Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (Unrated Edition)
by Colin Strause, Greg Strause
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Actor: Ariel Gade, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Reiko Aylesworth, Steven PasqualeDirector: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Brand: TCFHE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (Unrated Edition)
Movie Review: Fox somehow managed a movie that makes AvP 1 look good!
Summary: 1 Stars
Aliens Versus Predator - Requiem (or AVP: R for short)...where to begin with this piece of cinematic garbage? First I'll begin with saying that I am a huge fan of the Alien franchise of movies and find the Predator franchise fun, but nothing really more than blockbuster films. Secondly I'd like to say most movies I find some redeeming value in, be it silly, or serious. From Ed Wood to films to many others of that nature there are bad films that you might find entertaining in their sheer absurdity. AVP: R is not one of those movies.
So what could possibly make this movie so horrific bad? I mean everyone thought an R-rated AVP movie would be a great way to counter the let down of Paul W.S. Anderson's PG-13 film released several years prior...well the rating may say "ages 17 and up" as opposed to Anderson's "Ages 13 and up" but somehow the Strausse brothers have managed to make an even more childish movie than has ever managed to defile either one of these two franchises.
This movie takes the Alien and Predator franchises where they've never been before. A wondrous realm of endearing horror that surely no one would ever associate with either franchise; I am of course talking about the most infamous of horror sub-types aside from zombies: the dead teenager genre. Essentially both Alien and Predator have both been beaten to death and buried by Fox (Alien Resurrection, Predator 2, and AvP) but none can compare to the audacity of Aliens versus Predator Requiem.
The plot revolves around the Predator-Alien hybrid (as seen at the end of the first AvP) running amuck throughout a small Colorado town. Their goal? To rip-off as many scenes from the original Alien movies as possible! Why of course! Of course a predator has to be involved for this to be Aliens versus Predator so a Predator, named `Wolf' by the production team (after the Pulp Fiction character - they forget the timeless rule of "Never reference good movies in your bad one") comes in to cover up the signs of the aliens...which you soon realize makes little to no sense because as fans know Predators are not ones for subtlety; between their skinning people alive, hanging them, skull ripping, and nuclear explosives they do not make for ones who care much about covertly cleaning up a mess they made.
But somewhere the script forgot this was a horrifically bad action movie so they tried to add in some poorly scripted drama and clich? characters. As if this movie couldn't get any worse they got the dead-teenager route to produce some of the most moronic characters I have ever laid witness to - EVEN by dead-teenager standards these characters are bad!
Then we have the special effects which in their own way give this film even more of a sci-fi channel original feel. I have never seen CGI and animatronics look quite as fake as this. Those rare people who complain about the puppet facehuggers and chestbursters of the original Alien films- not to worry! In cheap CGI they truly look horrific. The effects are not subtle, and the gore is so stupid that even if you're one who enjoys schlock films you won't find any amusement.
So let's overview this:
Alien movie: Fails
Predator movie: Fails
B-horror movie: Isn't even cheesy enough to be that entertaining
Gore: Stupid, pointless, and no fun even for a raging gore-a-holic
This movie is one to avoid at all costs. It's dumb, every other scene rips off its far superior predecessors, and the directors seem to have no control over the mess.
Summary of Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (Unrated Edition)
Packed with adrenaline-pumping action and heart-stopping suspense, this spectacular sequel escalates the war between sci-fi's scariest movie icons!On Earth everyone can hear you scream, especially when a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters-and producing countless Alien offspring-with terrifying efficiency. When a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation, it's an all-out battle to the death with no rules, no mercy, and hundreds of innocent people caught in the crossfire. As the creature carnage continues, a handful of human survivors attempt a daring escape, but the U.S. government may be hatching a deadly plan of its own...
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
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