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| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem |
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| Alien vs. Predator Requiem Review
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| POSTED Tuesday, December 25, 2007 10:31:02 AM |
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Plot:The predator ship crash lands in a small midwestern town. The aliens and predators continue their battle in town..with the local residents caught in the middle.
Cast: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Gina Holden, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, David Hornsby, Shareeka Epps.
My Thoughts:Better than the first.
Review:"Alien vs. Predator: Requiem" is a quick hitter, running about 20 minutes shorter than "Alien vs. Predator", but it makes sure to utilize it's full 86 minutes wisely, which makes it far superior to it's predecessor. The film picks up EXACTLY where "AvsP" left off. The predator ship is on it's way back home, but when the predalien escapes the body of the dead predator seen at the end of the first film, it quickly wreaks havoc upon the ship, causing it to crashland in a smalltown on earth. As if matters weren't bad enough with the predalien still on board the ship, facehuggers stored away on the ship also break free, and it isn't long before the alien plague begins to spread through town.
The crash doesn't go unnoticed however, as a lone predator gets a distress signal from the ship, and quickly jumps into action, heading to earth to destroy the alien menace. "Alien vs. Predator 2" is far better than the first film mostly because it jumps right into the action early on. While the character set up in part 1 was much appreciated, this film is much better written...allowing for room to develop characters, yet at the same time not leaving the aliens and predators completely out of the picture from the get go.
The sequel also moves along at a much faster pace than the first film, making sure to give the audience what they paid to see quickly and in very stylish fashion. The Strause brothers who directed the pic weren't kidding when they said the sequel is far more hardcore than the initial film. In "Requiem", we get severed limbs, dead children, alien-acosted pregnant women, and on and on. This film takes no prisoners compared to the first one which was more on the tame side.
The upgrade in violence, blood, and gore also makes sense from a story standpoint considering that the very upwardly mobile predalien hybrid is now the main baddie of the film, compared to the queen alien who as we all know, rarely budges from the nest until the finale of most "Alien" films. This pic is also alot darker than the first "Alien vs. Predator", as the action shifts from caverns and pyramids, to rainy streets, darkened woods, sewers, and destroyed hospitals. For a cast of mostly unknown or barely known actors, the performances in the film are also pretty good.
Other than about two faces, I really couldn't say that most of the people in this film were recognizeable to me. But they all played their parts well in my opinion, Steven Pasquale being the best of the group in his role as the male lead of the pic. The deaths scenes in "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem" are certainly a step way up from the first movie, some of them catching you by surprise, or wowing you completely, and there's one scene in particular late in act three where one character gets it in pretty gruesome fashion, albeit accidentally.
The predators and aliens of course have their battles and they are pretty damn classic, compared to the first movie which really kept the alien/pred fights on low boil for most of the pic. In this movie, we get one lone predator instead of a group. He battles the aliens and the predalien hybrid at every turn, and the film basically has him pursuing them through the town for the duration, and the aliens fighting back when they have an advantage, and both parties destroying everything in their path while battling.
Although these battles are alot more fiercer, graphic, and entertaining than the ones from 'AvsP"...I still felt some of them were a bit too short, particularly during the finale when the BIG fight takes place. "Alien vs. Predator: Requiem" succeeds everywhere that "Alien vs. Predator" failed. While it is a bit too short in running time, it's still a major step up from the first movie, and in the end...that's the beauty of it.
Positives:Great story, good script, above average acting, and very entertaining battle scenes mixed into great set pieces and atmospheres. I also enjoyed the much higher level of blood and gore in the pic compared to part 1.
Negatives:86 minutes? I would've been happy with an extra 20 minutes or so of action.
Overall:One of the few sequels that's better than it's predecessor.
Review by Mr. HoRrOr at
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psycho1 said:
Movie was alright. Way better than AVP but i also liked that movie.
PROS:
Action was awsome
-FINALLY we got to see the predator's home world.
CONS:
Acting was horrible
-the movie was too dark, not in the sense of its mood, but the film was dark and i couldnt see sh*t. Tooooooooo much rain f'd up the ending fight between the predalien and predator.
-in the beggining, WTF happened to all those predators? At the end of part1, there were like 20-30 of them entering the ship, during the accident and the crash, all we see is 2, maybe 3 predators and thats it. PLUS, how the hell did that little pred-alien turn so big in a matter of seconds? WTF.
OVERALL
Kinda better than AVP (Only the gore and action was better) but they still have a long way to go to get it right.
7.5-8/10
PS. WTF happened at the end? Who was that chick in that building and what the hell was she talking about?
I can answer two of your questions. The ship that crashes is a scout ship. Not the big one from AVP 1. Alot of places have it. You notice the ship is smaller then AVP 1. Its only the big ship when the film starts and Chet comes out of Scar's body. The dvd is meant to have more added scenes in it and they said they were gonna put in the scout ship leaving and heading for earth and Chet sneaking aboard that ship.
