Alien vs Predator
| release date | August 13 2004 |
| studio | 20th Century Fox |
| director | Paul W.S. Anderson |
| writer | Peter Briggs, Dan O'Bannon |
| starring | Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, Agathe De La Boulaye |
| rating | PG13 |
| tagline | Whoever wins... We lose. |
| site | avp-movie.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
12 Comments
Ok. I know this is a terrible movie on all fronts. But for the true nerds it is loosely based on the AVP book. Which is neat, they just really screw it up.
And PG13 AVP is like a slap in the face.
I loved the Alien movies and I liked the first Predator but put together didn’t work. Alien VS Predator at PG-13 is pretty pathetic.
the first preadator and most of the alien movies were genious but anyone can tell you that putting them together with a PG13 rating could never work, this movie pretty much takes 2 of the biggest alien icons and ruins them. Its funny how the alien and predator movies were made about in the early 1980′s and here in 2004 this is the best we can do to compete. Oh well better luck next time I guess.
Too much human killing!!! Not enough alien on predator action. PG-13 rating is a joke. Whoever wins…we lose…because we sat through this garbage.
It was stupid but it was like you just had to see how stupid.
Its a crying shame, seeing as how good the Alien and Predator movies are. Even Alien 3 wasn’t as bad as this drivel. Mindless violence, and there weren’t any decent fight scenes.
A PG13 movie with aliens and predators give me a break this was a big pile of crap and PLEASE a human teaming up with a predator to beat a stupid alien DAMN i didnt believed it til i saw the movie.(Am giving it a 5 just because of the special effects and good acting)
OMG i love this movie i give it a 10
I wasn’t heavily into Batman growing up, but this must be what hardcore fans of the Dark Knight must have felt when they saw the disaster “Batman & Robin”.
My precious childhood memories where raped in one single, 101 minute experience. If you thing I’m exaggerating, don’t worry, Paul W.S. Anderson makes sure that even non-fans will walk out of the theater with a headache and a bad taste in their mouths.
Acting, writing, even the design of the Predators are ridiculous and outlandish to the cartoon-like extreme. Skip this one and rest easy at night. Otherwise, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
While Director Paul W.S. Anderson delivers more than what ALIEN RESURRECTION has to offer (mainly because there are two different creatures vs. humans), ALIEN VS. PREDATOR fell short in too many ways ….. Most of the blame goes to Fox (for wanting a PG-13 when this franchise exists as a graphic R-rating) but the rest goes for not following the “existing” storyline available from the graphic novels (by Dark Horse Publishing) ….. Lance Henriksen talents are wasted in this film !
WHAT A PIECE OF FUCKIN BULLS HIT THERE I SAID IT
Some of the reviews of this movie make me laugh. It’s like people are so mindless lately that no matter how amazing a movie is (and no, I’m not saying this is amazing AT ALL) people will agree with the majority of critical reviews. Look at Pan’s Labyrinth. The movie is easily the most unoriginal, boring, and just downright pointless movies I’ve ever seen in my life—BUT—it got a lot of perfect reviews and people follow the crowd and rate it the same. In opposite, this movie a lot of terrible critical reviews and people followed suit.
Our generation is mindless.
This movie is far from perfect, but the reasons people have for hating this movie are even more retarded:
- “PG-13!! OMG!! IT SUCKS!!” Yet they fail to see that Alien and Aliens, if they were released in modern time, would have gotten a PG-13 rating. There was more violence/blood in the PG-13 rated Cloverfeild than Alien and Aliens combined. The level of violence in this movie is about the same as the original Alien, sorry to break it to you.
- “THE WORLD ENDED!!! A PREDATOR AND HUMAN TEAMED UP!! AHHHH!!!” It’s no worse than the cheesy laughing scene at the end of the original Predator. Oh, wait. I forgot. People want a carbon copy of things they’ve seen a million times to make them like something. I forgot.
I’m a huge Alien fan. The original Alien is one of my favorite movies of all time. As for Predator . . . eh.
