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What is of interest is that in previous Predator films, the Predators share one trait with our own Navy Seals: they will not let one of their own fall into the hands of the enemy. A entire town in picked off one by one. With each Predator sequel, we learn a bit more about what motivates the species. In AVP:REQUIEM, the audience sees that a transformation has occurred in the character of the Predator. There are no Sigourney Weavers to make us care about their collective fate. While the Alien remains the same mindless gore hungry killer that Sigourney Weaver first encountered in the original, the Predator has slowly begun to morph from the skull collecting trophy hunter that Arnold Schwarzenegger faced to a hunter that has a purpose over and above killing its prey.

There is plenty of gore, including even a disturbing scene in which an Alien enters a hospital nursery to find rows of unguarded and helpless human babies and heavily pregnant mothers. By default, the focus of attention in on the sole Predator's mission. Thus, the focus of the movie is less on the plight of the beleagured humans and more on whether the avenging Predator will succeed. His vessel crashes back to earth and a message is sent to the Predator home world. I came close to cheering this Predator but the level of interchangeable human deaths led me to accept the view that AVP:REQUIEM was little more than an excuse to give a slightly different tack to a series that is rapidly running out of reasons for further sequels. We care very little for the human beings since they are nearly faceless and interchangeable. Such scenes add little to the forward thrust of the film since we have been thoroughly desensitized by the mass spilling of blood by those whom we have not had time to know.

As the last sequel AVP ended, a dead Predator was headed home when an Alien burst from its incubated host, thus beginning this movie. This Predator is much like any celluloid hero. A Predator undertakes a solo mission to bring back or avenge the death of his comrade. To the Predator, humanity is unimportant except insofar as to provide an opportunity to clean up the mess left by his erstwhile comrade. To begin with, for the first time we see its home world. He fearlessly faces staggering odds and in one scene performs in a way that reminded me of Errol Flynn in THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON as Flynn faces an oncoming Souix horde with no bullets and can do little else than draw his saber to face his fate. Further, for the umpteenth time we are told that a heartless and shadowy government has its own means to contain the threat, one that deals more with eliminating it than rescuing the threatened townspeople.

The mission of the Predator is what holds the film's disparate parts together.

Arguably, the directors respected much of the Alien (except when it came to making baby Aliens) and Predator canon, and seemed to have passion for the characters, but they (the directors) just didn't have the experience to express it well on the screen. An Alien with quasi-dreadlocks and the ability to scare, intimidate, and/or command the other Aliens. The directors' lack of theatrical experience is very evident in the scenes of "horror and carnage" which usually induce mocking laughter, instead of chills. He is introduced with a clinical, almost bored, attitude towards his pending Alien clean-up.

What do you get when Aliens over run the (at least, one of the) Predators' favorite hunting grounds. The actor playing this Predator, while wearing pounds of prosthetics, manages to out act all the other actors. Much running. The fast forward button is your friend with this DVD.

Much screaming. Cue clueless humans. Cue bursting chest scenes. Cue face-huggers. The humans in AVP-R were simply fodder for the Aliens and the Predator.

Is this a good movie. Except the Pred-alien, and the Predator with a Purpose. "Music Video" came to mind as I watched AVP-R, primarily during Alien/Pred-alien/Predator action scenes. Wait for a sale. Yeah. Whyte.

Definitely worth a look, but not if you have to pay full price. According to AVP-R: a Predator whose purpose is similar to a "cleaner" in organized crime - get rid of the evidence at all costs. I wasn't surprised to learn that the film's directors have experience making music videos. The bare bones of AVP-R is the Predator ship carrying the Pred-alien from the first AVP crashes back to Earth, and the mayhem that always accompanies Aliens trying to make babies ensues. To try and make up for the lack of skillfully done horror, the directors have the Aliens take out anybody, and everybody - babies, children, pregnant women, not pregnant women, men. AVP-R is not very pretty to look at, but it's hard not to feel the director's passion for the Aliens, and the Predators. The first AVP is pretty to look at, but has no passion or purpose, other than to seemingly indulge Paul Anderson, as he thumbs his nose at all those who are not Paul Anderson. Or, they were, and the scenes were edited out.

Overall, AVP-R is much better than the first AVP. As the movie progresses Ian Whyte - the actor portraying the Predator - successfully projects the surprise at the discovery of the Pred-Alien; determination to eradicate the Aliens; frustration at being unable to quickly wipe out the Aliens; and at the end, total primal fury while fighting to the death with the Pred-Alien. Only when the Predator is on screen, despite the badly shot, and lit, fight scenes. A really, really good sale. The acting is as one-dimensional as the cliched characters: unsure sheriff; bad boy come home; brother to bad boy; and solider returning from war, almost a stranger to family. Pred-alien. The only things that weren't attacked by the Aliens were kittens, and teddy bears.

Kudos to Mr. Not much that is new. What do you get when you cross an Alien, and a Predator. Very bad lighting, as well. Various moments lasting a few seconds, pasted together to give an impression, rather than a start to finish action scene. I'm hoping that their film making experience, and expertise, will eventually catch up to their passion.

Why only one predator came to do the clean up job.The whole movie is shown in dark background and make it not enjoyable.Don't buy this movie, just rent it. Very bad script. In the previous AVP, there were several Predators on the ship. The ship should not crash back to the earth. If it's another ship, after the crash, only aliens can survive.

I perferd the R rating over the PG-13.(It dident really matter there were like[.]. kids watching it with there parents when i saw it in theaters). altho it is sort of predictable the deaths are good. first off AVP R is a lot better than the original. Expecialy in the Unrated Version. The special effects are good and the acting is so-so. Alot of memorable moments.

. BOTH had me pretty frightened as a young child with his mind constantly wondering and unsure what was even going on. This movie shows everything from little kids having aliens shoot from their bellies while hunting in the woods, to pregnant women in hospitals having aliens munch through their stomach and stick their sharp dangerous teeth in the air, while the patients and nurses were forced to watch these graphic things happen. One I highly recommend. I remember when both Alien and Predator were popular movies. Everything from nurses getting their heads popped off, to sharp teeth chewing on peoples faces, to a pizza delivery boy getting his buns kicked by the new boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend.

Now, many years later, I'm an adult now, and yet, I still feel somewhat scared when I watch the movies, because they portray humans unable to defend themselves against these huge POWERFUL creatures, and I think that's the thing that bothers me the most. It WILL be a bit hard keeping track of what's going on half the time though, because there's like, 20 different main characters in the film, showcasing a variety of different friends and families, and because the film takes place at night time for the most part, it's hard to tell who actually won the fight between the alien and the predator. I think the creature with green juice squirting out of him lost.

The amount of blood is very very high throughout the film. Predator a VERY scary film. This made Alien vs. Predator was disturbing in that, it seemed whenever someone lost their life, their friends and family would die next, in graphic ways. Oh, and the ending scene is VERY cool.

Alien vs. . There WERE some predictable moments though, such as the monsters swimming through swimming pools while people were in the pool, and you KNEW they would swim after the people.