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 AVP
- Alien Vs. Predator (2004)
R1 NTSC DVD
20th Century Fox
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn & Neil Gaiman
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen
Bremner & Ian Whyte.
Review by Annie Riordan
A team of archaeologists and scientists, led by uber-rich
industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland, journey to a remote
island in the Antarctic Ocean in search of a long-buried,
underground pyramid. Once inside, the team discovers
evidence of ritual sacrifice. They also discover - too late
- that the pyramid itself it an ever-changing labyrinth
which houses two vicious forms of alien life: the parasitic
aliens and the intergalactic hunters (Predators) who have
bred the aliens for the sole purpose of hunting once every
100 years. Now, the humans with the bad sense of timing are
caught in a battle between the centuries old foes. Can
brainy beauty Alexa Woods convince the last remaining
Predator to join forces with her? Or will they all die in
the pyramid under the ice, leaving the Aliens and their
queen to take over the world?
If you liked any of the Alien films, and if you liked any of
the Predator films, you will most likely find something to
enjoy in AVP. Sometimes, you just wanna watch ugly,
steroid-pumped aliens beat the shit out of each other, you
know? Yeah, the story is flimsy, there probably wasn’t as
much Alien on Predator action as there coulda been, but hey
- it was a hell of a lot better than Predator 2....and Alien
3... and Alien Resurrection. Speaking as a huge fan of both
movies, but as a slightly bigger fan of the cool-as-all-hell
dredlocked Predator, I gotta say I enjoyed the hell out of
this movie. I just shut my brain off, loaded up on snacks
and let it all unfold. I wasn’t expecting Lawrence Of
Arabia, fer chrissakes! And you shouldn’t either. |
