8/10
Fun Movie that pays homeage to the creatures.... somewhat
14 July 2009
I am a huge aliens and predator fan. Aliens is my favorite movie of all time. So going into this movie I am a little biased. However there is a point where you have to draw the line. The biggest, i mean biggest flaw in this movie was the script. When Ricky walked into Jessies house and Dale says nice outfit and his friend goes, yeah isn't halloween in October. I knew that the script in this movie was dead. However Ricky's comeback was quite nice in response, well at least I know who ordered the sausage lovers. The rest of the dialog was absolute horrible, which isn't the actors fault, I blame Shane Solerno, the credited writer for this movie. I must say A++++ to the actors having to work with this script. The acting wasn't that bad in this movie. There is much more good then there is bad in this movie. The creature effects were top notch. The overall special effects were great. The movie seemed to get its point across pretty well even though it seemed to run short. I think this could have been a great 2+ hour long movie. Nice touches including the alien sounds from James Camerons Aliens, the original predator vision sounds, and original soundtrack themes hidden within the movie were great touches. I think they could have done better with the predator clicking noises and predator roars and growls. I'm glad they made this predator a more kick ass predator instead of a soft emotional and weak predator as in the first one. The only thing that upset me about the predator is that it wouldn't kill the main characters even when it had plenty of chances to. If a non main character came up it would have no problem slaughtering that person. Another thing that was great in this movie, was the predator face. It looked great. It looked more the like the predator from the original which was awesome. The aliens looked good since they followed the ridged head design and looked more like insects than men in suits. The predalien was a cool twist, I think they could have designed it alittle better to look scarier but it wasn't too bad. The end fight sequence was excellent but way to short. Overall the movie was good, if you are an alien or predator fan you will enjoy it. It has many flaws but a lot of good. I give it an 8 out of 10. Its worth renting for sure.
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