Alien vs. Predator

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Alien vs. Predator

PG-13

2004

1h 40m

Sci-Fi

Horror

Action

Adventure

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When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland funds an expedition to Antarctica, he hopes to find a mysterious source of heat that has been detected. Led by a tough guide, Alexa Woods, Weyland and his team uncover a pyramid, but they also find malevolent parasitic aliens. Making matters worse, another extraterrestrial species, known as Predators, arrive to hunt the other aliens, with the humans caught in the middle of the conflict.

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Critics Consensus

Gore without scares and cardboard cut-out characters make this clash of the monsters a dull sit.

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Jessica Winter

Time Out

06/24/2006

The title alone betrays an entire Hollywood mindset of rehash, reheat, recombine. Re-please.

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Empire Magazine

04/01/2006

2/5

Sadly devoid of any real thrills.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

05/03/2005

C

Unsurprisingly mediocre.

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Adrian Martin

Film Critic: Adrian Martin

Jul 30

2.5/5

Any aura of artistic quality that may have once surrounded the original films has well and truly vanished; director Paul W. S. Anderson follows the Roger Corman style: keep it fast, dark and full of gratuitous shocks.

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

08/16/2024

3/10

While Paul W.S. Anderson arrived with blockbuster experience in his background, Alien vs. Predator quickly felt outside his comfort zone. The resulting flick has moments of joy, but feels like a lesser entry for both franchises.

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

08/15/2024

2/5

It was mindless fun watching the two iconic monsters fighting against each other but the problem is, the movie spends considerable time focusing on the human characters.

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Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo 5d

A lot of what you want from the sci-fi monster fight genre. Just doesn’t exceed in story or filmmaking prowess. Effects were acceptable.

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michael R.

@GFHomeChef 5d

Holds up and a good watch

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 5d

Alien vs. Predator (2004) Overall, the film isn't as bad as it seems; it's just that the script development largely neglects the necessary explanations the audience needs to understand what's really happening.

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Peter M

@PistolPete_ Feb 10

I don’t care what anyone says this is a bad boy film 10/10

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Paul H

@TesticusGalacticus Jan 19

I enjoyed this, a bit indiana jones, a bit stargate sg-1 and aliens & predators in a grand battle what's not to love. Give this one a shot.

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Hughe J

@Hughe Jan 18

Alien vs Predator was released in theatres in 2004 and is directed by Paul WS Anderson who also made the Resident Evil movies. It stars Lance Henriksen as Charles Bishop Weyland, as a nod to the Aliens movie I assume, and a bunch of other actors whose names I don't know. The basic plot is that a satellite picks up a heat image below Antartica so an expedition is sent to check it out. They find a Predator pyramid where they breed and hunt Xenomorphs or whatever and even have a frozen queen. The Predators kill off most of the nosy humans while some face huggers say hi to some more. Oddly instead of taking days to gestate, as per the lore, the aliens pop out of their human hosts in minutes and are almost immediately adults. We then get some alien vs predator fight scenes, science and archaeology mumbo jumbo, and then the pyramid blows up and the queen is killed. There's a lot of girl bossing, lore breaking, terrible acting and CGI, and a silly ending. Overall, typical Anderson movie.

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Synopsis

When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland funds an expedition to Antarctica, he hopes to find a mysterious source of heat that has been detected. Led by a tough guide, Alexa Woods, Weyland and his team uncover a pyramid, but they also find malevolent parasitic aliens. Making matters worse, another extraterrestrial species, known as Predators, arrive to hunt the other aliens, with the humans caught in the middle of the conflict.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer: John Davis, Lawrence Gordon, Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, David Giler
Screenwriter: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Paul W.S. Anderson
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Kut Films, Davis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Horror Images|Slime and Gore|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 11, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.3M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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