But Alien vs Predator was far from bad. It had enough action to keep me interested, which takes a lot. And the ending scene with the water tower was pretty cool, as well as seeing the Alien queen up and fighting. The minor plot twist in the very end was nifty as well.
There is nothing here that should offend fans of either series, because it’s more of the same, but with a twist. Perfect? No. Deserving of the mindless “OH MY GOD IT SUXXXSS!!” it’s getting? No.
Although, not as good as the original Alien and Predator movies (call me nastolgic), this was actually a great film. The music and the locations for this film are outstanding. The storline, although original, was great. The Predator in this one looked a little bulgy if you ask me. The battle at the end between the Predator and the Alien Queen was great. I recommend this film to anyone who likes the Alien and Predator franchises.
God, what a disappointment. There was a great deal of potential wasted in the making of this movie. The only thing worse was the piece of crap that followed it.
its was pretty bad.
sure its not awesome but i enjoyed aliens and the preds gettin it on
The mixing of these two franchises should have been pure gold. The initial comic book was excellent but putting them together on Earth is a complete and utter mistake and a lost chance to combine two awesome entities. In a word – s**t
Now I liked this one ….
I happened to like this movie. anybody who say’s different doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
Not the greatest movie ever, but was anybody trully expecting it to be? It was loaded with cool action angainst the two Horror/Sci-Fi legends, and if anybody was expecting much plot, you obviously were watching for the wrong reasons. I still find it enjoyable.
I thought this movie was going to be good. But when I watched it I thought it was SHIT! Everbody gets killed off way to soon and then it gets really boring. The movie really took the PREDATOR’s side because it makes it look like hes the good guy. Really bad movie!
it was ok there should have been more people for the Predator to kill
and it should have been rated R they should have added more gore
Pretty good. This could be the begining of a huge series.
Straight up horrible movie.
Horrible They took two great sci fi films that could get away with almost anything then they make this film and it’s for kids who didn’t really care
I was expecting some silly movie with the bad guys from two great franchises duking it out it. Fun, but mindless. I wasn’t expecting high quality writing that was in some of the AVP comics and books. This movie was crap. I thought Freddy Versus Jason was mindless, but fun (fun at times, at least). This is just mindless.
I was expecting better.
I did expect this to be pure crap before i saw it but i did in fact like it. Not one of the best horror movies but still not in my opinion one of the worst. This movie is watchable thanks to the great sets, the two beasts and the terrific actor Lance”Bishop”Henriksen. This movie is far from a ten but i think it deserves a five and it is still better than Alien resurrection(what a shithole movie).
this coulda been sooo cool, but once again hollywood fails us all!
It started off good, a good story, well looked like it was gonna be. But it just failed. While I do get the whole predator could have been nice to humans thing (the second one, all the predators don’t kill danny glover when they come back down to earth). But it was so cheesy there are no words.
i thought it was alright.
Has some cool ideas but ultimately screws over the fans with a PG-13 rating some totally lame Predator action. I almost expected the predator and the main character chick to start their own sitcom together.
i think the reviews a lot of you put up here is just trashing the film b/c of the rating…for a pg-13 its got a lot of killing and some blood and a lot of alien slime….i thought the story was really good and i was praying for the characters to survive and i even got a claustrophobic feeling during one scene….i loved the final girl and the predator team up set and thought the ending was really good…havent watched avp:r since i got it so i guess i’ll check that out now
I don’t really get why there are so many negative reviews of this movie. I thought it was pretty good!
more of a sci-fi film, but with a lot of horror elements added to them… i like!
This movie pissed me off so much. I was hoping it would be awesome. The promotional status of the film prior to it’s release excited me. The whole ‘whoever wins… we lose’ tagline was awesome and the trailer actually showed hope. When i got to see the film i let off a few things that happened, like the first Predator dying, then the second one came to pass and i thought ‘Fuck’ but i still let it off then half way through the film and the fighting scenes sucked, they looked so crap. I thought the storyline was terrible as was the characters and the acting in the film. The horrendous fight scenes put the sprinkles on the piece of shit this film is. Only because Aliens and Predators are featured in this film does it get 2 skulls.
it was okay.
