Alien Versus Predator Requiem
James Meece
Issue date: 1/18/08 Section: Features
If ever there has been a need to waste a ridiculous amount of money, recycle two characters from dying franchises and overall just waste people's time, then Alien Versus Predator Requiem is the perfect choice. It manages to accomplish all three of these objectives in the 86 minutes it is projected on to a screen.
It is a stretch to call AVPR a movie at some points. Traditional movies typically have a few things like endings and character development. AVPR is lacking both of these. It is as if time just flies by while the audience is in the theatre, but nothing happens.
AVPR has some how possibly come up with some new genre of film classified as the existentialist action film, where the audience is not supposed to care about the actors, or if they accomplish the tasks they are assigned to in the film. Unfortunately for both the audience and the director, this is not what the film was going for. It is almost as if the studios had a bet among themselves as to who could come out with the worst film of the holiday season.
To begin with, there is absolutely no need for this film whatsoever. The original Alien Versus Predator did not warrant a sequel. There is so much AVP action people can take before they say enough, and audiences got that with the first film. Also, as said above, there is no need for the characters from the Alien films and the Predator films to even be culturally relevant, let alone have their own sequel where they fight each other. They are both tired characters and tired ideas that have been recycled too many times and now need to be retired and left for dead in the murky depths of horror movie history.
Too many times has Hollywood recycled the same horror plot in its films and AVPR is no exception. It has all the classic elements that audiences have seen a million times. The film takes place in a secluded mountain town, where everyone knows each other. It is not exactly a huge city, but could not be classified as a small town either.
It is a stretch to call AVPR a movie at some points. Traditional movies typically have a few things like endings and character development. AVPR is lacking both of these. It is as if time just flies by while the audience is in the theatre, but nothing happens.
AVPR has some how possibly come up with some new genre of film classified as the existentialist action film, where the audience is not supposed to care about the actors, or if they accomplish the tasks they are assigned to in the film. Unfortunately for both the audience and the director, this is not what the film was going for. It is almost as if the studios had a bet among themselves as to who could come out with the worst film of the holiday season.
To begin with, there is absolutely no need for this film whatsoever. The original Alien Versus Predator did not warrant a sequel. There is so much AVP action people can take before they say enough, and audiences got that with the first film. Also, as said above, there is no need for the characters from the Alien films and the Predator films to even be culturally relevant, let alone have their own sequel where they fight each other. They are both tired characters and tired ideas that have been recycled too many times and now need to be retired and left for dead in the murky depths of horror movie history.
Too many times has Hollywood recycled the same horror plot in its films and AVPR is no exception. It has all the classic elements that audiences have seen a million times. The film takes place in a secluded mountain town, where everyone knows each other. It is not exactly a huge city, but could not be classified as a small town either.
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