Alien vs Predator (DVD) Reviews

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room The prospect of an Alien vs Predator film got a lot of people excited: while the Alien franchise has always been the more acclaimed of the two, there have been numerous comics depicting a war between the two beats, as well as a popular series of video games. However, when it ...  Read the complete review

Released 2004, 'Alien Versus Predator' had a lot to live up to, bringing together for the first time on the big screen as it did two of the greatest sci-fi horror franchises of modern cinema. Sadly it failed miserably, possessing none of the charm, atmosphere or intelligence of the original films from which it was spawned. The plot ...  Read the complete review

I liked the original 2 Alien movies and I liked the first Predator film (Predator 2 was different but only OK). Some people were waiting to see these 2 ultimate out of space killers finally on screen together - I personally was not too bothered so was probably less disappointed than I could have been with Alien vs Predator. The story of ...  Read the complete review

I was quite interested to watch this movie having been a fan of both the "Alien" and "Predator" franchises. As we saw in both franchises, both species love to terrorise and are not too concerned with collateral damage in the form of human life. The beauty of Alien vs. Predator is that they like to terrorise each ...  Read the complete review

** I will try not to give away any spoiler if I can help, but I may let slip one or two ** Alien Vs Predator is the first film that combines the two successful franchises of Alien and Predator; but do not expect Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sigourney Weaver to be popping up in this film. The plot starts by having a satelite ...  Read the complete review

It was the film that had fan-boys everywhere dribbling into their keyboards with excitement; the film that would finally settle that long-standing pub argument... if an Alien and a Predator had a ruckus, who would win? It's an interesting premise and should have been one of those "guilty pleasure" films that you know is ...  Read the complete review

Whoever wins we loose..... how apt! As soon as the word was out that two great film monsters, the Alien and the Predator, were going to be facing off against each other in a film, sci fi fans let out a collective groan. The film sees a group of scientists going to a newly discovered Aztec temple, in the Arctic under the ice. Whilst ...  Read the complete review

Aliens Vs Predator was the first of two (at the time of writing) movies featuring two of the biggest behemoths in sci-fi film history coming head-to-head for the very first time. It had been on the cards and in production hell for a very long time- there is a scene in Predator 2 towards the end, in the Predator spaceship, where an Alien skull is ...  Read the complete review

The Alien franchise is awesome, just the idea of a few people on a ship with a Alien who wants kill them all is scary. As is Predator a alien who will kill you for sport and having weapons that will slice and dice you in the painful way possible-scary stuff! These films were Sci-fi/horror, AVP is not, AVP is sadly for many fans is infact ...  Read the complete review

All the hype for nothing! Predator was and is an amazing film, it's good old 80's holywood, no masses of computer generated effects, just real locations, real cast with real explosions and of course real Arnie one linners, genious. Alien is much the same, Ridley scott's fantastic visions with intense art work from H.R.Giger. So you put these ...  Read the complete review

After the dissappointing Alien3 and Alien: Ressurection, I kind of lost interest in a franchise that seemed on its last legs. The idea of combining two diffrerent film aliens stank of 'last ditch attempt' at success. Paul W.S Andreson has built a career on overblown sci-fi movies. The Brit director has already directed such movies as ...  Read the complete review

For a movie that lived in limbo hell and went through so many scripts and director changes before ever hitting the silver screen this really didn't manage to hit the spot. The director clearly didn't understand the Predator mindset, did he? Had he seen Predator 1 & 2 or played Aliens Versus Predator 1 or 2? I think not in all cases. Predators ...  Read the complete review

Alien Vs Predator is basically a B movie, not as good as any of the Alien or Predator movies, but as a sci-fi/ action/cheesy no brainer of a movie it works well. Sit back and enjoy. Plot After a satellite detects something strange a thousand miles north of Antarctica, a team of scientists and archaeologists are sent out ...  Read the complete review

Two of the greatest foes to man in the history of science fiction films are Alien and Predator. Both alien and Predator franchise have huge fan base. Which film has more I suppose Alien does? In order to get little more out of the two creatures this film brings both together to fight each other, one is humans foe and one is ...  Read the complete review

It's still a great action sci-fi movie. The original alien and predator movies are much more horror-orientated, with more horrifying and visceral action. You actually feel terrified of the idea of ever meeting something like them. In this movie however, they have gone in a completely new direction. Gone is the edge-of-your-seat tension and eerie ...  Read the complete review

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Producers: Gordon Carroll, John Davis, David Giler and Walter Hill Writers: Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Brien and Paul W.S. Anderson Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner and Colin Salmon. Released in 2004 this movie combined the two great films Alien and ...  Read the complete review

When an orbiting satellite picks up a strange heat signature over Antarctica, technicians in the satellite monitoring station are astounded to identify the unmistakable outline of a pyramid deep beneath the Antarctic ice. The satellite's owner, billionaire industrialist Charles Weyland immediately invites some of the world's foremost experts to ...  Read the complete review

* WHOEVER WINS... WE LOSE The tagline to Alien vs Predator could not be more aptly put, but from a viewers point of view. Whilst the movie is billed as the decision to which breed of alien will take over the world, it turns out as nothing more than just humans getting caught up with two bad guys rather than the usual one and trying to ...  Read the complete review

Alien V Predator is not good as the first Predator film or any of Aliens films. The idea is sound though, bringing two franchises together generates extra interest and new fans for either of the alien creatures. Billionaire Charles Bishop Weyland detects heat under the ice on uninhabited Bouvet Island. Looking for new energy ...  Read the complete review

Alien was first made in 1976 by 20th Century Fox, as a seriously suspenseful, space science-fiction horror. I remember as a child being extremely scared of watching these movies. The story is of a group of space miners in a deep sleep through space, woken by a warning signal, thought to be an SOS. After leaving the terrible place, find themselves ...  Read the complete review