Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
After having my hopes of a great crossover battle thoroughly squashed, crapped on, and ruined by the horrible first movie, the red band trailer of this movie gave me high hopes that I would finally get the incredible brawl I had been hoping for. And low and behold, it did and THEN SOME! This movie was an absolute blast.
While the first movie DID provide a great 1 on 1 initial fight between the 2 space baddies, this movie truly made the alien creatures the star of the show and focused more on them then the humans. The humans are average, nothing special outside of one kinda cute couple, but the stars are the alien monsters.
You really get a sense of watching things through the monsters POV, following the Predator as he hunts the endless horde of Aliens. The action is fierce and dark, there's some sick scenes in this movie and some vicious deaths at the hands of (majority of the victims) the Aliens. Once they get to the town the action never stops.
That's the best part, they are in the SUBURBS. You see them in diners, restaurants, hospitals, public homes, they are really in your face. You even get some great interaction with the Predator himself, and the super cool Hybrid from the first movie (about 80% Alien and 20% Predator).
This is a great science fiction movie, anyone who has even the SLIGHTEST interest in sci-fi will love this. Its the AVP movie they should have done first, and while they do connect it directly to the first movie, you don't really need to see the first one to catch up. This is a great, violent, action packed movie.
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