Alien Vs. Predator Duology

Rating: 7.4/10
Genre: Action Thriller

Overall value for money and time: 7.2/10

1. Alien Vs. Predator (AVP)

Fans of the video game would not be too disappointed with this movie. There are loads of cool fighting scenes and everything was considerably cool until one part of the movie that made it pretty lame - the part that the lead actress got "geared" up. The storyline doesnt make total sense at the back but the CG both predators and aliens were a job well done. Unlike blockbuster movies like "Transformers" and "King Kong", this movie has a second class feel to it, somewhat like the movie "Starship Troopers" where it feels somewhat like a cheap production movie. I'm not sure what exactly it is but it could be due to the settings and the cast. Predators are the hunters in this movie and worshipped like God back in the ancient days. Every few hundred or thousand years or so, they would come back to hunt the prey, the aliens, to prove them worthy of being worshipped.

2. AVP2 : Requeim

After recapping the first movie, it doesn't make sense once again at the start of this sequel. Spoilers would be included in this critique so do catch the first one before reading on. At the beginning of the movie, the aliens infested one of the predator casualty shown in the first movie. However, logically speaking, the predator king should be on board the ship and where did all the other predators go at the start of this sequel? I saw like 10 predators at the ending for part 1 but only about 3 were on board the ship in part 2. Also, unlike 3 predators who came down to earth to hunt in the first movie, there's only 1 "hero" in this one. Since the alien queen was already "used up" in the 1st, the elite enemy in this movie is the predator turned alien hybrid. Overall, the lighting for this movie was bad. It was dark almost throughout the movie and it felt like they were running low on budget for the aliens. You can't really see a clear, entire alien figure, unlike in part 1. The casts are all unknown actors and actresses and once again, this feels like a 2nd class movie. However, for fans of AVP like I am, I'm still rather satisfied with it for giving me the opportunity to see both the aliens and predators, predator in this case, battle it out once more. After the infestation, the predator's spaceship crashes on earth and the aliens run loose. One elite predator knows about it and comes to earth to "save" the day, or night in this case. Be forewarned, my rating is a little overrated as I'm an avid fan of the video game. Unless you think "Starship Troopers 2" is an avergae movie instead of being a total flop, I'll advice you to go this duology a miss.