And Chet didn't get big in a matter of seconds. Member, as a chestburster it's going to flee and find a place to coccon. If you notice during the film, it is hatching out of it and its in a new place far away from Scar's body. It was to show how much time went on. (Suprised YOU did'nt see that) It's meant to sneak aboard the scout ship as a chestburster and then grow on that ship. There were only 2 preds or maybe 3 on that scout ship. Thats it. Does that answer some of your probloms.
The acting I can't back up. I didn't think it was that bad but I didn't go to that movie to see Ricky and Dallas with great acting. I went to see Wolf clean up the mess caused by Chet and his/her new hive he/she has constructed.
And something must be wrong with alot of ppl's theaters casue I saw everything clearly.
I have one question for you, would you see it again?
and You know the tv-spots showed everything really clear. Maybe when the DVD comes out, everyone will be able to see what I saw, a great Aliens-Predator movie.
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megatron0630 said:
I can answer two of your questions. The ship that crashes is a scout ship. Not the big one from AVP 1. Alot of places have it. You notice the ship is smaller then AVP 1. Its only the big ship when the film starts and Chet comes out of Scar's body. The dvd is meant to have more added scenes in it and they said they were gonna put in the scout ship leaving and heading for earth and Chet sneaking aboard that ship.
And Chet didn't get big in a matter of seconds. Member, as a chestburster it's going to flee and find a place to coccon. If you notice during the film, it is hatching out of it and its in a new place far away from Scar's body. It was to show how much time went on. (Suprised YOU did'nt see that) It's meant to sneak aboard the scout ship as a chestburster and then grow on that ship. There were only 2 preds or maybe 3 on that scout ship. Thats it. Does that answer some of your probloms.
And something must be wrong with alot of ppl's theaters casue I saw everything clearly.
I have one question for you, would you see it again?
and You know the tv-spots showed everything really clear. Maybe when the DVD comes out, everyone will be able to see what I saw, a great Aliens-Predator movie.
Honestly, yea i'd go see it again, its just that some of the scenes in the dark i was like WTF is going on. And i was sitting in the middle seats of the theater, even my friends were like wtf? Like in the rated R trailer, you could see Scar blowing those two guys heads off, in the movie it was dark and i couldnt see sh*t.
1. The Predator ship DOES answer it BUT me and my friends didnt know it was a scout since it was NEVER INTRODUCED.
2. Actually they dont really show how much TIME PASSED BY. They show the pre-alien coming out, and then he grows out of nowhere, and then suddenly he attacks a predator and then the ships f*cked and falls. Also, when you say "Time passed by" which you think i MISSED THAT yeah umm i guess alot of time went by just by leaving earths atmosphere, and then being so close to earth that the Pred-alien grew SOOOO damn fast to cause so much damage to the ship that it falls back to earth when it should be leaving.
Still, so much sh*t wrong with this film, i dont know. Its on par with part one, but the action is better and thats it.
Probably should have seen that "WALK HARD" movie instead
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psycho1 said:
megatron0630 said:
I can answer two of your questions. The ship that crashes is a scout ship. Not the big one from AVP 1. Alot of places have it. You notice the ship is smaller then AVP 1. Its only the big ship when the film starts and Chet comes out of Scar's body. The dvd is meant to have more added scenes in it and they said they were gonna put in the scout ship leaving and heading for earth and Chet sneaking aboard that ship.
And Chet didn't get big in a matter of seconds. Member, as a chestburster it's going to flee and find a place to coccon. If you notice during the film, it is hatching out of it and its in a new place far away from Scar's body. It was to show how much time went on. (Suprised YOU did'nt see that) It's meant to sneak aboard the scout ship as a chestburster and then grow on that ship. There were only 2 preds or maybe 3 on that scout ship. Thats it. Does that answer some of your probloms.
And something must be wrong with alot of ppl's theaters casue I saw everything clearly.
I have one question for you, would you see it again?
and You know the tv-spots showed everything really clear. Maybe when the DVD comes out, everyone will be able to see what I saw, a great Aliens-Predator movie.
Honestly, yea i'd go see it again, its just that some of the scenes in the dark i was like WTF is going on. And i was sitting in the middle seats of the theater, even my friends were like wtf? Like in the rated R trailer, you could see Scar blowing those two guys heads off, in the movie it was dark and i couldnt see sh*t.
1. The Predator ship DOES answer it BUT me and my friends didnt know it was a scout since it was NEVER INTRODUCED.
2. Actually they dont really show how much TIME PASSED BY. They show the pre-alien coming out, and then he grows out of nowhere, and then suddenly he attacks a predator and then the ships f*cked and falls. Also, when you say "Time passed by" which you think i MISSED THAT yeah umm i guess alot of time went by just by leaving earths atmosphere, and then being so close to earth that the Pred-alien grew SOOOO damn fast to cause so much damage to the ship that it falls back to earth when it should be leaving.
