Review of Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007) by Timosphere — 27 Nov 2020

I don't understand the whining I'm hearing on IMDb about this movie. Maybe the portly fanboys should stay home and watch their reruns of Babylon 5 rather than attempting to comment on a film with solid acting, storyline, and FX (like Codeine cough syrup, watching "Enterprise" reruns more than once a month causes one to forget what those things are). Guys who spend most of their time staring at pictures of Bea Arthur in their basements don't rate high on my "critics" scale.

As for me, I was extremely surprised at the "bring it home" storyline and key elements that were included in this film. They even kept the faith with such homages to Sigourney Weaver's famous APC driving scene from "Aliens" and even the some of the cool alien sound effects used by James Cameron. The fear and horror elements of the film were also true-to-life and really struck up the "what would you do" thinking we've all done regarding these horrific creatures. The ending was even great and left the door open for future work. I walked out of the theatre feeling refreshed, given that the first AVP left me a little less than impressed (despite Lance Henriksen's typically fantastic work).

This film certainly restored my faith in the franchise - whether Sigourney ever comes back or not (but we hope she will!) For me, here's how it rates against the competition (best to worst): Alien, Aliens, AVPR, Alien Resurrection, AVP, Alien 3.

See it or rent it. You won't be disappointed.