I like this one even though the story is bad its dumb fun the thing with this movie is it knows it's never gonna be on the level of the original Predator or Alien it knows it's a dumb blockbuster an embraced that I can enjoy the movie for what it is an not have to worry about comparing it to the originals because it's not really going for that.I feel the same way about Freddy vs Jason movie knew the concept was to silly to make a horror classic so it just decided to be fun.
36:04 Alright Matt, what that "screen story" thing means is that they wrote a story treatment, and Anderson wrote the script based on it. Usually these treatments are sort of just rough plot outline or bunch of ideas for what the story of the film will be and how it would go, sometimes they hire several writers and have each of them write their own version of the script, and maybe change a lot of it and add their own ideas, but in this case it seems Anderson did it himself and what a surprise, messed it up. Speaking of the scripts, the first version of Alien Vs Predator script was much better. It was written by Peter Briggs in 1991, and it followed the original 1990 comic almost completely. Btw Briggs also wrote version of Judge Dredd back when Schwarzenegger was going to star in the film and when Tony Scott was going to direct it. His Alien Vs Predator script was basically a rough spec (non-studio script) but i'll tell you, it's miles better than this film. Only similarity is that in the third act lead female character and Predator have to join up and escape out of the facility on some jungle planet and fight their way though hundreds of Xenomorphs of various species (ones which came from humans, animals, etc...) I think the best way i can describe this script to you is asking you to imagine a hybrid of Predator (1987) and Aliens (1986). I know how much you loved William Gibson's Alien 3 script, so i'm sure this too would be more of your type of film.
The first script was faithful rendition of the comic, but Fox thought the cost of film would too high which is why is partly the 2004 film was set in present day on Earth. Alien and Preadator box office wise have lost their value I don't see Disney doing faithful take. It would be low budget affair.
@@supoa9489 Damn right, no matter what Ridley Scott says i don't see Alien Awakening happening at least anytime soon, and this new Predator 5 (aka Skulls) project they're working on sounds like an interesting concept (Predator vs native Americans in the past) but i really have no hopes for it at all.
@@jackcraven2266 Agree don't get me wrong Ridley Scott has his share to blame in regard to the poor and messy prequels that we received, but originally the prequel was only meant to be one film with actual answers. It was Fox that insisted that it should more than one. The last film will no way be sastifing. I've heard the concept of the proposed Preadator film, sounds interesting setting the past means script has to iron clad in order to believe that a group with primtive weapons can defeat highly advanced alien hunter. Hopefully downscale his tech, the quote referring to change gender norms has be questioning the direction. I have no faith especially with Disney.
You’re saying they didn’t make an even more epic film because the budget would’ve been too high ? The thing is even though sometimes movies demand more money for them to be made if we as the audience are given a classic all out awesome film that we enjoy they will make as much money as the budget they used if not more it’s all about the quality of the film !
Assholes Vs. Penises is one of the biggest missed opportunities in cinema history. Fox had the rights to comic adaptations of the AVP Dark Horse comics and instead of using them and adapting the comics into an epic film, they chose to make this PG-13 piece of shit with a pyramid with Aliens in it and a poor woman's Ellen Ripley who befriends a Predator in what feels like 10 seconds and they start being a part of a corny 80's tv show, like Hart To Hart or Cagney and Lacey. But this time around it's Predator and Lex. Coming to CBS this fall. Yes. The practical effects in this film are really impressive, and visually it does have some nice looking shots. And the production/art design is good too. But the film's story is such a massive misfire none of it really registers as hard or as often as it should. And the characters are one note cannon fodder.
The set ups great & I like the isolated Antarctic settinh but the execution is awful, whoever thought putting two titular franchises together & make it PG-13?, cutaway kills, little blood no gory impact shots, utterly bizarre choice of tone & a big fuck you to the fans of both franchises. Had this been R rated & made a few tweaks then this could've been awesome instead we get gore less toned down PG-13 fluff. Excellent rant Matt i completely agree with your review my friend.
Making this PG-13 was a huge mistake from the start, that is like making a terminator vs Robocop film PG or pg-13 but toning down the violence. But hey at least freddy vs jason was rated R probably a reason why people remember that more than AVP.
I know a way to fix AVPR. Just with your computer, turn up the brightness on the footage, cut out all the human scenes, and leave in all the clips of Aliens & Predators intact. At least you would get a straightforward to the point 20-25 minute short-film giving you what you came for. I know this about the sequel, but I still felt like sharing the recommendation.
