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| Alien vs. Predator |
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| There is an old saying common to many cultures, be careful what you wish you or you will get it. Many of the cynics running hither and fro with their Rogert Ebert hats on tend to pre-diss these films before they ever arrive. This merely adds fuel to the fire -- Hollywood has enough trouble with sequels entirely on its own without having to navigate within the confines of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Which brings us full circle to AVP. Spiderman II it is not. In fact it is not even Superman II (in many ways better than the first) but it is a reasonable exercise in trying to revive the dual franchises, and it surpasses Freddy Vs. Jason within the first 10 seconds (but so do the promos for Joan of Arcadia). The Antarctica stuff, sneered at by reviewers, is worth a second look. There is actually a lot of science buried in that oddball plot arc. On the plus side, the animation and grisly tone work well. Viewers with shadow-syndrome claustrophobia will get it right away. On the other hand, the film falls into the Grade C Sci-Fi Lighting category which means it way too dark; the direction into the Too Clever By Half category, which means the action scenes are way too fast and the ending into the One Riff Too Many category, which means that, in the very best Monty Python tradition, you will be pining for Sigourney Weaver by the films end. |
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