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Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem
Product Group: DVD
Studio: 20th Century Fox
ISBN: B001451HWU
Brand: Fox
EAN: 0024543508090
UPC: 024543508090
Binding/Media: DVD
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 94 minutes
Original Release Date: 2007-01-01
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
SKU: AManPro-0003975
Condition: Good
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Packed with adrenaline-pumping action and heart-stopping suspense, this spectacular sequel escalates the war between sci-fi's scariest movie icons! On Earth everyone can hear you scream, especially when a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters-and producing countless Alien offspring-with terrifying efficiency. When a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation, it's an all-out battle to the death with no rules, no mercy, and hundreds of innocent people caught in the crossfire. As the creature carnage continues, a handful of human survivors attempt a daring escape, but the U.S. government may be hatching a deadly plan of its own...
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For those who found 2004's Aliens vs. Predator too lightweight in the gore-and-guns department, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem offers a marked improvement in both categories, as well as a respectable amount of rumbles between the title extraterrestrials. Set in the 21st century (which predates the story to all of the Alien features), Requiem sends a crippled Predator ship crashing to Earth in a small Colorado town; unbeknownst to the locals, the craft is loaded with H.R. Giger's insectoid monsters, which make quick work of most of the population. As the human cast is slowly whittled to a few hardy (if unmemorable) souls, a Predator warrior also arrives to complicate matters and do battle with the Aliens, as well as a ferocious alien-Predator hybrid (dubbed a Predalien by the sci-fi and horror press). Visual-effects designers and music-video helmers The Strause Brothers (who make their feature directorial debut here) keep the action on frantic throughout, which is wise, since the dialogue and characters are threadbare at best; that should matter little to teenage male viewers, who are inarguably the film's key audience. Fans of the Alien franchise, however, may find the offhanded nod to the series' mythology given during the finale its sole saving grace. --Paul Gaita
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wow. how about negative rating?
Rating  (1)
Date: 2010-09-04
I didnt expect myself to really like this movie, and I thought it would be somewhat entertaining. But the farther I got into it, the more I was appalled at how could they let someone turn this incredibly ridiculous script into a movie. The pinnacle of the absurdness was the movie's copy cat use of soldiers and the nuke scene like in Aliens, except it was like watching it remade from a mind of a 10 year old. There are a lot of children fans of AvP who like the comic bookish feel of it and want to see stuff like Aliens vs Superman, Aliens vs Halo, Predators vs DBZ. You know... the stuff nerdy kids think of and dont appreciate the original version. Its like they took a couple from this pool of kids and let them make a movie. Im sure others have gone in depth of how much this movie and the other AvP movie have tainted the Alien and Predator universes. Actually, tainted so much that the people who made Predators and Ridley Scott making the Alien prequel all unacknowledged AvP. Either way, I at least want to add my vote at decreasing the overall rating of this stupid production.
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An Underrated Improvement over AVP
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-09-03
I'm going to disagree with most reviewers here. AVP2 was a huge improvement over the (ridiculous) AVP. I thought the action scenes were top notch and acting was respectable. Overall, AVP2 was fairly realistic in depicting what (and how) a real town might react to an alien infestation, as well as, the Government response. The overall formula can be found in several recent movies, especially "The Crazies". Such realism made it brutal at times--almost no one is spared. In particular, this movie has some scenes of young children (even babies) being horribly killed. I'm sure these disturbing images drove some of the low ratings. It also seemed like there were a few scenes were very similar to those in "Aliens" (like the National Guard unit getting waxed). I agree with many people that the scenes were darker than necessary. If this was intentional, it only succeeded in annoying the viewer.
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Could have been a 5/5 masterwork. BUT THEY...I will tell you in the review.
Rating (1)
Date: 2010-08-12
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I am NOT reviewing the DVD. However, in this review I am reviewing the Unrated version.
Please note that the rating above might not accurately reflect my thoughts, you will see a rating sentence at the end of the review.
