AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Name: AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Horror
Released: 2004-08-12
Duration: 101 min

Whoever wins... we lose.

20041h 41mcritics 6.0/10

Adventure Science Fiction Action Horror

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

starring Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Ian Whyte, Raoul Bova

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Read from 52 comments (48 from Metacritic, 4 from TMDB reviews) — 21 of them described how it moves.

➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing.

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Metacritic53 read

“The first half of the movie is pretty slow”
LovestruckRoxyabout 0–50% inread it ↗
“with great pace and intensity in the second half”
Borgorosabout 50–100% inread it ↗
“'alien vs. predator' starts with a direct, no-nonsense opening, where the characters are defined in just a few lines, revealing their personalities through tone and the way they respond. this initial efficiency”
chriss17euabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“when it gets going it is engaging and fun because it isn’t serious”
HellHoleHorrorabout 33–66% inread it ↗

TMDB4 read

“the ending is quite exciting”
CinemaSerfabout 85–100% inread it ↗
“Monstrous - but not a total monstrosity. Antartica, and an expedition is about to uncover a battleground for Aliens and Predators. Whoever wins, we lose! So ran the tag line for Paul W. S. Anderson's prequel (?) to two fanatically worshipped franchises. Little was Anderson to know that it was the majority of cinema goers who would feel that they had "lost" their cash on coming out after watching this miss-matched effort. Though in truth nobody could seriously have expected a film to rival ”
John Chardread it ↗
“I can honestly say, that this is one of the most under-rated films of 2004. Not because it was good, just because it was panned so fucking hard by critics! I think this is mostly due to the fact that it was being compared to both the Alien and Predator series, which is fair enough, but it was never going to be what either of those films was. Ultimately it's downfall came from some poor dialogue, and trying to reach a larger audience. Where Predators was a film that you didn't need to have ”
Gimlyread it ↗
“Finally got around to watching this crossover between the two titular characters. It's pretty good! I'm not someone who has a keen interest in either franchise, though. I'm kinda surprised both have as many flicks made as they do and as many still on the way. I admittedly I do like all of the 'Alien' films, whereas I found 'Predator' to be rather uninteresting - until 'Prey' anyway, that's the only one from that series that I'd say I like. With all that, I wasn't”

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