June 23, 2008
I recently watched Alien vs. Predator Requiem. I didn't go into the movie thinking it was going to be anything great and I'm really glad. Be warned, there are spoilers here. It wasn't even anything good. I'm not entirely sure why they made this movie.
The movie featured some of the basic items from the previous Alien and Predator movies. The Predator had two shoulder weapons instead of one. In fact, the Predator had all of the weapons out of the previous movies plus a few more. I thought it was neat when one of the shoulder weapons was removed in order to be turned into a space aged sawed off shotgun.
AvP:R also featured an Alien Predator hybrid. Certainly different, but not all that great. The Aliens went kind of nuts in the town they dropped into. They killed, something like, 90% of the town in about a day. The U.S. Military managed to take care of the rest.
While the action scenes were well done, I never felt like the Predator was in any real danger until the end. Then, instead of giving us a clear winner, everyone was blown up. If they make another movie, I hope they will finally give us a winner instead of copping out.