Product reviewsAliens Vs. Predator - Requiem (DVD, 2008, Widescreen Unrated)

AVP requiem

This is alien versus predator II , maybe I was expecting more based on how good the first one was .
But this is good , on this one its not a space battle the predator crashes on earth and the military TRIES to defeat it !
If you collect movies or liked the first AVP you should see this !Read full review...

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Great action but VERY "B" rated actors....and storylines stink, if any....I would NEVER watch it more than once.

I am tired after over 50 years of watching flicks to see another otherwise great movie turned into very poor relationship scenes and just dumb folks doing stupid everyday crap that is so meaningless it makes me keep fast forwarding it to find some alien action scenes.
"B" actors at best, in my opinion, I would not have bought this but my wife wanted it.
I would absolutely never watch it more than once.

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AVP2. Better than the 1st one!

This is a well done flick. Unlike the 1st AVP which spent so much of the film setting up the AVP part, part 2 starts off right where part 1 ends and doesn't waste any time getting to the meat and tatters of the film! If you have seen AVP part 1 you will know right where things start. If not, and you are a fan of the alien movies, then odds are you will figure out what happened at the end of AVP1. If you haven't seen part 1, then you maybe a little lost. AVP2 has lots of aliens and the critters that go with them. Predator has added a few new tools to his weapons locker, but still has his old proven and trusty ones from predator 1 and 2. The FX is top shelf, A+ and believable! For me, that's the best part. As a over all movie, I give it a 7.5 out of 10. As an alien movie, 8. As a predator movie, 9! It moves at a steady, fast pace. But not so fast that you can't keep up. Over all, a good, fun sat. night movie!Read full review...

Aliens v/ Preditor

This could have been a wonderful adventure. Instead what we're subject to is a flick that leaves one wondering where the story is. After all, what a wonderful adventure the lead up flicks were. Full of good suspense and a solid story line with a somewhat animated passion to boot. I had a hard time connecting to anyone in the movie. Thus leaving me not caring what the heck happens to anyone and the result is no involvement and no interest. It's way to compact in details which are all in darkness on top of a pace too fast to follow. In the end I'm left quite disappointed and not very entertained. I'm glad I saw this on DVD instead of wasting a night at the movies. Free time is too priceless to spend it on this flick. Sorry for being so harsh but, please! A little direction would have been nice.
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The Second Time Around Still Isn't Out Of This World

I should have learned my lesson the first time around. After the dismal first pairing of these two modern-day Horror/Sci-Fi icons failed to deliver, I should have realized that an unexpected sequel would do any better. However, this second time around does do better than it's first, but not enough to stop wishing for either an Alien 5 or Predator 3.

Like a page from Casting 101, you have the typical parade of careless characters:The bad boy with brother, the sympathic cop, the solider coming home, and various family members searching for the rest of their clan. There's no time, or need, to care about them, but you figure you'd care about what's going to get them, being the A's and the P's. But honestly after a total of seven movies showing what these monsters do, you can't really be surprised like the first couple of times. Now granted, the Unrated version, of which I'm reviewing here, has a ton of graphic scenes, just how many times can a chest-burster or acid blood be impressive? And for a gore-hound like me to be actually bored with this should tell you something. And if that wasn't the worst of it, the Alien/Predator attacks happen mostly at night, and it looks like in the complete dark as well. 80% of all the scenes are so dark, it's hard to tell what you're looking at. And finally, it's ending is supposed to be some sort of prequel to either the original Alien or Predator films (according to the directors' commentary), but honestly I couldn't place how that could be.

In my opinion, only to be viewed by die-hard fans of either franchise, or the seven people who found the first film entertaining. Oh, I almost forgot: remember the underwhelming "more human than Alien" Alien at the end of Alien:Resurrection? Well, if you can turn your brightness control high enough on your set, you'll see this film's equivalent, the PredAlien!!!

Yeah, it's as bad as it sounds.
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Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem

If you liked the first movie, then you'll enjoy this one, too. Many people make mention of the lighting, which is a problem, especially early on where everything is very poorly lit. I adjusted my tv's brightness settings until it wasn't a problem.

