Review of AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) by Charles V — 08 Jul 2018

Easily the 4th best Alien film after Alien (1979), Aliens (1986) and Alien 3 (1992). Light years better than the awful Alien: Resurrection, which was almost a comedy with a 'truly' unnecessary revival of the dead Ripley character, and far more respectful to the Alien and Predator lore than Ridley Scott's ego trips that were Prometheus (2012) and the atrocious Alien: Covenant. It was great seeing a live Space Jockey in Prometheus and the art aspects in Covenant were brilliant bedsides that, especially Covenant almost destroyed the Alien lore with the horrible David making the Aliens twist, the thankfully it was cleared up in the Covenant Novel he didn't.

Finally about Alien vs. Predator (2004)...Great characters (not on the level of the classics but still great), amazing effects, the Aliens looked great (again far better than Covenant's annoying CGI) they were deadly and smart. Loved the Predators Ceremonial Armor very much (most don't understand that's why they looked different than the ones from P1 and P2). Easily the possible setting on Earth for sure. Really enjoyed the atmosphere and perfect nods to the classics. I love this film.

Although I will say that I want them to make an Aliens vs. Predator film in the future with Colonial Marines on another planet, basically the movie we've always wanted one like amazing PC games like AvP 2 (2001) and the great original comic book of 1990 and most recently the Fire and Stone comics by Dark Horse.

All in all I rank AVP (2004) 6th after the first three Alien films and the first two Predator films.

-Charles.