So Much Hope And Want.....Wasted....

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2004)

Well I saw this movie last night.....And I myself have been waiting for it for a year or so now ever since I heard it was coming out. The director of this film is the same as the first Resident Evil.....And those of you who have played the games know that he made sure it did not follow them. He does the same in this movie. When you go to see this movie FORGET everything you have ever learned about Predators and Aliens, Because this movie doesn't follow any of it. Firstly when a person in this film gets impregnated with a alien baby it pops out in less than 5 minutes. But in all the other movies previous it takes a few hours to a entire day. Now Second.....Predator blades are made partially from Alien blood so that when they fight a alien the blades will not melt due to the acidic content of the blood. BUT! in this movie the blades melt. *ahem* Thirdly....I must say....this movie...has the WORST acting I have seen in quite awhile....well since the Matrix movies and Keanu Reeves. Fourthly.....The camera shots during a fight scene are just....how to say it...not on the fight scene. Example: Predator beating on the humans, camera shows humans on floor and predator's feet....continues to show feet of Predator and walls while you hear and see in the corner of the screen the humans getting owned. Not only that but this movie would try to do things that in the end wouldn't work out or make sense why they didn't do/notice things before. Example: Predator has alien on back, alien gets shot by a human, human is facing east towards the entrance to the pyramid....Predator turns and camera shows 5 more aliens standing....hanging out.....like they were watching a game of basketball on the local court. Now there is no way in all the Hollywood world that the human could not have seen the other aliens....and if seeing how the aliens are there I HIGHLY doubt they would just hang out and watch as one of their kind is slaughtered. Now....*AHEM* After about the first 5 minutes of the film it goes from switching locations continuously to simply utterly cheesy and contradicting. The CG is about the only good thing in this film. The direction, acting, makeup, costumes, camera work, plot, script, screenplay, storyboard and even the music is just a better to laugh at then actually take seriously. I REALLY tried to enjoy this film beyond A doubt I did, But in the end the only highlight of the evening was the Trailer for Resident evil 2, and the Credits signaling the end to the travesty of a film. ~~~2 1/2 out of 10. Half a thumb up.~~~