Alien Vs Predator: Requiem [Slight Spoilers]

[<_Spike_>]

I know what you're thinking..."Oh no, not another one"...but give this baby a chance. So far the trailers have looked fantastic, and it's how the first one should've been. The aliens look as they did in Aliens, and the Predators are more athletic and armed with a whole new arsenal of technological gear.

The Predators have returned to Earth, Gunnison CO to be exact. The ship crash lands in the forests of Gunnison and when a father and son hunting team stumble across it and it's unpleasant pair of face-hugger passengers, all hell breaks lose. Not only that, but the Predators have brought along an unexpected extra...the PredAlien. Eventually the Predator numbers are brought down to a single warrior, and it's up to him to wipe out the Aliens and the PredAlien with the citizens of Gunnison caught slap bang in the middle. In a film with a lot more people, a lot more aliens and predators and a damn sight more violence...it looks like the Strause Brothers have really done it like it should be and made up for the poor excuse of the first film.

Trailer 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9u-ufu9_aA
Trailer 2 - http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/08/24/first-r-rated-aliens-vs-predator-requiem-trailer/
Shop-Showdown Clip - http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=18413

AvPR is scheduled for release on Christmas Day in the States, and January 18th in the UK

 

[V1P3R]

Oh wait wrong one...

 

[Grand Prix]

My brother is in this movie. He got a camera close-up on his face, apparently.

I think this film should be pretty good if has an R rating. From what I've seen the two directors are Alien and Predator film nuts.

 

[a6m5]

it's how the first one should've been.

That's exactly what I've been telling people after seeing the trailer.

I waited for the first AVP for probably between 5 -10 years, since I first heard about the project, and the movie was pretty much a garbage. I'm hoping this one will be "AVP: Redemption".

 

[<_Spike_>]

Yeah me too, been a keen collector of the novels (at the risk of sounding a bit of a fanboy) and really was excited about AvP. They un-rated version did sorta make up a little for the theatrical release but it was still a poor effort.

I think the other thing that bugs me about some people, is they're already predicting a weak storyline...when really...looking back at the Alien and Predator movies separately, they didn't have the most advanced storylines anyway...so it's a shame they're doing that...but oh well their loss. I reckon this films going to be a cracker and it should revive the franchise... With any luck Fox will un-shelve the Alien 5 project, and maybe even do a Predator 3...and an AvP 3 game for the PC/next gen consoles wouldn't hurt.

 

[TheCracker]

I really liked AvP, along with all the Alien and all the Predator films, so i'm really looking forward to this 👍

 

[Dave A]

I found AVP to be enjoyable but I didn't think it was a great film, not a patch on the first two Predator or Alien films.

This looks like it has a lot of potential.

EDIT: After watching the R-Rated trailer I'm a little worried that they're making too much of an effort to make it gorey. Alien movies wern't about the violence, the violence was a by-product, the killer was the suspense and in Aliens (for me at least) the realisation that if I was in that situation I might be as inclined to just shoot myself as I would be to stuggle to get out at risk of dieing very painfully. Predator movies, again it was the fear of being hunted, the original Predator was largly about suspense with the violence a by product of the film. Ofcourse this film should be violent, but it just seems to me that they might end up making too much of an effort to make it so and miss out on what the real focus should be.

I do still think it has a lot of potential, but the trailer and an interview I read where they talk about the R-Rating just worry me a little bit. Hopefully it was just thier application and the films focus will be on suspense and terror as opposed to in your face gore which should just be a by product.

 

[Sprite]

I will always ive this franchise a chance, hope on hope its good. I own the first, not because its goodm but because its just something to watch.

 

[<_Spike_>]

Tbh, not even Aliens really had much in the way of a storyline...none of the Alien/Predator movies did. Suspense was part of it, which from the looks of it there will be hints of. After all, the directors said they're going back to the movies roots...the first Alien/Predator movies...so...yeah

 

[McLaren]

It looks ok, but why is it in the trailer every time someone is impaled, it's made to look as gorey and bloody as possible?
A guy gets stabbed through the head, and suddenly, half his head explodes? Or what about the girl being struck into the wall and now blood is just everywhere?