This is a classic compared to Alien 3. I like Resurrection. If Milla wasn't doing Resident Evil 2 I can guarantee she would've been cast as the lead in this.
Personally I really like Milla Jovovich I think she’s a good actress, I think she’s Underrated too, cause she’s good in Films A Perfect Getaway, 4th Kind, He Got Game, Stone, Survivor, & The Resident Evil Films I just feel like she’s not good about picking scripts
There's a few good moments in the movie but overall its a very forgettable film. So disappointing that they placed it in modern times too. Lance Henrikson was so wasted. I liked the girl but overall she was just OK. Solid review.
I like this film, always have. It’s not a great film by any means but for what it is I enjoy it. I agree with the slow motion shots of the face huggers was cool and the shot of the Predator ship flying through the blizzard and it just blends in so much that it disappeard in the sky, that was also a very cool shot. I can’t call this underrated but personally I enjoy it for what it is, popcorn entertainment. Thank you once again for this review as well
I agree with you that AVP sucks considering that it's very forgettable and lackluster for a crossover movie! Add to the fact that the characters are boring and uninteresting and the fight scenes being forgettable makes this an insult to both the Alien and Predator movies!
I wanted to like this film because I was excited after seeing the teaser and it was an awesome crossover, but unfortunately, the film is rated PG-13 ruined my chances to see it and it sucked. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was pure cinematic trash. Instead, I watched the first 2 Alien films and the first Predator film to get the bad taste of AVP and AVP: R out of my mouth.
I know I’m a Huge fan of Alien 1, 2, 3, Predator 1, 2, & Predators, But personally I know a lot of people hate The A. V. P Films But personally I Like them & I can enjoy them as time wasters IMO, There Ok but there my Least favorites in the franchise along with Predator 2018 is Ok But Flawed IMO
Hey Matt at 18.38 I thought you were going to spend the rest of the review stuck in a loop saying “It just doesn’t matter!” over and over for 20 minutes 🤣 ps I would have watched that it would have been cool too!
I really hope we do still get a good Alien Vs. Predator movie on these days with actual Space Marines and make it a gory, hard R flick. This movie was disappointing on so many levels.
7:34 Same for me I felt the same way as you did all the hype that was building up and such the film didn't hold up that well after seeing it on DVD especially the bullshit extended cut which just made the film longer IMHO. 23:10 The director must really hate him that munch? LOL 32:17 Because during this time period hollywood was still being a bunch of pussy's being too scared to actually make it rated R the sequel is rated R which that is a littlebit better then this film..littlebit but that's not saying munch IMHO. 38:58 LAMO!!!!!!!!! Epic job on the rant brother ''IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER,IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER,IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER!!!'' LOL
One of the biggest disappointments in movie history! Mortal kombat is one of my all time favorite movies but this and the resident evil movies made me lose a LOT of respect for Paul W. S. Anderson. UGH!
The last good movie he did was 2008's death race With resident evil movies on the other hand I would rather watch them then watch the Netflix resident evil show which that show is even worse
This movie was so disappointing it had potential of being a great crossover but NO Hollywood had to hired Paul WS Anderson who was a bad choice to direct an Alien Vs Predator Film Freddy Vs Jason was so much better than this shit movie and it had some fun moments and had two awesome fights with Freddy and Jason and I liked Freddy vs Jason I thought it was fun
If the lead actress had some charisma and with some better writing I could really warm to this.As it is the film disrespects both Alien and Predator franchises 2.5/10
This movie is pretty underwhelming. But after watching the travesty that is The Predator I've started looking back at this film more fondly.
Same here, its not great but when you compare it to the Predator, it is more watchable.
I like this one even though the story is bad its dumb fun the thing with this movie is it knows it's never gonna be on the level of the original Predator or Alien it knows it's a dumb blockbuster an embraced that I can enjoy the movie for what it is an not have to worry about comparing it to the originals because it's not really going for that.I feel the same way about Freddy vs Jason movie knew the concept was to silly to make a horror classic so it just decided to be fun.
That’s like saying dogs shit smells better than cat shit 😂
@@redpillnibbler4423 Yeah. The Predator is that fucking awful.
An underrated crossover
36:04 Alright Matt, what that "screen story" thing means is that they wrote a story treatment, and Anderson wrote the script based on it. Usually these treatments are sort of just rough plot outline or bunch of ideas for what the story of the film will be and how it would go, sometimes they hire several writers and have each of them write their own version of the script, and maybe change a lot of it and add their own ideas, but in this case it seems Anderson did it himself and what a surprise, messed it up.