A.V.P:R|UN-R[4.0BETA](2007)
What's the problem with the movie? Well, lemme tell you the good things. Every good thing from all 9 previous installments of the two separate franchises is carried into this film. Now for the bad things. There are horrid side stories that don't MATTER to this film. IN ALL OTHER ALIEN AND PREDATOR MOVIES, THE SIDE STORIES USUALLY MEANT SOMETHING! HERE THERE JUST ADDED TO MAKE THE FILM OVER 100 MINUTES!!!!! @#$%. And here's the real crap. Everything that is good about this movie, has the Ninja Assassin effect. YOU CAN'T SEE ANY OF IT. True both Alien and Predator (and Batman) movies are typically dark, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE ANY OF THE BRAWL!!! Do you understand? If you can't see anything, WHY HAVE IT!?!?!
Oh wait, you can see something. THE STUPID SIDE STORIES!!! It's half the time boring, half the time as dark as space. Now, I will say something good about this movie. It updates the original ALIEN title screen from the first Alien, to say AVP:R and be more awesome. But that's just flashy effects covering up the horridness of this film. AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL! The action is awesome and fast pace, the screams and blood are top notch, and everything good about the original installments is carried into this one. YOU JUST CAN'T @#$%ING SEE ANYTHING!!!!
Who the he11 is the cast&crew director...let's see...wikipedia...The Strause Bros.! Let's see what they've done...well I can see why the effects are so good they are special effects masters...m hm...Holly $#!T! They've done The X-Files Movie? The Nutty Professor? Titanic...oh wait...they're just special effects masters. They haven't directed a single film besides AVP:R. YOU DON'T DO THAT! A Big Blockbuster or any major film with a big budget doesn't deserve first time directors. Film directors should have experience in original material of independent matter and not jump immediately. Spielberg did two independent films before he directed a TV movie before he directed Jaws! YOU NEED EXPERIENCE!!!
And only having experience with special effects is the worst kind. But this does worry me, because wouldn't a special effects guy know your movie hast to be bright? Wouldn't a special effects duo be used to bright effects? Well let's get the producer. John Davis is the big one. Holly $#!T, The Predator Trilogy? AVP? But no, he's produced some stuff you might not be so fond of. Asteroid, WaterWorld, Little Monsters, the new Dr. Dollitle, I Robot, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, and Marmaduke. But surely he couldn't have messed up the lighting for those movies, most of them are dead bright! Maybe the Predator movies and I, Robot aren't so bright but the lighting in them is still good!
So another producer is on the list...Walter Hill. He is a screenwriter. He shouldn't know anything about lighting, and all the stuff he's done is unknown. I guess he co-wrote Aliens, but between 3 people! And I think we all don't like Alien 3, but I do. The only two notable films he didn't direct and are between more than one person. HE'S NEVER PRODUCED! I blame him. He had no experience, and just thought to himself "Alien and Predator are traditionally dark movies." Blaugh. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's see what else is in store. For one thing this movie has credit for, is for showing us a more in-depth look at the Predator ship and homeworld. But those come very early and don't really help this film.
I could see they wanted to make a third AVP, because most people thought they could before the first came out, and I see that they've been testing on the Alien parasites. This could lead to some really good stories. In fact, look at the comics and video games that have come out!!! There's a scene in this film where both the father and son die from an alien in their stomach. I found this ironic, but some might just find this disturbing or even symbolic. I don't know, it's all three put into a pile of mashed potatoes. Here's something to piss you off: when a parasite isn't moving it's real effects! When it isn't moving, IT'S FLIPPING CGI! ASYLUM STYLE CGI! I thought the directors were special effects masters! But I guess it's the producers fault, for one had no experience producing and the other had produced terrible CGI.
I will admit that the PredAlien (terrible name,) has a really cool design. IT'S TOO BAD WE NEVER GET AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT IT! The characters are idiotic, the storyline is idiotic, the lighting is idiotic, the makers of the film are idiotic, it is non-attention grabbing and the dialogue is idiotic! @#$%! This movie gets a 1.5/5!