This killed the greatest horror, sci – fi franchises ever made. Alien VS Predator is basically what it says on the tin, the two greatest sci – fi aliens fighting against each other, with a couple of stupid American actors and actresses chucked in. The acting is terrible, but the sheer volume of the movie is great, with some great action and suspense, but no horror elemts that raided the original Alien movies, and the movie Predator. The sound track is awful, the acting is horrible, but the action is great.
5/10
Very very great love the movie very entertaining good movie!
Sure, as far as a horror movie, this bites. But as an action film (and a major Alien fan) I loved it. Anything that lets me see more Alien-y goodness in a relatively plausible manner is good enough for me. All in all, good popcorn movie.
This has grown on me over the years, it may not be as great as the other Alien and Predator movies, but it is fun and a great sci-fi adventure with some spectacular setpieces (the Queen emerging from the ice is f***ing brilliant).
And the predator/human romantic tension was hilarious!
File under so cheesy/bad it’s great and enjoy it for what it is.
Somewhat okay movie. The second film posed a “R” Rating and was alot more fun.
Paul W.S. Anderson – Hollywood’s Uwe Boll? Maybe, maybe not, but this fun little piece of crap might just tip the scales in the maybe-direction.
Most disappointing movie of my entire life. I thought it couldn’t get worse than Alien Resurrection.
Besides the fact that 2 of the coolest sci fi chacters are in the movie being of course the Predator and Alien(s)it is total crap. The whole idea of the chick teaming up with the Predator is very pathetic and tames the Predator in my eyes. This film doesn’t “ruin” the other movies as so many people have told me it has for them but it is definetly the worst
Its a fun popcorn – flick. I won’t lie- I have watched this movie many times and I enjoy it.Don’t compare it with the Alien trilogy or the Predator – Just see it as an independent franchise and have fun – It has some oh – so -cool kills – some gr8 Predator Vs Alien fights and a pretty Good Final girl sub-plot with some brilliant cinematography.There are even some twists and turns, which keep u guessing till the end – We do lose but whoever wins – Be it Aliens or Predator – its definitely the money well spent in a hall to watch the birth of a franchise.
Makes Alien 3 look good.
Entertaining film.
Alien Vs Predator 2 is better than this, i couldn’t believe it either
A horrible movie that dissapointed those who waited for years for this film to happen
It may not be perfect but it beats the crap out of that piece of shit sequel, AVPR.
I always like to check out what people write and opinionate about movies, but it amazes me when I still see reviews for movies like this that haven’t been on for years. Sometimes that is cool, because it helps me find movies that I never heard of and gives me films to look for and watch, but why do movies like this still resurface. Let’s face it folks, most people didn’t care for this movie, I liked it though, but still feel that it could have been better. I think that if someone in the movie universe would sit down and think really hard they could come with some type of ubercool concept that would WOW most of us out there. But let’s face it, until that happens (which is likely never) we will still have to subjecate ourselves to movies like this and companies will continue to pump this crap out because whether we like it or not, we will all probably go out and see it and create revenue for it and line their pockets. If anyone thinks they can do better then please by all means get your script typed out and get it in the movie world to save these films from being so shitty.
Its not too bad. :]
I think the aliens and predators are really good in this film and is way better than AVP2!
I think it was good for a one off but not for a series of films!!! x
EPIC fights.
Weak Storyline.
I had high hopes for this one, but I must say this movie fell way short. If Fox just spent a few more bucks, and stuck closer to the comic book concept(place the story on a new planet colony) and hell, even add some colonial marines in there, I really think this would have been an epic summer movie. That said I do really like the Celtic Predator armor, but he didn’t last that long which is another reason I’m taking points away. This may also sound like blasphemy to some here, but I though AVP-R was a step in the right direction, it featured one of the coolest incarnations of the Predator(except the original) and it felt more like a dark horse comic, even though the story was really really weak….overall 4/10
not bad,not great.
An average movie. Not good, but not crap either…
Why do people hate this film?this is a great film and so is the second one. They are probably making AVP 3 and likely AVP 4.