Speaking of the scripts, the first version of Alien Vs Predator script was much better. It was written by Peter Briggs in 1991, and it followed the original 1990 comic almost completely. Btw Briggs also wrote version of Judge Dredd back when Schwarzenegger was going to star in the film and when Tony Scott was going to direct it. His Alien Vs Predator script was basically a rough spec (non-studio script) but i'll tell you, it's miles better than this film. Only similarity is that in the third act lead female character and Predator have to join up and escape out of the facility on some jungle planet and fight their way though hundreds of Xenomorphs of various species (ones which came from humans, animals, etc...) I think the best way i can describe this script to you is asking you to imagine a hybrid of Predator (1987) and Aliens (1986). I know how much you loved William Gibson's Alien 3 script, so i'm sure this too would be more of your type of film.
The first script was faithful rendition of the comic, but Fox thought the cost of film would too high which is why is partly the 2004 film was set in present day on Earth. Alien and Preadator box office wise have lost their value I don't see Disney doing faithful take. It would be low budget affair.
@@supoa9489 Damn right, no matter what Ridley Scott says i don't see Alien Awakening happening at least anytime soon, and this new Predator 5 (aka Skulls) project they're working on sounds like an interesting concept (Predator vs native Americans in the past) but i really have no hopes for it at all.
@@jackcraven2266 Agree don't get me wrong Ridley Scott has his share to blame in regard to the poor and messy prequels that we received, but originally the prequel was only meant to be one film with actual answers. It was Fox that insisted that it should more than one. The last film will no way be sastifing.
I've heard the concept of the proposed Preadator film, sounds interesting setting the past means script has to iron clad in order to believe that a group with primtive weapons can defeat highly advanced alien hunter. Hopefully downscale his tech, the quote referring to change gender norms has be questioning the direction. I have no faith especially with Disney.
You’re saying they didn’t make an even more epic film because the budget would’ve been too high ? The thing is even though sometimes movies demand more money for them to be made if we as the audience are given a classic all out awesome film that we enjoy they will make as much money as the budget they used if not more it’s all about the quality of the film !
Assholes Vs. Penises is one of the biggest missed opportunities in cinema history. Fox had the rights to comic adaptations of the AVP Dark Horse comics and instead of using them and adapting the comics into an epic film, they chose to make this PG-13 piece of shit with a pyramid with Aliens in it and a poor woman's Ellen Ripley who befriends a Predator in what feels like 10 seconds and they start being a part of a corny 80's tv show, like Hart To Hart or Cagney and Lacey. But this time around it's Predator and Lex. Coming to CBS this fall.
Yes. The practical effects in this film are really impressive, and visually it does have some nice looking shots. And the production/art design is good too. But the film's story is such a massive misfire none of it really registers as hard or as often as it should. And the characters are one note cannon fodder.
I guess by that logic The Mask with Jim Carrey must be a cinematic atrocity because it doesn’t take a whole lot from its source material.
The set ups great & I like the isolated Antarctic settinh but the execution is awful, whoever thought putting two titular franchises together & make it PG-13?, cutaway kills, little blood no gory impact shots, utterly bizarre choice of tone & a big fuck you to the fans of both franchises.
Had this been R rated & made a few tweaks then this could've been awesome instead we get gore less toned down PG-13 fluff.
Excellent rant Matt i completely agree with your review my friend.
Making this PG-13 was a huge mistake from the start, that is like making a terminator vs Robocop film PG or pg-13 but toning down the violence. But hey at least freddy vs jason was rated R probably a reason why people remember that more than AVP.
They did made terminator and robocop PG-13
The best bit was the invisible spear through the guy slowly appearing,I thought that was cool.
I know a way to fix AVPR. Just with your computer, turn up the brightness on the footage, cut out all the human scenes, and leave in all the clips of Aliens & Predators intact. At least you would get a straightforward to the point 20-25 minute short-film giving you what you came for.
I know this about the sequel, but I still felt like sharing the recommendation.
That’s a great idea actually.
This is a classic compared to Alien 3. I like Resurrection. If Milla wasn't doing Resident Evil 2 I can guarantee she would've been cast as the lead in this.
