Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem (2008, DVD)

This is one of the worst films I have ever seen (try to see) and a shameful abuse of one of the greatest movie monsters of all time. The Alien is no longer scary. Gone is the elegance. Gone is the menace and chilling patience. Made by people who know how to make FX but have no real idea about how to make a movie. I sometimes wondered if they were making fun of what had gone before, like a Zucker/Abrams flick as it seemed to veer into what could be construed as parody. Sadly, no.

I knew going in it would be bad, and that it would probably be yet another nail in the coffin of my favorite sci-fi sequels ("Alien" in my case, though I do enjoy the "Predator" films). I had seen the "redband" trailer, and stared in horror at its frenetic menagerie of 80s teen slasher clichés; I even watched the "exclusive" online clip of the film's first five minutes, and hoped that they had been edited down from a better-paced original (as it turned out, they had not). But even so, I gave the movie a shot. Why? I'm not sure. Perhaps because if a beloved artifice that one has admired for years is to be systematically dismantled and thrown on the trash heap, one should be there to watch it burn. At least, I thought, with my expectations this low, this movie's directors would have to try very hard to undercut them.

They did. I mean really, they must have tried hard. It takes some kind of effort to take two of the most durable mythologies in modern scifi and make them a backdrop to a pizza guy's coming of age. Seriously. That is the only discernible story-arc in this entire film. Truth be told I could forgive even that if the characters hadn't came pre-assembled right out of the teen movie stock barrel. Instead this film spends 40 minutes trying to make us care whether Smarmy Teen gets it off with Hot Blonde before Blond Bully Ex-Boyfriend finds out. Thank God he has Troubled Ex-Con Brother (who trumps in along with his buddy, Nice Cop) to help him out once the aliens (who arrive courtesy of "disturbing" evisceration of Happy Hunting Dad and his son, Curious Preteen) start to take out the population (such as Mumbling Bum Who No One Will Ever Believe and Dense Cop Who Keeps Looking In The Dark After Everyone Else Has Left). They soon meet up with Screaming Bereft Mother and Military Chick, who saves her daughter Cute Little Girl after her husband Wussy New Man is vivisected in line with tradition.

Honestly, with this zoo of automated plot-bots to manage, how do the aliens and the predators (actually a Predator) get a look in? Well in truth, they don't. Very little time is spent developing either character (and let's face it, since neither character actually talks, that isn't surprising) and any tension built up between them is quickly dissipated as the film returns to the interminable "I Know What You Did Last Summer" slasher plot. I'm not sure what sort of budget this had but you can see that money spent on each subsequent Alien or Predator film is getting less & less, with average special effects, no name actors, bland locations & surprisingly cheap looking production values. Please stop embarrassing yourselves even further.

I gave this movie as a gift to my friends husband as a birthday gift, and he loved it! Im not really into this movie, but I found it great! Personally I would prefer the Alien ones with Sigourny Weaver over the Predetor ones, but I will recommend the AVP movies to any one who enjoys sci-fi movies!

I LIKED THAT IT WAS CHEAPER ON EBAY THAN IN THE STORES. I BOUGHT IT FOR MY SONS BIRTHDAY.I ALSO LIKED IT CAUSE I DIDNT HAVE TO SPEND THE GAS MONEY TO GO GET IT .SORRY NO DISLIKES HERE

I have enjoyed the other Alien and Predator movies over the years.
The first AVP was "enjoyable". Requiem was terrible, I watched it and now will sell it.

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We are alien and predator crazy.Have them all and like them all Great Price and the rating on the dealer was good.So everyone was right.

Very Good sequel to first Alien Vs Predator. Superior to the original in many several aspects including story, actors. and special effects. Using costumed creatures instead of CGI's worked well in the close-up scenes:

i love all Predator movies.This one I liked but they left me hanging toward the end. I wanted to know what happened to the babies in the hospital(for those who've seen it.) Will watch again.

This could have been a wonderful adventure. Instead what we're subject to is a flick that leaves one wondering where the story is. After all, what a wonderful adventure the lead up flicks were. Full of good suspense and a solid story line with a somewhat animated passion to boot. I had a hard time connecting to anyone in the movie. Thus leaving me not caring what the heck happens to anyone and the result is no involvement and no interest. It's way to compact in details which are all in darkness on top of a pace too fast to follow. In the end I'm left quite disappointed and not very entertained. I'm glad I saw this on DVD instead of wasting a night at the movies. Free time is too priceless to spend it on this flick. Sorry for being so harsh but, please! A little direction would have been nice.
Rich Lodato

If you liked the first movie, then you'll enjoy this one, too. Many people make mention of the lighting, which is a problem, especially early on where everything is very poorly lit. I adjusted my tv's brightness settings until it wasn't a problem.

Disclaimer: I watch movies for what they are, and don't view them with camera moves and symbolism with every shot in mind. This is an action movie, with two franchises battling it out on the screen. I didn't expect a masterpiece, so I wasn't disappointed as some people may have been.

