Review of AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) by Jacob B — 11 Feb 2018

Based off of comic books based off of two franchises, Alien vs. Predator gets way more hate than it deserves. For me, it's an improvement over the previous movies in both franchises (i.e. Alien Resurrection and Predator 2).

I'm not saying AvP is perfect but come on, at least you can actually SEE what's going on in this movie...yeah, I heard about the awful lighting in Requiem, though I haven't seen it yet. The special effects can look cheap at times although give Paul W.

S. Anderson some credit. At least most of the movie has actors in costumes. If you can look past the jerky movement, the action sequences are actually quite fun. We witness two types of creatures who hate humans beat each other up before it then turns into unity against a common enemy near the end.

The primitive race against the more technologically advanced race. More so than in Aliens. It's good to see Lance Henriksen in this franchise, since it allows for continuity with one franchise. Granted, this movie isn't canon, but it's still good to see him return as the creator of Bishop who appeared at the end of Alien 3 despite both those movies taking place in different years.

As I said, AvP isn't canon. Our heroine seems like she could've been a worthy successor for Ripley. Sadly, she never appeared in any more movies within either franchise. Not even a small cameo? :( AvP delivers the xenomorphs fighting the Predators and ti does it decently enough although in the end it's a forgettable movie.