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For those who found 2004's Aliens vs. Predator too lightweight in the gore-and-guns department, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem offers a marked improvement in both categories, as well as a respectable amount of rumbles between the title extraterrestrials. Set in the 21st century (which predates the story to all of the Alien features), Requiem sends a crippled Predator ship crashing to Earth in a small Colorado town; unbeknownst to the locals, the craft is loaded with H.R. Giger's insectoid monsters, which make quick work of most of the population. As the human cast is slowly whittled to a few hardy (if unmemorable) souls, a Predator warrior also arrives to complicate matters and do battle with the Aliens, as well as a ferocious Alien-Predator hybrid (dubbed a Predalien by the sci-fi and horror press). Visual-effects designers and music-video helmers The Strause Brothers (who make their feature directorial debut here) keep the action on frantic throughout, which is wise, since the dialogue and characters are threadbare at best; that should matter little to teenage male viewers, who are inarguably the film's key audience. Fans of the Alien franchise, however, may find the offhanded nod to the series' mythology given during the finale its sole saving grace. --Paul Gaita, Amazon.com
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Alien vs Predator relegated its intergalactic grudge match to Antarctica, keeping most of humankind gleefully ignorant. This time around, though, the destruction takes place in suburban America and facehuggers, alien hybrids, and the dreadlocked Predator wreak havoc. Directors Colin and Greg Strause (billed as 'The Brothers Strause') use their visual effects backgrounds to create a steady stream of monsters, gore, and goo. Picking up where AvP ended, Requiem sees a Predator on a homebound spacecraft when a baby alien/Predator hybrid bursts from his chest, causing the ship to crash in the Colorado woods. Several facehugger specimens escape, planting eggs down the throats of a hunter and his son. Soon, baby aliens emerge from their bodies and head for town, where ex-con Dallas (Steven Pasquale), Iraq War vet Kelly (Reiko Aylesworth), pizza delivery boy Ricky (Johnny Lewis), high school heartthrob Jesse (Kristen Hager), and sheriff Morales (John Ortiz) have their own separate encounters with the creatures.
The dead Predator's home planet receives a transmission of the alien outbreak, and a fellow denizen of his world is dispatched to clean up the multiplying aliens, eventually causing enough death and destruction for government intervention.
Fans of the comic books and videogames will appreciate the Strauses' adherence to the lore of the series, but others will probably just find thrills in the copious special effects, which are frequent and of a high standard.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Being a huge fan of Alien, Aliens and Predator (also Predator 2 if I'm honest), I bought this to complete my collection. I have seen some utter rubbish in my time but this takes the biscuit. To say that the characterisation and acting are one dimensional would be doing this car crash of a film a massive favour. Plot holes as big as Jupiter: check. Awful acting: check. Dialogue that a two year old would shake from his etch-a-sketch: check. This film has it all!
For the love of all that is holy, throw your money down the drain rather than making the mistake I did by buying this as the memory of having seen it does not wash away.
For the love of all that is holy, throw your money down the drain rather than making the mistake I did by buying this as the memory of having seen it does not wash away.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had been looking forward to telling everyone how badly wrong previous reviewers had it. Unfortunately, I can't. They were right. The film is so dark as to be virtually unviewable (my wife actually thought that we had a bad pirate copy). The story is simply a means to link a series of supposed gory killings (I say 'supposedly' because most of them are hinted at more than seen).
There was no suspense. Most of the human characters are so obnoxious (mostly know-it-all teenagers) it is easy to hope they will all be wiped out. Added to this, the ending was trite.
I hope there is another AvP film (I have enjoyed all other Alien/Predator films). I just hope that the next one is made by different people.
There was no suspense. Most of the human characters are so obnoxious (mostly know-it-all teenagers) it is easy to hope they will all be wiped out. Added to this, the ending was trite.
I hope there is another AvP film (I have enjoyed all other Alien/Predator films). I just hope that the next one is made by different people.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What the hell was that, iv just watched the film and have no idea what actually happened as I couldnt see anything except a black screen with the odd flashlight waving around and a load of screaming!!
Avoid
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Where's the brightness control?
If less is more then this must be a great film - It's so dark you cant see anything!
I'm a big fan of the Alien & Predator franchises, this isn't one of their finest moments -... Read more
I'm a big fan of the Alien & Predator franchises, this isn't one of their finest moments -... Read more
Published 26 days ago by D. TOCHER
What has happened to this movie.
I watched all the Alien movies and all the Predator movies and even AVP but this just sucks. It has turned into more of a teen horror. Read more
Published 1 month ago by C. J. Jones
IT'S A B-MOVIE ! ! ! !
Hi Alien/Predator fans,
I must be one of the few earthlings that was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining AVP/ REQUIEM was ! Read more
I must be one of the few earthlings that was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining AVP/ REQUIEM was ! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Wolf-kretin
not bad
i had already seen this movie and at that time i wasnt as impressed with it as the first AVP (which i can watch over and over again)but i thought i would purchase it to complete... Read more
Published 2 months ago by kath
Darkness can be a blessing
I don't know how this film managed to garner 2 stars on Amazon. I am a life long fan of both the Alien and Predator franchises and also enjoyed the first AVP outing although... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Simon Oxley
movie-by-numbers
not as soon as alien v predator by a million miles... good yard, but thats about it. Blu ray is very good picture/audio so I guess from the reviews that the DVD is terrible.... Read more
Published 3 months ago by JrF
AVP 2 [Blu-Ray] Had Such Promise... But Not A Total Failure
AVP started something great and then AVP: Requiem happened. Alien vs Predator vs Friday The 13th is what this film is like when watching it, your half expecting to see Jason... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Bowiee
AVP R: the disappointment
I've seen alien, I've seen aliens which is one of the best sci fi movies ever made, and I saw most of alien 3 and resurrection, then avp which wasn't too bad and then came this AVP... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Benjamin J. Raddon
Alien vs Predator Requiem: Left me completely in the dark!
What the hell? After the entertaining AVP film, I was willing to give this a chance. And indeed, some of the ideas on offer here are pretty interesting - handled well you feel this... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Victor
LOTS OF ACTION
A lot of reviewers slag this film off,I was wondering whether it was better than the first and what a pleasant surprise, you see AVP is AVP, just as Aliens is Aliens, Predator etc,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by eloquent
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