AVP - Alien Vs. Predator (Full Screen Edition) | Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova

AVP - Alien Vs. Predator (Full Screen Edition) | Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova | what is evry ones problem?

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	AVP - Alien Vs. Predator (Full Screen Edition) Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova 20th Century Fox, 2005 average customer review:based on 609 reviews view larger image
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"It may be our planet, but it?s their war!" The deadliest creatures from the scariest sci-fi movies ever made face off for the first time on film. The incredible adventure begins when the discovery of an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica sends a team of scientists and adventurers to the frozen continent. There, they make an even more terrifying discovery: two alien races engaged in the ultimate battle. Whoever wins...we lose.

Finally, the circle closes

We now know the origin of this particular ALIEN species variant; brought by the Predators as a transplant to Earth many eons prior to Columbus. Using a human as a host, a particularly survival orientated creature is produced that is stealthy, has molecular acid as blood (ALIEN pt.1),and aggressively combative and competitive: the most worthy opponent for Predator in, 'THE HUNT'. Only sometimes things don't work out as planned, and if Aliens are produced in numbers too overwhelming for the Predators to handle, they instigate their own 'final solution'. Evidently no remains of any kind of Alien are left behind, because in ALIEN, the comment is made that, "we've never encountered any species like that on LD-486, or any other planet [to Ripley]".
A vs P has a great story line and cast of characters, and the best movie of the series since , ALIENS. So grab two bags of microwave popcorn
your favorite drink, sit back and prepare for an excellent classic to be
horror flick.

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what is evry ones problem?

i have tryed to figure out why evry one hates this movioe so much. does it have aliens? yes. does it have predators? yes. does it have aliens vering predators? yes.............then whats your problem? and all this rubbish about card board acting? have you seen the sequal? now THATS card board acting. this movie isnt exactly fast paced, but look at the alien and predator movies. in alien, you didnt see the actual alien till 40 minutes in! and in predator you didnt see it until the last hour or so. so, really its just following the formila of the movies its contecting. the plot makes sense, and involves both aliens and predators fighting to the daeth ( where as other versus films eg freddy vs jason, it felt like an elm street movie with jason in it a bit). so, if you are a fan of both the alien or predator movies, i suggest you check this one out, you either like it or you dont.

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Now part of the canon of the main films ...

This film definitely benefits from retrospect. After having viewed it now several times I've come down on the side of the fans with this film and not on the side of the haters, of which there are many.

When this movie was reported on, most of the mainstream press dismissed it outright as either an over the top combination, too niche of an audience, a bad idea that could ruin both franchises, and so on. After the initial shock wave settled and the movie came out, the box office numbers were pretty dismal and the film was then seen to have under-preformed. The expectation was probably too great to live up to or even meet half-way. Aliens vs. Predator landed with a thud in the theatres as well as on DVD when it was finally released.

But with all due respect, the film is greater than it's marketing history and will probably be seen as such in time to come.

The story has some surprising elements to it. Lance Henriksen being one of them, playing Charles 'Bishop' Weyland of ... ahem ...Weyland Industries. Yes, now it all makes sense. The whole question of Bishop wants to be answered and is begging to be answered in this film, much like the Terminator Series tries to reverse engineer their own on-screen technology to show you its roots. Henrikson's character is a billionaire industrialist that does it all and has the jump on most modern governments and not-surprisingly more armed than modern governments as well. But in this film, he's the aging, decrepit and frail leader that probably should've stayed home but takes no advice.

Overall, the action is good, the story is well-written and engaging. The CG is flawless and one can tell that a lot of love went into his movie from the inception of the idea and followed it all the way through the process. This is a much better movie than it was given credit for, and AVP holds it own in the world of both Predators and Aliens.

And for the record, if you have any doubts at all, this film also looks a million times better once you get a whiff of AVP:R, which was a complete and unmitigated disaster. It's a shame that movie was even made, because AVP:R did what everyone thought this film was going to do to both franchises. It just goes to show how much hard work is required to carry off something of the magnitude achieved in this film. Making a naval gazing, teen slasher movie and trying to pass it off as either an Aliens or Predator production is just downright shameful.

Well, as of this date AVP3 is silently in the works and it looks as though AVP:R is just going to be outright ignored in the storyline, and should be. Hopefully AVP3 will pick off where AVP left off.

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WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN

Well,after years of anticipation FOX finally decided to pit two of the greatest creatures in sci-fi history against each other for the first time on film.Fans of both Alien/Predator franchises will probably find themselves dissapointed with this film.However,while there is one decent fight between the two races,it is not enough to save the film from its sci-fi original feel and total lack of action and violence that fans were expecting.The plot of the film revolves around a team of scientists travelling to the arctic to investigate a heat signature found 2,000 feet beneath the ice,after locating a temple that serves as the Predator's proving ground,all goes south.While most say that this film is seriously flawed,and I agree,one must appreciate seeing these creatures together for the first time.With a few decent fight scenes mixed in between some pg-13 moments of horror,Alien vs. Predator,though it did not deliver for its fans,is not a bad buy for $10 and may be enjoyed by someone new to the franchise.

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