In space, no one can hear you groan.

Rating: 3/10 (29 March 2006)

Everyone who grew up in the 80s remembers these franchises (whether you loved them or not is a different story). I think that at one time or another every kid who saw these movies thought, "man, it would be cool to put the aliens against a predator." In fact, there were comic books, video games, etc. about what would happen. Naturally, when I heard they were making this film the child inside me though "that's gonna be awesome." However, when I saw it the adult in me (also the b-movie critic in me) said, "geez that's awful." It's not that it was poorly made (the special effects were very good), it's just that the story was kind of dumb and it was rather dull.
The plot is that a Weyland Company (the company from the Alien series) satellite finds a heat signature in Anartica and sends a crew to investigate. They know that there's an ancient pyramid buried under the ice, but don't realize that it's an ancient hunting ground for the predators. The predators used the pyramids to hatch aliens (using human hosts, you know, the chest bursters) and hunt the aliens. Essentially, it was a giant game ranch for the intergalactic nimrods. Of course, all hell breaks loose and the crew is either mowed down by the predators or become hosts for more aliens. I won't give away the ending, but will say that it is kind of lame and somewhat predictable.
The acting was alright, as was the direction and special effects. I think that my major criticism is that the whole thing is that their execution of the plot was lacking. All the twists were somewhat predictable and it seems that most of the shock value is decreased because if you've seen the other movies you know what is going to happen. It's not that they didn't try or have some good ideas, but it just wasn't that great of an idea.