Still, so much sh*t wrong with this film, i dont know. Its on par with part one, but the action is better and thats it.
Probably should have seen that "WALK HARD" movie instead
I'm sorry, no need to get snotty pale, I'm just trying to help. And I kinda knew u didn't know that about the ship. I read it from the Bros. who were talking about the DVD and it being unrated and them talking about the ship crashing being a scout ship. And Still when I meant time passed, we all don't know how long it took it. And If it grew up on the big ship, then snuck into the scout, that scout ship is heading for earth. Or It snuck onto the scout ship as a chestburster and cocooned itself while the ship was heading for earth. It's times like these where you use your imagination. Like The Texas Chainsaw. It's known as one of the bloodiest films ever and yet theres bearly any blood. Casue when leatherface closes those doors, you use ur mind to create what ever he's doing.
I'm not gonna force ppl to like this movie as much as i do. I don't know about any one else but I got what I wanted, aliens and predators fighting. Still like i said before, something was probly wrong with your theater. The screen was fine for me. One last thing, I said if the tv-spots looked good on tv, then maybe when the dvd comes, we'll all have a better picture.
I'm going to see it again on New Years
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psycho1 said:
Movie was alright. Way better than AVP but i also liked that movie.
PROS:
Action was awsome
-FINALLY we got to see the predator's home world.
CONS:
Acting was horrible
-the movie was too dark, not in the sense of its mood, but the film was dark and i couldnt see sh*t. Tooooooooo much rain f'd up the ending fight between the predalien and predator.
-in the beggining, WTF happened to all those predators? At the end of part1, there were like 20-30 of them entering the ship, during the accident and the crash, all we see is 2, maybe 3 predators and thats it. PLUS, how the hell did that little pred-alien turn so big in a matter of seconds? WTF.
OVERALL
Kinda better than AVP (Only the gore and action was better) but they still have a long way to go to get it right.
7.5-8/10
PS. WTF happened at the end? Who was that chick in that building and what the hell was she talking about?
To your PS, the chick was Ms. Yutani. You might recall the company in the 'Alien' series being called 'Weyland-Yutani Incorporated'. We already met Mr. Weyland, so they brought her into the picture to foreshadow to formation of the sinister organization that would scour the galaxy for alien lifeforms and bioweapons. I assume they'll play off that for AVP 3.
Anyway, freaking awesome movie.
-Acting wasn't THAT bad
-Action was great
-Predator was how I always envisioned a Predator to be
-Good use of music and sound effects from the original movies
I do agree that the movie was literally very dark, but that wasn't a really big deal. My biggest complaint is the lack of a general story. You can figure out everything that happens in this movie just from reading the synopsis posted here. Other than that, great movie. Good popcorn flick.
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Lord Sesuken said:
psycho1 said:
Movie was alright. Way better than AVP but i also liked that movie.
PROS:
Action was awsome
-FINALLY we got to see the predator's home world.
CONS:
Acting was horrible
-the movie was too dark, not in the sense of its mood, but the film was dark and i couldnt see sh*t. Tooooooooo much rain f'd up the ending fight between the predalien and predator.
-in the beggining, WTF happened to all those predators? At the end of part1, there were like 20-30 of them entering the ship, during the accident and the crash, all we see is 2, maybe 3 predators and thats it. PLUS, how the hell did that little pred-alien turn so big in a matter of seconds? WTF.
OVERALL
Kinda better than AVP (Only the gore and action was better) but they still have a long way to go to get it right.
7.5-8/10
PS. WTF happened at the end? Who was that chick in that building and what the hell was she talking about?
To your PS, the chick was Ms. Yutani. You might recall the company in the 'Alien' series being called 'Weyland-Yutani Incorporated'. We already met Mr. Weyland, so they brought her into the picture to foreshadow to formation of the sinister organization that would scour the galaxy for alien lifeforms and bioweapons. I assume they'll play off that for AVP 3.
Anyway, freaking awesome movie.
-Acting wasn't THAT bad
-Action was great
-Predator was how I always envisioned a Predator to be
-Good use of music and sound effects from the original movies
I do agree that the movie was literally very dark, but that wasn't a really big deal. My biggest complaint is the lack of a general story. You can figure out everything that happens in this movie just from reading the synopsis posted here. Other than that, great movie. Good popcorn flick.
My jaw opened really wide when I heard the general use the name, Yutani. I was like "Oh my ****ing God!!!" Those are also the bad guys at the end of Predator Concrete Jungle. Now we know how Waylend-Yutani new about the aliens before our heros did in Alien. AVP3 is gonna be awsome.
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