After wandering around in the dark for a while, they start encountering things that go bump in the night. Anyway, this group gets stuck in a pyramid deep beneath the surface. And the third is Graeme Miller (Ewan Bremner), whose accent singles him out. The second is Sebastian de Rosa (Raoul Bova), who is recognizable because he survives longer than almost anyone else. The first is Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan), who is the film's attempt to replicate Sigourney Weaver. Most of the people on this team are just faceless Alien-fodder, but there are three that stand-out. Predator throws us into the Antarctic with an archeological expedition put together by Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen, sort-of reprising the character he portrayed in Aliens and Alien 3). Anderson tries to copy some of the things done by Ridley Scott, John McTiernan, and James Cameron, but his second-rate imitations do little more than emphasize the chasm that exists between him and his more accomplished predecessors.Īlien Vs. It drags interminably, and a lot of the scenes are too murky to see anything. Anderson (not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson - this is the Resident Evil/Event Horizon guy) has no grasp of why the first two Alien movies and the original Predator were successful - atmosphere and pacing. And, by then, due in large part to poor direction and non-existent character development, you may be asleep. And, compared to the hunter of Predator, the creatures in this movie turn out to be pushovers.Īs promised by the title, the movie does indeed feature battles between Aliens and Predators, although you have to wait until the final 30 minutes to get to that point.

Predator look just like their Aliens counterparts, but gone is the creepy terror they once produced. As an attempt to revive two flagging franchises, the film succeeds in reminding us of how far they have fallen. It's not likely that the movie will be of great interest to anyone else, except perhaps as a curiosity. Predator is a gimmick - an all-too-blatant attempt to lure fanboys away from their computer games and into theaters.

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