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| Aliens Vs Predator - Requiem [Blu-ray] [2007] | ![Aliens Vs Predator - Requiem [Blu-ray] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516YJWW9UfL._SL160_.jpg)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 34
Category: DVD
Actors: Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Ariel Gade, Johnny Lewis
Directors: Brothers Strause, Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 101 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036037204
ASIN: B0013Z5B96
Release Date: May 12, 2008 (New: Today)
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Amazon.co.uk Review
For those who found 2004's Aliens vs. Predator too lightweight in the gore-and-guns department, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem offers a marked improvement in both categories, as well as a respectable amount of rumbles between the title extraterrestrials. Set in the 21st century (which predates the story to all of the Alien features), Requiem sends a crippled Predator ship crashing to Earth in a small Colorado town; unbeknownst to the locals, the craft is loaded with H.R. Giger's insectoid monsters, which make quick work of most of the population. As the human cast is slowly whittled to a few hardy (if unmemorable) souls, a Predator warrior also arrives to complicate matters and do battle with the Aliens, as well as a ferocious Alien-Predator hybrid (dubbed a Predalien by the sci-fi and horror press). Visual-effects designers and music-video helmers The Strause Brothers (who make their feature directorial debut here) keep the action on frantic throughout, which is wise, since the dialogue and characters are threadbare at best; that should matter little to teenage male viewers, who are inarguably the film's key audience. Fans of the Alien franchise, however, may find the offhanded nod to the series' mythology given during the finale its sole saving grace. --Paul Gaita, Amazon.com
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 Franchise fans beware. May 4, 2008
The main feature of this film is the pretty gruesome killings that go on throughout, it definitely has its share of blood and gore. The plot is pretty simple, carrying on from the first film. The Predator ship crashes on Earth and releases its Alien cargo, including a Predator-Alien hybrid. This prompts a elder Predator to set off to clean-up the situation, wiping out the traces of the incident.
There are quite a few things I found amiss about the film. First off, it follows none of the usual 'rules' of the Alien series, the Predalien seems to be able to produce aliens when it feels like, in my eyes an excuse to simply speed up the gore. This means the film loses the queen Alien, whose lair and person were often the most chilling elements of the Alien films.
Also the Predator in the films dosen't seem too clever, he sets off alone for some reason, despite the obvious magnitude of the situation. There is also emphasis throughout the film of his disposing of singular bodies, when thousands of people have by this point been killed. He removes human corpses, then openly skins and hangs up one guy in the forest. He also dosen't use the Predator trademark big explosion thingy to wipe out the Alien trace.
The Predator did however make the redeeming quality of this film for me. Him brutally slaughtering aliens and often humans alike in one of about 15 different ways nevers gets old. While Aliens kill people in their usual manner, the Predator swaggers through town shooting, slicing, stabbing and generally exploding Aliens in his path.
For anyone looking for a good guts 'n' gore horror film, this is an obvious choice, a lack of plot and character depth aren't too important. For any fans of the Alien or Predator franchises I'd say steer clear, it just dosen't deliver the same caliber of film. I personally prefered the previous AvP film, which offered much more intricacy and suspense in its story.
 1 star for blu ray release!!!!! April 10, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
because it only gets the theatrical version !!!!
despite the note on the cover sites that rviewed the uk blu ray said that only theatrical version is on it !
blame fox!!!
Better than the first AVP but still not great. April 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
To be honest I cannot imagine anyone making a "great" AVP movie, these monster mash ups are made more as a cash in on former glories than a serious effort to recreate the success of earlier movies. Also mixing the two franchises creates it's own problems for the film makers. For example. we all know what the aliens and predator look like so there is no suspense to be had from keeping them in the shadows.
The directers on this film do an OK job of introducing the aliens to earth, however from there all tension evaporates. The film is often too dark, something I hope isn't an issue on the blu ray edition.
The special effects are all good, but never ground breaking, what lets the film down is the cast. To be honest the best actors are in the aliens suits.
As dumb aliens shooting movies go it is throw away entertainment, undemanding fun.
 Something Only A Casual Sci-Fi Fan Would Like April 5, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
When it comes to the Alien vs Predator films I have come to realise that if you're a hardcore Sci-Fi fan or a hardcore AVP fan then you will not like this movie.
The Story: The predator ship is crashed back into Earth after the Predalien hybrid kills all the other predators on board. The ship crashes in the middle of a forest next to a small town which is unaware that it is to become the victim of a war between different Alien species. After the crash a predator elder sets off from the predator homeworld to do a clean-up mission and to destroy any Aliens that may be born before it arrives.
When the elder arrives he discovers that he has more to worry about than just the birth of a few Alien creatures, he has to deal with a whole new species.
My Review: Going into this film I expected to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the first. The plot was lacking somewhat when it came to character development as it seemed to just be a film building up the the massacring of most of the characters in the most gory way possible. There was a great deal of different characters in this film which didn't seem like it was giving us a main human character.
The gore is definitely something that the Strause brothers wanted to focus on in this film as it seemed to be neglected in the first AVP. This had a very interesting premise when compared to the first film, the first AVP was based in an underground isolated temple whereas this film was based in an American town which lead to a lot of chaos. The urban setting was something I have wanted to see the Aliens in and is something I have wanted to see the Predator in again since Concrete Jungle.
As explained previously this had a number of characters but what seemed to be a lack of a main human character. I felt this pulled a lot away from the movie as it didn't give us someone to root for as opposed to the first film when we had Sanaa Lathan.
The Strause brothers set out to make a completely different film when compared to the first and that's something they truly achieved. It's a fun popcorn movie that the casual film fan would enjoy emensely.
Get it, you won't be disappointed.
Much better than the previous dire outing April 2, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this movie is great. I saw a ripped version, but honestly I was on the edge of my seat throughout.
The movie starts off exactly from the end of the previous Alien vs Predator outing (which was awful I might add). The Aliens are then released onto a small town on Earth which is completely devastated by the infestation.
To be honest there isn't a lot of character development but who cares if the SFX and flow of the film are perfect. I thought the director got it spot on for tension and suspense. What I particuarly like is the fact that the best parts of the first two Predator films and Aliens (the second movie of the Alien Quadrilogy) were brought back into this one.
There is one particular scene where some Marines are attacked and it cuts back to some helpless citizens listening to the carnage over the radio. Absolute quality action.
Personally I think the Predalien is a little overdone, but that isn't the main focus for the film so it still balances well.
In Blu-Ray this film will be absolutely amazing. Enjoy
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