The title alone betrays an entire Hollywood mindset of rehash, reheat, recombine. Re-please.
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremmer, Colin Salmon, Tommy Flanagan Trio
Screenwriter: Paul W.S. Anderson, Shane Salerno
Producer: John Davis, Walter Halsey Davis, Gordon Carroll
Composer: Harald Kloser
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 4, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
- DTS (unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - Alternate Opening
- Audio Commentaries - 1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Director, Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan - Stars
- 2. Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Bruno - Special Effects Crew
- Behind the Scenes - 1. Making of Featurette
- 2. Inside Look: Intro Animation
- 3. Inside Look: Mr. and Mrs. Smith
- 4. Inside Look: Elektra
- Deleted Scenes - (3)
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Galleries - Darkhorse AVP Comic Covers Galley (65)
DVD-ROM:
- Featurettes - 1. Dark Horse's First Edition
- 2. "Making of" the AVP Comic Books
- 3. Graphic Novel Sneak Peek (16 pages)
Reviews
Despite (or perhaps because of) some laughably bad moments, this is surprisingly enjoyable.
It’s not groundbreaking and it’s not revolutionary, but it is just as exciting as its premise.
After a garbled and jumpy opening this settles into a rather enjoyable action movie.
In the end, we are left with a dull woman who is surrounded by puppets and voiceless actors covered in prosthetics -- and it's never a good sign when the special effects give more memorable performances than the hero.
Just as the director sucked the soul and scares out of Resident Evil, he’s torn every ounce of dread, tension and awe from Sigourney and Arnold’s respective flagships
I am very happy to report that Alien Vs. Predator is not a complete disaster.
[Its] potentially Hawksian theme is ruined by inept horror scenes, staged with exactly the same setup and timing as thousands of other horror films.
Took a premise rife with potential and created perhaps the most boring story possible to accomodate the two sci-fi races.
The once-promising project was doomed to disaster, going back to the very moment Paul W.S. Anderson was awarded directing and screenwriting duties.
AVP is like one of those video shoot-'em-ups that looks great on your computer screen but has no story to it.
A fright-filled ride that coalesces the stories of two very cool monster franchises, and it does it well.
It’s marketing savvy that says making a movie people feel they have to see is reason to not bother making one people will want to see.
Obligada para los fans (para quienes es un paraíso, a ratos), entretiene lo suficiente como para justificar el pago de la entrada.
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