In a bunch of prologue gobbledygook, it seems a rebellious predator crash lands a ship full of mutated "PredAlien" experiments, and they quickly infest a small mountain town. It's also even stupider, cruder, and - impossible as it may seem - more pointless than the original 'AvP.' However sincere the studio and filmmakers may have been in trying to give fans what they wanted, I don't think I've ever seen a movie that has even less reason to exist than this one. Predator: Requiem,' a sequel to a hybrid(!), and in a weird way a "gift" to fans who felt a bit slighted by the first 'AvP.' This time, Fox has rectified the ratings mistake on the first flick, giving the faithful as hard an "R" pic as you're going to see - it's gleefully sadistic and over-the-top on the gore (even more on this Blu-ray, which is the "Extreme Unrated" version with even more violence). Given that the original 'ALIEN' and 'Predator' franchises were hard-R pictures, the decision to go soft on 'AvP' felt like a poor creative choice, and a bit of a gyp to long-time fans of both series.
Predator' wasn't a very good movie, it had enough camp appeal that it's utter stupidity was half-enjoyable in a shoddy, drive-in flick kinda way, but the movie, despite being a surprise box office success (grossing $80 million domestically) was strangely neutered, with Fox insisting on a PG-13 rating. Python' - I think it's time to call a permanent ban on any flick with the letters "v" and "s" in the title. Indeed, the evidence speaks for itself: ' Alien vs. Why take a couple of over-the-hill franchises and try to "reinvigorate" their mythology by making yet another crappy, unnecessary sequel? It's the most obvious and desperate kind of gimmick that Hollywood can come up with (which is saying a lot), and "high concept" moviemaking at its most cynical. I just don't understand the appeal of the "Vs." movie.
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