WTF? why don’t people like this. It’s good, suer it’s not a direct connection to the franchises story but it’s a good movie. I really like it. sure the PG-13 rating brought it down a little but it excelled for a PG-13 movie.
They took two of the most gruesome killers in sci-fi/horror history and put them in a PG-13 load of shit! I mean how do you even let that happen!? To me this film was laughable, I mean when that Predator was running with Sanaa I almost thought it was a spoof. It was so cute lol. Horrible, you want something that stays TRUE to its predecessors as far as gore watch the sequel to this. At least they had the balls to make it violent and bloody again like it should have been done in the first place.
They (the studio) made this film the safest, most “audience friendly” version they possibly could. And for that, I wonder what the hell they were thinking!?! Blending two hit, R rated film franchises together, into a PG-13 movie to lure in all ages was offensive. I would like to think 20th Century Fox had more going for them than that…but apparently not.
Regardless, the film wasn’t a complete waste. There were still a few good scenes, and the alien queen was nicely animated during the final battle…but how something so watered down and generic feeling could be made out of both awesome franchises is beyond me.
This movie made me sad…why would you ruin two of the biggest aliens in history by making a crap movie??? WHY!!!
Thank god for the upcoming Predators…
why do u people hate this movie , its awesome for good sakes, it has good effect , some good acting and a bloody good story line:) one of my favorite movies out there:)
shit.shit.shit.
This was awfully painful to watch.
i liked it
Ignore the story, because there isn’t one and just sit back and watch the action. Not bad for a no brainer.
I actually really enjoyed this. Why? I hated Alien (liked Aliens) and wasn’t too impressed with Predator and so I didn’t care if they were being made fools of or whatever, I enjoyed the action! When the aliens are finally awoken it turns into one big action movie that’s just fun to watch! I didn’t like the CGI aliens though, and I thought the idea of a human befriending a Predator was a little stupid, but asides from that, it looked good, the action was slick and wasn’t boring at all!
terrible movie
This is the kind of movie that the only thing that is going to cause you is nostalgia for the first and original films of the series, is terribly bad, bad performances, bad history,
If you want to know how to ruin a couple of good movies, this is the way.
when i first heard about this film i was honestly looking forward to it, but when i seen it i was very disappointed. some parts had the potential to be a great film but other than that, the film lacked a real plot and it dragged a hell of a lot. a waste of a potentially epic film.
I’m not gonna’ lie…. I don’t even care… I freaking love this movie… lol. EXCEPT for the end when the chick quotes Arnold’s “you ugly mother–” line… that was bullshit.
It’s not NEARLY as bad as some of these haters would have you believe… not at all.
Is this the epic Alien Vs. Predator movie we deserve? No. But it’s pretty damn good and WAY better than the sequel.
Anybody that has seen Alien and / or Predator obviously needs to see this.
Hobo Approved*
Shit Sandwich.
it’s entertaining. It’s fun, don’t take it seriously (although it would like to take itself seriously).
sucks
Solid effort – solid story line, setting, effects, delivers the fight (AVP) – do not like the creation of the “pred-alien” – AVP2 was terrible.
AVP 1 is a winner.
This isn’t one of the best sci-fi collaboration, it’s pretty average stuff, you got great action & gory, but it can be over the top and even know there not much special effects it does get in the way & dose spoiler it, knowledge of the story plot is hazarded & out touch, but really like the thought/idea they put for predators to be the hurting the alien and we human would bay & because used like animal (see how it feels). The movie did start out slow, sloppy & bizarre, but one they got down you know it was coming, I would have to say it was brilliant, really crafted & the alien are pure creepy, freighting & scary, while the Predator our full on action, tension & bizarre friendly when they are meant to be hurters & fearless hard outer space creature (it does make senses when you watch the movie). I like the style that was brought to the movie and it a good sci-fi fight/hurting movie, it’s the greatest or the best it very average, but a good watch.
Overall, I liked this movie, but I did find it pretty boring up until around the last 40 minutes of the movies.