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Aliens Vs Predator - Requiem - 2 Disc Ultimate Combat Edition [2007] | ![Aliens Vs Predator - Requiem - 2 Disc Ultimate Combat Edition [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Yxd5%2Bw9QL._SL160_.jpg)
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| Directors: Brothers Strause, Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Actors: Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Ariel Gade, Johnny Lewis
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  81 reviews
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036037129
ASIN: B0013Z5B1O
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: May 12, 2008
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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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 The best sci-fi/horror series ruined March 3, 2008
KM (England)
30 out of 42 found this review helpful
A small town in Colorado is the battleground between two of the deadliest extra-terrestrial lifeforms - the Alien and the Predator. When a Predator scout ship crash-lands in the hills outside the town, Alien facehuggers are released in the crash, and an even more evil creature - a hybrid Alien/Predator - is also released. A man & his son hunting in the forests near the crash site soon become the first victims of the facehuggers, and when a Predator receives data about the crash on his home planet, he comes to Earth. One at a time, the inhabitants of the town become targets of the Aliens and the Predator, including the local sheriff, a young female soldier recently returned from Iraq, and several teens.
As a big fan of the first three Alien movies (hated Resurrection), both Predator movies and even really enjoyed the first Alien vs Predator film, I thought that from the trailers this was going to be right up my street with the higher kill-count, darker settings and based on Earth in a suburban town, but instead this is one of the worst films I've seen for ages.
First of all the film seemed very much aimed at a teenage audience, so much so it could have easily been called "Alien vs Predator vs Dawson's Creek" without any question in the title. The acting is awful, with a bunch of talentless teens running about in a slasher movie fashion. The characters are also all so unlikeable that you'll actullay want the aliens and predators to work a bit faster so that they'll kill them off sooner. The kills are uninspired, with no surprises, shocks or excitement at all. The special effects are pretty average for this type of film, with nothing that hasn't been seen before.
Overall this is basically a teen slasher flick in the style of the likes of Friday the 13th, Scream, Halloween etc with the serial killer being replaced by aliens and predators. Not a good mix at all and this is one film I defintely won't be watching again. I just hope that this film can be forgotten as it is a complete embarassment to the whole series (even making the terrible Alien Resurrection look good!) so I just hope that this is the last one, as the series has become tired and should now be laid to rest before they can do even more damage to it (if that is possible). Avoid at all costs, even if you are a fan.
Thanks goodness I'm not the only one who thinks they need to watch this with night vision May 29, 2008
Jenny J.J.I. (That Lives in Northern Nevada)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is one of the worst films I have ever seen (try to see) and a shameful abuse of one of the greatest movie monsters of all time. The Alien is no longer scary. Gone is the elegance. Gone is the menace and chilling patience. Made by people who know how to make FX but have no real idea about how to make a movie. I sometimes wondered if they were making fun of what had gone before, like a Zucker/Abrams flick as it seemed to veer into what could be construed as parody. Sadly, no.
I knew going in it would be bad, and that it would probably be yet another nail in the coffin of my favorite sci-fi sequels ("Alien" in my case, though I do enjoy the "Predator" films). I had seen the "redband" trailer, and stared in horror at its frenetic menagerie of 80s teen slasher cliches; I even watched the "exclusive" online clip of the film's first five minutes, and hoped that they had been edited down from a better-paced original (as it turned out, they had not). But even so, I gave the movie a shot. Why? I'm not sure. Perhaps because if a beloved artifice that one has admired for years is to be systematically dismantled and thrown on the trash heap, one should be there to watch it burn. At least, I thought, with my expectations this low, this movie's directors would have to try very hard to undercut them.
They did. I mean really, they must have tried hard. It takes some kind of effort to take two of the most durable mythologies in modern scifi and make them a backdrop to a pizza guy's coming of age. Seriously. That is the only discernible story-arc in this entire film. Truth be told I could forgive even that if the characters hadn't came pre-assembled right out of the teen movie stock barrel. Instead this film spends 40 minutes trying to make us care whether Smarmy Teen gets it off with Hot Blonde before Blond Bully Ex-Boyfriend finds out. Thank God he has Troubled Ex-Con Brother (who trumps in along with his buddy, Nice Cop) to help him out once the aliens (who arrive courtesy of "disturbing" evisceration of Happy Hunting Dad and his son, Curious Preteen) start to take out the population (such as Mumbling Bum Who No One Will Ever Believe and Dense Cop Who Keeps Looking In The Dark After Everyone Else Has Left). They soon meet up with Screaming Bereft Mother and Military Chick, who saves her daughter Cute Little Girl after her husband Wussy New Man is vivisected in line with tradition.
Honestly, with this zoo of automated plot-bots to manage, how do the aliens and the predators (actually a Predator) get a look in? Well in truth, they don't. Very little time is spent developing either character (and let's face it, since neither character actually talks, that isn't surprising) and any tension built up between them is quickly dissipated as the film returns to the interminable "I Know What You Did Last Summer" slasher plot. I'm not sure what sort of budget this had but you can see that money spent on each subsequent Alien or Predator film is getting less & less, with average special effects, no name actors, bland locations & surprisingly cheap looking production values. Please stop embarrassing yourselves even further.
