumb, its enjoyable and easy to watch.