Terribly disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (30 April 2006)

A group of scientists is recruited to investigate an ancient site buried deep in the Antartica. With both 'Alien' and 'Predator' in the title of this movie, you just know that these poor souls are going to be cannon fodder. With that said, there are neither horror nor thrills in this utterly forgettable movie. Even the action scenes are unexciting. With the Alien movies (at least with Alien and Aliens), the viewer had someone to root for. In this movie, the characters are so dispensable, all might as well have been killed off at the end. There is nothing new that has not been seen before in the other Alien and Predator movies (apart from the contrived title showdown) and herein lies the problem with this movie. It just feels empty and hollow.