Alien vs Predator: Requiem

[Brian]

Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem

Release Date: December 25, 2007
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Greg Strause, Colin Strause
Screenwriter: Shane Salerno
Starring: Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, John Ortiz, Shareeka Epps, Johnny Lewis, Sam Trammell, David Paetkau
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R (for violence, gore and language)
Official Website: www.AVP-R.com
Trailer: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=14188
Plot Summary: In this follow-up to the worldwide hit "Alien vs. Predator," the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town – with the residents caught in the middle.

[Darya]

New Photos of AVP-R's Predalien
Source: USA Today October 26, 2007


USA Today has published this new shot along with more photos of the Predalien, an alien and predator hybrid, from Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem, hitting theaters on Christmas Day. The article includes some great quotes from directors Greg and Colin Strause about returning the franchise to its former self:

So the brothers plan to bring the new film back to its roots — namely, Ridley Scott's 1979 classic, Alien.

"That movie was dark. That movie used a lot of rain," Colin says. "And that movie was scary. We want it more like the classic early Alien and Predator movies we grew up on."

"There's a real history to these characters," says Colin, 31. "People grew up with these characters when it was a serious franchise. We want to make it just as serious and dark as the originals."

That means cutting back on computer-generated effects. In the first two Alien films, Scott and Cameron had six alien outfits. For this AVP, the brothers have just 12.

"You're not going to see 50 digital creatures running around," Greg says. "We want to bring the franchise back to basics.

"That's what made them so frightening in the first place."

The new pics can be found here: http://www.usatoday.com/life/gallery/l0 ... /flash.htm

[Brian]

6.5/10 The action is good, but most of the dialogue should have been left out. Even the teens I saw the movie with were howling at some of the lines.

[Mike]

This is one of those movies (much like the first) where you should just wait for it to be out on a movie channel and put it on mute and have the radio on.