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Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Tommy Flanagan, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, Pavel Bezděk, Petr Jákl, Eoin McCarthy, Jan Pavel Filipenský (more)VOD (3)
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Deep below the frigid Antarctic among the remains of an ancient civilization, an epic war is about to begin--with the fate of the world in the balance! Dying industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland leads a crack team of experts into the icy continent after his company discovers a pyramid more than 2000 feet below the surface. Led by a less-than-zealous guide (Sanaa Lathan), the group heads into the underground lair only to discover they have been lured into becoming part of a furious battle between two bloodthirsty extraterrestrial species--the chameleonic Predators and the slime-dripping Aliens. (Home Box Office)
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Ugly and uglier, as one of my friends aptly proclaimed. And in the midst of the ugly, a group of more or less handsome humanoids are desperately trying to survive... Paul W. S. Anderson filmed a very grateful theme, but instead of an atmospheric mix of claustrophobic tension and dynamic action, as offered by the computer game of the same name, an initially thrilling, then extraordinarily predictable murder story with an emancipated heroine and a ridiculous story emerged from it all. Unfortunately, the heroine isn’t anywhere near as good as Ripley, and her survival journey is full of pretty nice action sequences, but she lacks suspense and the ability to grab the viewer’s attention. It’s too bad, because the introduction to the film is quite promising, but then, unfortunately, the tension disappears in the regiments of quite-visible monsters. Anderson just shot a B-movie with average A-movie effects. A pleasantly-killed hour and a half, but the film’s credit does not increase in any way with the ugly (Predators) and the uglier (Aliens), quite the opposite. AvP is just a parasite... 50%
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Alien vs. Predator is surprisingly well-filmed with nice special effects, dynamic editing and brisk action. And though the first fight between the Predator and the Alien was unwatchable, it still filled me with the rapture of my teenage years. What drags the film down to the level of average, however, is the UNBELIEVABLY stupid screenplay. The fact that Paul W.S. Anderson only steals wouldn’t matter so much, but the way that he sticks the stolen bits together with even more careless glue is a sight to see. With a better screenplay and longer runtime, this could have been excellent entertainment. P.S.: I was a bit bothered by the overall “humiliation” of the Alien race. Personally, I have more respect for it than I do for the plodding Predators.
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For a horror movie it lacks even the slightest hint of atmosphere and, for an adaptation of an action game (or a comic book), it’s lacks action. Perhaps only the makeup deserves praise. A boring and uninteresting B-movie that you can see hundreds of on the shelves of video rental stores. Anderson was able to dishonor two legends in one film, so hopefully some skillful predator will find him and exact personal satisfaction for defamation.
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Alien is downgraded to a drooling game of hopscotch, leaving the remnants of its sophistication in the original tetralogy – and for that alone, Paul W.S. Anderson has failed me again this time. While it's more boredom than a major annoyance that the unappealing main characters have to spend time acquainting themselves with the chilling environment and themselves. But when the alien newborn hatches a few minutes after meeting the facehugger, the queen agilely scampers around, and the predator senselessly respects the insignificant human, I wearily bury my head in my hands and give up. Shameful.
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Paul W. S. Anderson made another one of his classics, which doesn't fundamentally deviate from his abilities. It's such a shame that the story is incredibly banal because otherwise, it’s too long. It needed more thought, then one wouldn't just appreciate the great masks. This film just shows that in the new millennium, Aliens and Predators don’t have much of a place.
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