It seems the directors took too much time trying to make every little encounter as bloody as can be. Dare I say that this movie will not be scary, just very gorey? Which is the exact opposite of both series.

 

[<_Spike_>]

Trouble is you gotta think about today's audience...almost nothing scares them now. Very rare a movie is released that actually puts the ***** up people. In the end, comparing AvP to the franchises separately on a movie scale is probably a mistake...but that's just me.

 

[Sprite]

Im with *McLaren* on this one, all films these days seem to be how to make a film as gory as possible. Thats why i loved the original Alien film, the suspense and quality of film making is awesome, i don't care if it scares me i just want a really good film. A little gore is ok as if an Alien put its inner jaw through someone's head then it would make a mess but gore for gores sake is a poor excuse for trying to make the film good.

 

[McLaren]

Trouble is you gotta think about today's audience...almost nothing scares them now. Very rare a movie is released that actually puts the ***** up people. In the end, comparing AvP to the franchises separately on a movie scale is probably a mistake...but that's just me.

True. Perhaps I'm just sick of all these movies just trying to call themselves scary, but are really just a gore fest. Yes, I'm talking to you Mr. Eli Roth (My movies are full of suspense, ti loco).

But I guess that's how the movie audience today is pleased and if I want suspense, I'll have to see King's The Mist.

 

[Dave A]

Well put McLaren, I agree one the gore, sure there should be a level of gore but it get's too much when it becomes a primary focus of the movie. It detracts from the more important things like the suspence and drama which should be the primary focus points of any Aliens move. When a film gets gorey to a certain degree I find that your too concerned with how the next guy dies rather than the who and the suspense of the situation. You can get the point of how brutal the conflict is without going over the top.

 

[<_Spike_>]

I think that's what happens when you bring the two series together...you've got Aliens...which tends to be gore and suspense, and then Predator, which is more action and suspense...that said I still reckon this is going to be a great movie, far better than the first if nothing else. But...I'll hold judgement at the same time as having faith in the Strause Brothers, with them having said they're going back to the roots of the first Alien/Predator films...we'll see.

 

[TheCracker]

I think judging the gore content of a film on it's trailer is a bit premature. You could edit any of the previous Alien or Predator films down to a 3 minute slaughter-fest quite easily. I think i'd wait until i've read a few reviews before labelling AVP: Requiem as a gore-fest.

 

[Sting]

Found a video clip of the first 5 minutes of the film if anybody is interested.

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/a/Aliens-Vs-Predator-Requiem/index-3687454.html

 

[Bam]

I'm actually anticipating this movie, hopefully it does everything right that the first movie just failed miserably at. And I think us fans are long overdue on an AvP3 FPS.

 

[Formula1Driver]

I can't wait for this movie to come out, the trailers look cool except like said a bit earlier with alot of unneeded gore but I would still go to see it just because the Predator character/species is probably one of the most badass creations known to man.

 

[FoolKiller]

OK, I saw this last night. I do not suggest anyone else going.

They forgot to make it cool. Basically they rejected all the sci-fi thriller aspects and turned it into a gore fest/slasher film. And the visuals were awful, too dark to see all the action, too much shaky cam to see everything, and I don't think we ever got a shot where you could actually see the entire body of one of the aliens except from a distance. And some very, very bad plot holes in the script. One guy I swore was dead, and my friend confirmed this, suddenly shows up as part of the main storyline group as if he had always been there. And then they followed way too many people that had nothing to do with the storyline. We end up meeting like 20 people and only maybe five are important. All the rest were just there to die. They put too much focus on this town and forgot to show me an awesome AvP battle.

