Alien vs. Predator

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Alien vs. Predator

PG-13

2004

1h 40m

Sci-Fi

Horror

Action

Adventure

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When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland funds an expedition to Antarctica, he hopes to find a mysterious source of heat that has been detected. Led by a tough guide, Alexa Woods, Weyland and his team uncover a pyramid, but they also find malevolent parasitic aliens. Making matters worse, another extraterrestrial species, known as Predators, arrive to hunt the other aliens, with the humans caught in the middle of the conflict.

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Critics Consensus

Gore without scares and cardboard cut-out characters make this clash of the monsters a dull sit.

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Jessica Winter

Time Out

06/24/2006

The title alone betrays an entire Hollywood mindset of rehash, reheat, recombine. Re-please.

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Empire Magazine

04/01/2006

2/5

Sadly devoid of any real thrills.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

05/03/2005

C

Unsurprisingly mediocre.

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Adrian Martin

Film Critic: Adrian Martin

Jul 30

2.5/5

Any aura of artistic quality that may have once surrounded the original films has well and truly vanished; director Paul W. S. Anderson follows the Roger Corman style: keep it fast, dark and full of gratuitous shocks.

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

08/16/2024

3/10

While Paul W.S. Anderson arrived with blockbuster experience in his background, Alien vs. Predator quickly felt outside his comfort zone. The resulting flick has moments of joy, but feels like a lesser entry for both franchises.

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

08/15/2024

2/5

It was mindless fun watching the two iconic monsters fighting against each other but the problem is, the movie spends considerable time focusing on the human characters.

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TJDS10 T

@TJDS10 1d

Compared to some of the later entries in the Alien and Predator franchise, this really doesn't look bad by comparison.

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Benjamin W.

@Code70 5d

A new guilty pleasure of mine. Alien vs. Predator isn’t “cinema” by any means. It isn’t even technically very good. But man, did I get a lot schlocky fun out of watching aliens and predators clash, and the main lead teaming up with a predator to clash said aliens. And anyway, besides a few actually ridiculous plot points (and effects), I don’t think this movie is quite AS incompetently made as people say. Its shortcomings may exceed its redeeming qualities, but for me, this was just a fun, over-the-top piece of alien/predator fan-fiction.

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Smyles A.

@Smyles Mar 24

Could have been a lot cooler, but isn't horrible.... If you are an alien or predator fan you'll enjoy it

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Liam B

@Chinchillo Mar 7

Underrated, but some parts were not great. The aliens bs the predators is basically the entire plot of the movie. It’s cool, don’t get me wrong, but I just feel like there’s stuff that was missing. The main predator was too chunky

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@RT58547592 Feb 27

One of the best predator movies

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Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo Feb 15

A lot of what you want from the sci-fi monster fight genre. Just doesn’t exceed in story or filmmaking prowess. Effects were acceptable.

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Synopsis

When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland funds an expedition to Antarctica, he hopes to find a mysterious source of heat that has been detected. Led by a tough guide, Alexa Woods, Weyland and his team uncover a pyramid, but they also find malevolent parasitic aliens. Making matters worse, another extraterrestrial species, known as Predators, arrive to hunt the other aliens, with the humans caught in the middle of the conflict.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producer: John Davis, Lawrence Gordon, Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, David Giler
Screenwriter: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Paul W.S. Anderson
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Kut Films, Davis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Horror Images|Slime and Gore|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 11, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $80.3M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)