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Alien vs. Predator

Play trailer Poster for Alien vs. Predator PG-13 Released Aug 12, 2004 1h 40m Sci-Fi Horror Action Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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21% Tomatometer 145 Reviews 39% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen) 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 (Sanaa Lathan), 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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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 The title alone betrays an entire Hollywood mindset of rehash, reheat, recombine. Re-please. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Empire Magazine Sadly devoid of any real thrills. Rated: 2/5 Apr 1, 2006 Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Unsurprisingly mediocre. Rated: C May 3, 2005 Full Review Alan French Sunshine State Cineplex 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. Rated: 3/10 Aug 16, 2024 Full Review Casey Chong Casey's Movie Mania 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. Rated: 2/5 Aug 15, 2024 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review This movie isn’t scary or particularly thrilling. Rated: 0.5/4 Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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xpig332 B Meh! The effects were good enough, but the movie didn’t grab me, just kinda dull! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/25 Full Review Benjamin G I’ve always been surprised by how low of a score this film received from both critics and audience. If a movie falls into a 20% percentile range, for me that usually implies I can’t even make it all the way through the film and would likely never recommend it to anyone. I’ve watched this film multiple times, I easily recommend it to others, I own it, I think it’s a lot of fun. 65-72% easy, and for multiple reasons. I like the pacing. I like the backstory. I like the plot. Perhaps its strongest elements are its sets, cinematography, and mystery. There’s certainly some weak acting and clunky script moments but nothing that doesn’t stop the film from carrying itself in a blockbuster format. Out of the entire selection of both film series, I watch it the most, with the original Alien and Predator films as the true classics. Now, AVP Requiem on the other hand, THAT is a true 20% film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review thiago s Filme bacana, o roteiro é bacaninha, o filme não estava indo bem até que quando deu 1 hora de filme ficou bacana com cenas de aliens vs predador que foram bacanas e melhorou o filme, mas depois o filme ficou mas para alien vs humanos e o predador e o alien morreu no fundo do rio congelante e o predador morto pelo alien, depois apareceu os amigos/família do predador morto e foram embora e levaram o predador morto, no final sobrou um alien que estava no corpo do predador que continuou no 2 filme, com tudo isso, eu meio que recomendo esse filme pelas cenas do alien vs o predador que foram bacanas. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review Whestley S I actually enjoy this movie mostly. I do get what critics say about it being cookie-cutter characters in just a mashup of two franchises, but I still like what it offered. I like when the expedition leader teams up with the Predator to fight the Aliens and their queen. Let me put it another way. It was recently on TV and my wife walked by and stopped to watch it, and she doesn’t like sci-fi horror movies, but apparently something about it got her attention. To me that says something. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/25 Full Review Kevin P A fun premise that’s pretty dull in the first half, but lives up to its crossover potential in the second half with some pretty epic crossover alien & predator action. The lead character is also refreshingly competent for a horror protagonist (especially one in the early 2000s lol). I also like the nuance of the surviving human and predator teaming up to fight the Alien Queen. Pretty cool setup ngl. It’s not amazing, but it’s a pretty fun guilty pleasure if you can overlook its shortcomings and accept it for what it is. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/25 Full Review Obi-wan K Paul c'mon Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen) 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 (Sanaa Lathan), 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
Davis Entertainment, Kut Films
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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