Disclaimer: I watch movies for what they are, and don't view them with camera moves and symbolism with every shot in mind. This is an action movie, with two franchises battling it out on the screen. I didn't expect a masterpiece, so I wasn't disappointed as some people may have been.

Now, if you're like me (and what are the chances of that?), you only wanted to see this for the Alien vs Predator fight scenes. Honestly, I can live without "the human element" in these films, and hope that if they make a third, it's set on a planet without any humans at all, and that I can watch 90+ minutes of Aliens fighting Predators. That being the case, watching the Aliens infest an entire town was mildly entertaining. Unfortunately, there seemed to be too many characters running around in this film (not including Aliens or the Predator), and not enough focus on any single one of them to make me care if they lived or died (although the characters themselves were well defined).

The movie itself picks-up where the first one left-off: with the Alien/Predator hybrid escaping to Earth, while One Lone Predator becomes the hero of the film, battling Aliens left and right. The ending could have been better, but overall, it wasn't a bad movie to watch. If you haven't seen this already (or the first one for that matter) but are curious, I would suggest renting it or waiting to see it on cable before you buy it (or waiting for a really good deal here on eBay).Read full review...

Another Alien Vs. Predator? What more could they say?

Let me first begin by telling you that my movie viewing expierence is extensive, and I like to think that my reviews of movies are fairly accurate for the modern man, or woman.
Review for Aliens Vs. Predator Unrated: I rented this movie yesterday in hopes that I would see a better version of the last AvP, or at least more of the same. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being Moonstruck and 10 being a top notch Blockbuster action movie, too many to come up with an good one at the moment, I would give this version a great big two thumbs down 5.
The Cons: Almost the whole entire movie was way way too dark. Usually its just a scene or two where its somewhat dark and then it goes back to a lighted scene. Not this movie, dark pretty much from beginning to end, probably about 30 minutes of it total where you can actually see whats happening. Alot of the "gore" scenes where kind of cheesy and exactly the same as previous AvP's, such as when a alien baby pops out of its human hosts stomach. They show this same gore effect repeatedly, a definet overuse which resulted in it losing most of its impact power. Most of the main actors did a poor job overall, I wasnt convinced of really anything. Not much of a plot or story, if there was it was hard to remember it past all the alien babies poping out of peoples stomachs.
Pros: Predator. He added some excitment. He even has some scenes where he actually DOESNT kill everything in site and lets some things live.
My final assesment: If they decide to do another installment of this series, maybe it should be called PVP, Predator Vs. Predator!Read full review...

Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem

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 those who have been waiting for it finally get to witness facehuggers, alien hybrids, and the dreadlocked Predator wreak some homeland havoc. Directors Colin and Greg Strause (billed as "The Brothers Strause") don't seem concerned with achieving the tension of the original ALIEN and PREDATOR films, instead using their visual effects backgrounds to create a steady stream of monsters, gore, and goo. Picking up where AVP ended, REQUIEM sees 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. This is essentially a slasher film (or FREDDY VS. JASON with aliens), and the characters in REQUIEM are secondary to the creature effects. 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 well-done (if often occurring in darkness). There is also a significant amount of indiscriminant gore in this rightfully R-rated film. A government conspiracy plot thread and an ambiguous ending ensure that this battle isn't over yet.Read full review...

AVP- Requiem. Better than the original.

Basically, it beat the previous one. First off, the humans and Predators were never friends, they were enemies. Second off, this movie brings back the original fearless feel that the first AVP took away. The new Predator has one mission, and that is to kill the Aliens and anything, or one that stands in his way. I like that they didn't hold back with certain scenes and that they didn't to the "typical" hollywood move of keeping a main star alive just to make it seem like the good guys always win. Overall, I'd give this movie a 7.Read full review...

a sequel that's pretty good

The sequel to the first avp is a good movie all by itself. The fact that it is a sequel is pushed aside as this movie tries to take the avp franchise to another level. The avp has a huge following & this franchise could go on forever & most fans probally won't mind. It is sometimes hard to tell who is the good guy & who is the bad guy since there is such a huge following for both. Of course the silly humans get thrown in to move the plot butt maybe one day they will make this movie without any humans, since they are unnecessary. For fans of avp, this is a must buy & for newcomers its a worthwhile movie to enjoy.Read full review...