Now, if you're like me (and what are the chances of that?), you only wanted to see this for the Alien vs Predator fight scenes. Honestly, I can live without "the human element" in these films, and hope that if they make a third, it's set on a planet without any humans at all, and that I can watch 90+ minutes of Aliens fighting Predators. That being the case, watching the Aliens infest an entire town was mildly entertaining. Unfortunately, there seemed to be too many characters running around in this film (not including Aliens or the Predator), and not enough focus on any single one of them to make me care if they lived or died (although the characters themselves were well defined).

The movie itself picks-up where the first one left-off: with the Alien/Predator hybrid escaping to Earth, while One Lone Predator becomes the hero of the film, battling Aliens left and right. The ending could have been better, but overall, it wasn't a bad movie to watch. If you haven't seen this already (or the first one for that matter) but are curious, I would suggest renting it or waiting to see it on cable before you buy it (or waiting for a really good deal here on eBay).

Well, I can truthfully say this is much better than the 1st AVP. I still hate when fight scences are done in the dark or almost dark. Plenty of blood and some good action but when you compare it to ALIENS (1986),which i do, It just doesn't stand up. I'd give it a chance if you get a good deal on ebay.

I didn't like this movie at all I don't know if it was because there were subtitles on the bottom of the screen that had nothing to do with the movie, i just couldn't get into the movie at all. it was boring!

I bought this because I liked the others in the series.
This movie was so poorly lit (presumably to hide poor effects) that I had trouble figuring out what was happening.

it had enough action i guess. but was so poorly shot you can't make out any of the aliens or predators. be warned!!!!! the first one was much better.

i like the movie so much i bought it...............................................................................................

I wanted to buy this movie because the movie is awesome. I was a little confused because the picture shows that it is the unrated version but I got the Rated R-version of the movie but other than that, the movie is good.

I should have learned my lesson the first time around. After the dismal first pairing of these two modern-day Horror/Sci-Fi icons failed to deliver, I should have realized that an unexpected sequel would do any better. However, this second time around does do better than it's first, but not enough to stop wishing for either an Alien 5 or Predator 3.

Like a page from Casting 101, you have the typical parade of careless characters:The bad boy with brother, the sympathic cop, the solider coming home, and various family members searching for the rest of their clan. There's no time, or need, to care about them, but you figure you'd care about what's going to get them, being the A's and the P's. But honestly after a total of seven movies showing what these monsters do, you can't really be surprised like the first couple of times. Now granted, the Unrated version, of which I'm reviewing here, has a ton of graphic scenes, just how many times can a chest-burster or acid blood be impressive? And for a gore-hound like me to be actually bored with this should tell you something. And if that wasn't the worst of it, the Alien/Predator attacks happen mostly at night, and it looks like in the complete dark as well. 80% of all the scenes are so dark, it's hard to tell what you're looking at. And finally, it's ending is supposed to be some sort of prequel to either the original Alien or Predator films (according to the directors' commentary), but honestly I couldn't place how that could be.

In my opinion, only to be viewed by die-hard fans of either franchise, or the seven people who found the first film entertaining. Oh, I almost forgot: remember the underwhelming "more human than Alien" Alien at the end of Alien:Resurrection? Well, if you can turn your brightness control high enough on your set, you'll see this film's equivalent, the PredAlien!!!

Yeah, it's as bad as it sounds.
(RedSabbath Rating:5.5/10)

Good movie, but not as much as the previous ones. This one seemed much more horror show. Even less than usual good lighting to actually see the aliens.

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The movie was about what you would expect and want from the "Alien" series.
Lot's of gooey alien slobber and blood. The premise was good because we've
all wondered what would happen if the Alien actually got loose on Earth. But
the movie was filmed very poorly. Most of the scenes were so dark that you
couldn't see any detail. In fact it was so dark that most of the time you
couldn't tell if you were seeing the Alien or the Predator when they were in
the same scene. I had to turn my television to it's brightest settings and
STILL couldn't tell who was who.

The first Alien VS Predator movie stunk. This one didn't stink, but it was only okay. The tension and the jumping out of your seat...the "what's gonna happen next?!", is GONE. They need someone to carry the movie. A character that's gonna stick and stick out. If they can't manage that they need to hang it up. The effects were back in action! Those were really good to see again. The story was kind of jumbled up. Try again guys and this time run it by me first! GEEZ! =(

Cracking film, plenty of gore and special effects. Have to say in my opinion better than the first film

I loved the original AVP and had high hopes for this one, But...It was filmed almost entirely at night and well over 60% of the scenes are so dark that you can't see any details at all...Some of the scenes are so dark that you sit there watching an almost black screen...The only spectacular and correctly lit scene in the whole movie was when they nuked the town...
I know it's not my equipment because I tried it out on both...A Sony LCD with an Integra (0nkyo) DPS-8.3 thx dvd system, and the other is a Pioneer Elite KURO Flat Panel with Pioneer Elite dvd system...I gave the movie a poor rating...JMK...

I bought this movie because I was extremely impressed with the first AVP movie. But this movie did not hold to my expectations. It was way too dark throughout the entire film making it hard to see what was going on. The way that the movie bounced back and forth between the humans story and the action between the Alien and Predator was very distracting. I give it an average rating because It was an OK movie. But one I would recommend renting instead of purchasing.