Personally I really like Milla Jovovich I think she’s a good actress, I think she’s Underrated too, cause she’s good in Films A Perfect Getaway, 4th Kind, He Got Game, Stone, Survivor, & The Resident Evil Films I just feel like she’s not good about picking scripts
@@devinharbert6071 she only really acts in her husbands films since Resident Evil that's why she's not good at picking scripts.
There's a few good moments in the movie but overall its a very forgettable film. So disappointing that they placed it in modern times too. Lance Henrikson was so wasted. I liked the girl but overall she was just OK. Solid review.
I like this film, always have. It’s not a great film by any means but for what it is I enjoy it. I agree with the slow motion shots of the face huggers was cool and the shot of the Predator ship flying through the blizzard and it just blends in so much that it disappeard in the sky, that was also a very cool shot.
I can’t call this underrated but personally I enjoy it for what it is, popcorn entertainment. Thank you once again for this review as well
I agree, Colin Salmon and Agathe de La Boulaye
would have been better leads than Sanaa Lathan and Raoul Bova.
agreed
I agree with you that AVP sucks considering that it's very forgettable and lackluster for a crossover movie! Add to the fact that the characters are boring and uninteresting and the fight scenes being forgettable makes this an insult to both the Alien and Predator movies!
I like this movie Matt but you’re Rant is amazing !! 😂😂😂😂
Great rant. Extremely disappointed film, let alone a shit film.
I wanted to like this film because I was excited after seeing the teaser and it was an awesome crossover, but unfortunately, the film is rated PG-13 ruined my chances to see it and it sucked. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was pure cinematic trash.
Instead, I watched the first 2 Alien films and the first Predator film to get the bad taste of AVP and AVP: R out of my mouth.
Well Mortal Kombat 1995 was PG-13 and that was a good movie
I know I’m a Huge fan of Alien 1, 2, 3, Predator 1, 2, & Predators, But personally I know a lot of people hate The A. V. P Films But personally I Like them & I can enjoy them as time wasters IMO, There Ok but there my Least favorites in the franchise along with Predator 2018 is Ok But Flawed IMO
Alien,aliens,alien resurrection and Alien Romulus (update)
Predator, predator 2 and predators are awesome
One of the most disappointing movies ever. That was followed up by an even worse sequel
I haven't seen this film in years I don't remember much about it.
Great video and great rant Matt this movie is terrible.
Hey Matt at 18.38 I thought you were going to spend the rest of the review stuck in a loop saying “It just doesn’t matter!” over and over for 20 minutes 🤣 ps I would have watched that it would have been cool too!
I really hope we do still get a good Alien Vs. Predator movie on these days with actual Space Marines and make it a gory, hard R flick. This movie was disappointing on so many levels.
That would be awesome if done right.
Yea,people seem to forget Alien and Predator (and Terminater btw) were horror movies,and all the better for it.
7:34 Same for me I felt the same way as you did all the hype that was building up and such the film didn't hold up that well after seeing it on DVD especially the bullshit extended cut which just made the film longer IMHO.
23:10 The director must really hate him that munch? LOL
32:17 Because during this time period hollywood was still being a bunch of pussy's being too scared to actually make it rated R the sequel is rated R which that is a littlebit better then this film..littlebit but that's not saying munch IMHO.
38:58 LAMO!!!!!!!!!
Epic job on the rant brother ''IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER,IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER,IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER!!!'' LOL
One of the biggest disappointments in movie history! Mortal kombat is one of my all time favorite movies but this and the resident evil movies made me lose a LOT of respect for Paul W. S. Anderson. UGH!
What about event horizon
The last good movie he did was 2008's death race
With resident evil movies on the other hand I would rather watch them then watch the Netflix resident evil show which that show is even worse
We agree to disagree on this movie Matt, I like this film!
same
This movie was so disappointing it had potential of being a great crossover but NO Hollywood had to hired Paul WS Anderson who was a bad choice to direct an Alien Vs Predator Film Freddy Vs Jason was so much better than this shit movie and it had some fun moments and had two awesome fights with Freddy and Jason and I liked Freddy vs Jason I thought it was fun
If the lead actress had some charisma and with some better writing I could really warm to this.As it is the film disrespects both Alien and Predator franchises 2.5/10
You think this one was bad watch the second 😂
I tried watching it but it was just a black screen most of the time!
The first 2 Alien and Predator movies are classics!!!
This film really could have been much, much better...
Alien,aliens,alien resurrection and alien Romulus are great (update)
Predator, predator 2 and predators are great
Another rank on their facebook LMAO!
This film sucks, I'd rather watch Freddy vs Jason