ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
Movie Reviews
The story goes that a group of, well, I guess you would call them archaeologists are sought after by an old man with a satellite. The old man saw something in a satellite picture that looked like an underground pyramid in Antarctica. The archeologists are equipped (but not trained) to go down the tunnel (which apparently was dug in twenty-four hours by a non-human force) and look for the pyramid. Every slightest aspect of the expedition goes awry and you guessed it everyone dies a horrible painful death. Ohhh, did I ruin it for you. Too bad.
What sets good action films aside from ones like this is that early action spawned the clichs that are constantly used today. When theyre first used, they are not clich because that is the first time theyve been witnessed. This schlock flick is bursting with that kind of stuff.
The look of this film is that of darkness with large, eye-popping explosions, lasers, and burly men in dumb predator costumes. We have about 1000 shots just of people walking into dark rooms with laser-sighted guns that Im sure director Paul W.S. Anderson was hoping would look cool and suspenseful. Well, honestly...it doesnt. In fact, it gets old. I think the only reason to make these movies is to let the beloved (yeah, right) members of the MPAA think up more redundantly stupid ratings (see top of page).
Really, you could say that about the whole movie. All the sparkling Alien-rebirth sequences, all the eggs being laid by Alien, all the screaming, the explosions and fight scenes: it all gets tiresome and, dare I say, boring. Alien vs. Predator is an unnecessary film. Dont waste your hard-earned money. **