Let me sum this up:

Spoiler

Aliens run amok in a Midwest town, people are fleeing from the aliens, Predator shows up to kill some aliens and gets some collateral humans in the process, Predator inexplicably disappears and humans run some more without ever acknowledging that Predator existed. Most of the town dies but we only see a handful of them. The government is full of douche bags. Random, barely noticed company reference in the end.

My suggestion: Wait for a director's cut DVD that will hopefully fill in the holes and give us more action. I preferred the first one. At least there the humans were kind of just a witness to something big, here they are the main focus and no one in the audience cares. I paid to see AvP, not Twin Peaks.

EDIT: I also want to point out that this was watched with alcohol in my system, which made me like F&F: TD until I sobered up. That's right, not even alcohol could save this one.

 

[Dave A]

I've read a few reviews that go in hand with that. It's a pity that they've turned two franchises into nothing more than a run of the mill teen gore flick. The two franchises are so good and together they have so much potential, I wonder sometimes just how it's posible for someone to take the reigns and screw it up so badly.

 

[Jedi2016]

I continue to wonder how good it would have been if they had simply stuck with the original storyline as established in the comics and novelizations.

 

[FoolKiller]

I continue to wonder how good it would have been if they had simply stuck with the original storyline as established in the comics and novelizations.

That would have been nice if they had started doing that after Aliens.

 

[Dave A]

I think that they need to make the next film disregard these two if they want it to be anything like how the AVP universe is supposed to be. What's happened with the first AVP which I enjoyed, not a great film but I thought it was enjoyable, is ripped the storyline fans are used to, to shreds. Then they claim they're making this film for the fans, well unless all the fans arn't interested in supsense, tension and good character devlopment they're doing a poor job of it. Then again they really need to think about getting a good director in next time. Look at Alien and Aliens, Ridley Scott and James Cameron, notihng but downhill since them. Come on guys put some effort into at least trying to gaurentee the films going to be done right.

 

[a6m5]

My friend really liked this movie. He says he wants to go see it again.

I opted not to go, at least for now. I'm sick and tired of the idiot kids in movie theaters. What part of "no talking" and "please turn off your cell phones" do they not understand?

Anyways, FoolKiller's take on this movie worries me a bit. I could not stand the first one(yes, I still bought it on DVD).

 

[McLaren]

Wow. I am so glad my friends paid for my ticket because I nearly walked out twice.

Spoiler

This movie sucked. I didn't see anything that made the plot interesting (Actually, there wasn't a real plot), just a bunch of humans exploding. It's no wonder the commercials never showed any attacks. They couldn't because there didn't seem to be 1 attack that wasn't just minor. I mean, a guy got lasered in the head, and it looks as if a bomb just went off? The ending also sucked. It was so obvious the directors ran out of ideas that they just said, "Hey let's kill everyone but the 3 main people so we can lead people to believe there's another one coming." And then they do it in the most unimaginable way. They lead us to believe some company (who had nothing to do with the whole d*mn movie) has something to do with it, and that something may survive.

Good job Matrix directors. You not only killed off the Matrix series which was pretty good, but you completely slaughtered both of these series.

 

[a6m5]

I just double checked, but Wachowskis didn't direct this flick.

 

[McLaren]

I just double checked, but Wachowskis didn't direct this flick.

D*mmit. Then who am I thinking of? I thought YSSMAN said these guys were responsible for this garbage. Unless he was talking about Speed Racer.

 

[a6m5]

D*mmit. Then who am I thinking of? I thought YSSMAN said these guys were responsible for this garbage. Unless he was talking about Speed Racer.

Yeah, that's probably the movie you were thinking of. Look on the bright side, you couldn't possibly hate the Speed Racer anymore than the one you just saw.

 

[Dave A]

D*mmit. Then who am I thinking of? I thought YSSMAN said these guys were responsible for this garbage. Unless he was talking about Speed Racer.

It was directed by the Strause brothers.