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Needs a Predator night-vision viewing mode
Rating  (2)
Date: 2010-08-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
When a Predator spacecraft carrying Alien prisoners and face-huggers - as well as some crossbred experiments - has an accident and crash lands on Earth, humanity has no chance for survival. Each wandering human on camera is certainly doomed. Humanity's only hope is a master hunter from planet Predator, a creature with unequaled hunting prowess and futuristic weapons.
The situation in town quickly becomes chaotic, with Aliens spitting out chest-bursters left and right. A few stereotypical, assembly line characters not worth mentioning by name band together to feebly protect themselves from a town being taken over so quickly and completely that within 12-hours there is an Alien on the city council. Meanwhile, master Predator follows human viscera, blood spatter, and a slug trail of Alien ejaculate throughout town in his version of CSI.
Dumb father of dumb kid: "It sure is dark here."
Alien: "Oh hai...I'm gonna eat youuu. Get back in there little mouth."
Human kid: "Don't kill my fodder!"
Predator: (Infrared mode) sees face-hugger carcass, follows bread-crumb trail of slime
That's pretty much the movie. There's a cool new Alien method of shoving eggs into pregnant women, and someone repeats the classic, "Get to the choppah" line from Predator, but otherwise it's a forgettable. And the main reason it's forgettable? The lighting is atrocious.
Half the time you don't even know what's going on. It is without a doubt, the worst lit movie I have ever seen. Open, window-filled rooms are dungeons. Sewers are absolute black holes. There were several scenes I wish I had seen - and my eyes were open - but there was no way to ascertain what was happening. None of the actors really stand out - a result of mediocre acting, a bad script, as well as the previously mentioned viewing issues. The contrast level of my TV could not be calibrated enough to compensate for the "filming eclipse" technique used like camouflage. Since the DVD release doesn't have a night vision or "through the Predator's eyes" mode, it is almost pointless to watch a movie through an ink-filled lens.
Watching this again, recommending it to others...I can't see it.
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AVP-R is what AVP should have been.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-07-27
I am huge fan of the Predator and Alien movies and do not believe that this movie deserves so much negativity. AVP-R is a huge improvement over the original as it is longer, directed and written as it was suppose to be seen. The Aliens are the merciless parasite that does not differentiate in who or what it kills and the Predator is the near unstoppable, barbaric hunter.
The first movie does little to deliver believable characters. Not only are most of the human characters disposable and lack any real depth but the premise in which they are introduced is trite and far fetched. Now don't get me wrong the Pyramid idea was actually a neat idea but I feel it was executed very poorly.
AVP-R has a far more believable plot and characters. It is your typical small town with your normal small town life story. I'm not saying the cast was Emmy worthy or anything but they were more believable in their roles than those of AVP. And because of this small town life it helps carry the presence of the Aliens and Predator in the battles the take place. This helps, by following the lives of these characters and how they come together, how the presence of the Predator and Aliens is affecting their world.
Next let's talk about the Predators in the AVP. Tell me how one Alien, a drone no less, take out two of, arguably the most successful and brutal hunters in the universe, in the space of five minutes? I was so disappointed in this aspect. The Predators were literally almost as frail and inept to the situation as the humans.
In AVP-R the Predator is what he should be a solitary nearly invincible hunter. Fast, strong and easily capable of taking on many, not just one, Alien drones.
Now last few things. People complain about the darkness which I admit in the theatre was frustrating but on the Extended cut DVD you can see the battles perfectly with no hindrance from the dark. I just watched this movie on my PS3 on an old box TV and had no problems viewing everything in perfect clarity. Though it also probably helps to view this in a dark room as well. Last thing people complain about is the hospital with the babies that even I cringed at. I don't think this was intended as an insensitive plot point but as a point to convey the single minded, parasitic, evil of the Aliens.
Honestly I thought this to be a truly great and worthy installment to both franchises as it recaptured the essence of the Predator and Aliens and the desperation of the human characters that are caught in the middle. If you are fan of either or just want a good action movie, this would be a great choice. Don't believe all the negative reviews of the people who didn't get it. Watch it for yourself and you might be pleasantly surprised.
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