ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM (2007)

Director: The Brothers Strause

AVPR isn’t really that awesome as the trailer makes it out to be. It’s a nice try, and it’s a stronger and better film than that AvP-thingy from Paul WS Anderson.

The alien parts and the predator parts are handle with some interesting choices. The super small glimpse of Yutani and the predator home world are actually the single two best scenes in the whole film. They’re like five seconds each, though, so don’t get your hopes up. The characters in AVPR are, however, painfully boring. There are too much people running around doing nothing. There’s too much stuff happening, and even if there’s a lot going on, we don’t care and we don’t really find it that interesting.

This story has been told so many times that it’s almost a spoof of a cliché. The sets are tedious, the human interaction a bit confusing and sloppy, the story is flat.

Action is something these two directors can handle. When there’s action, it’s very well done. The gore-parts are nice, the killings are cool.

But who cares? Dutch in Predator was a guy we really wanted to make it – hence, the fight between him and the Predator was cool and chilling. Ripley in Aliens – same here.

But these guys? I don’t even remember their names…

Note to the brothers (and the writer) for the next film: concentrate on fewer characters, make them interesting and try to make a character driven film. Add the action later.

As a piece of entertainment with no real value, it works. It’s a perfect film for the time when you need to kill an hour and a half. But if you’re looking for a cult-classic, or a bit of cinema that’s exciting and fun to watch – then don’t bother.

Because of the very good effects, the fact that this is actually another Alien vs. Predator film and that it’s better than the Paul-version – I give this one a 6. It’s not really the “real” vote - if I didn’t like these Alien and Preadtor-guys so much, I would’ve voted a 3.

But I guess that we won’t get back what once were. These two sagas ended with Predator 2 and Alien 3. After that – only light entertainment made by dorks.

Score: 5