Not even near the originals

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2008)

I'm a huge fan of the original Alien movies and The Predator was also pretty good - this may be part of the problem.
If you expect intense atmosphere like in the Alien movies you will be disappointed.
If you expect great action scenes like in The Predator you will also be disappointed.
So what is it all about? Well, even if its called Alien vs Predator, you don't see much of it. Most of the time you can watch the guys and girls of the expedition team running through a big pyramid, which oddly enough works like the 'Cube' in 'The Cube'. This wouldn't be so bad if they were complex and well played characters - but they aren't. The only really good scenes are the fights between the Aliens and the Predators, and they are much too short. Another really big flaw are all the logic mistakes. I won't name them, but it was like one mistake every 5 minutes. (For example: in The Predator Schwarzenegger can hide from the Predator by covering himself in mud to trick the heat-sensitive camera of the Predator. In AVP a guy lies 5 minutes in the cold and his face is covered with ICE, and the Predators have no problem to find him).
The only positive thing beside the fighting scenes are the special effects - especially the models of the aliens and predators. But sadly as mentioned before most of the time you don't see them.
My advice: better watch the originals one more time and don't spend money on this sad try to capture the greatness of the originals.
4/10