Doesn't deserve one star March 20, 2008
Denjja (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England)
15 out of 22 found this review helpful
I don't usually write reviews, especially not for films but I feel people should probably know that you'd be better setting fire to your money than buying this.
First I should probably state I'm a great fan of the original Alien and Predator films and even the first AvP wasn't *that* bad. For a start it was set well out the way near Antarctica and thus avoided all the small town America teen rubbish thrown around here, and it adhered pretty well to the cannon from the originals. AvP Requiem does not.
Requiem seems to go to extreme lengths in its attempts to shock and scare, and fails in the worst possible way. There is no suspense. Not even the slightest feeling that someone put thought into the 'shocks'. It even fails miserably if you take it as a teen horror. The characters are all straight up Hollywood cliches and the plot is moronic. In fact, the whole film seems to completely lack any kind of inspiration. Now, its easy to say 'its just a simple action/horror film, it doesnt need any complexity', but more thought went into Shark Attack 3 (google it if you want some real laughs) than this.
Almost the worst part of this Film came from the usage of iconic lines from the old films. Whether this was an attempt to satisfy fans of the old films, or just something the writers thought would be cool, does not matter, its like rubbing salt in the wound.
The actual worst part was then ending, which indicates another one will be made...
 A definite Marmite experience. February 28, 2008
Mr. D. Bell (Northampton, England)
12 out of 21 found this review helpful
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem is a difficult film to review as it is at times brilliant and at other times appalling.
The film starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous one, with the alien bursting out of the Predators chest. Once it grows to full size, a fight breaks out on board the spaceship causing it to crash. A signal is sent from the crashed ship to the Predators home world. On receipt, a predator then departs for Earth to hunt down the alien.
This is where the first problem appears. Why does only one predator go to hunt the alien? Based on what we have seen in the previous film the predators are well aware of how much of a threat the aliens are. Presumably the predators home planet is populated with more than one predator, so why not send an armies worth to kill the alien?
Anyway back to the film. What follows is a standard set up of a stalk and slash horror film. We are introduced to a number of random characters, each more irritating than the next. They are poorly written, but that doesn't matter, as they are merely there to be killed off later in the film by either the aliens or the predator. If you want characters that are well written and given interesting dialogue then this is not for you.
Once the predator finds the aliens, that's when the fun begins. Whilst the film is very dark, both the main characters look as good as ever. The alien and predator designs are some of the best ever seen in a film and, look as good today as they did when they were first on screen.
This is also where we see another problem though. The predator carries around a blue liquid which he pours on dead bodies (human and alien) which dissolves them. I'm assuming this is to hide the evidence but, if the liquid is so powerful why not turn it into a weapon?
Once the action starts it is pretty much non-stop to the end of the film. At a relatively short run time of just under an hour and a half there is no time to be bogged down with characters life stories and plenty of time for mindless violence. The only downside to this is a deeply unsettling and unnecessary scene in a maternity ward. Apart from this though, the action is fast paced and well directed.
There will no doubt be a huge amount of negative reviews condemning the film as the death of the alien/predator franchise. Whilst I enjoyed the film I can understand why some people may say this. The film is a million miles away from the quality of the original films on which they are based. However, how many franchises actually improve with each new film? I can't think of any. If you can accept this, then AVP requiem can be enjoyed as an action packed sci-fi film. If however you believe that the characters are continually being watered down and losing any impact they once had, then it's probably best you steer clear.
Oddly uncompelling mish-mash May 26, 2008
Mr. Stephen Kennedy (Doha, Qatar)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
It's a salutary lesson in movie making - how it is possible to take all the best bits you liked from all the previous movies, and by linking them together with the wrong glue you end up with this... a series of moments that you admit fit well into the canon, and yet leave you with a growing feeling of unfulfillment, which climaxes in little more than indifference..
The story follows on directly from the first AVP, with a predator / alien hybrid being born - the ship crash lands in an isolated town, freeing its cargo of alien facehuggers into the human community. The resulting distress call from the Predator's craft brings a Predator to clean up the mess, and the scene is set for death and destruction all round. It's not a bad set up, with the situation rife with opportunities for suspense and horror - all of them wasted thanks to insipid casting and a script that a standard teen-slasher movie sequel would be happy to have. What happened to the subtlety of characterization of Alien and Aliens, and even Alien 3?
We have the young girl in need of rescue by mother like figure (remember Aliens?), the scene when the escaping humans flee in an army vehicle (remember Aliens?), humans woefully unequipped against their foe but fighting back nonetheless (remember Alien 3?)... in fact, all through the movie you will look at the scenes and say `Oh yeah, I remember how well that was done in the original..', and while the effort at referencing is appreciated for fans, the effect is to make sure you are never invested in this movie, merely reminiscing on the previous ones.
There are a precious few moments of originality which speak to what the movie might have been - the titular stand off is pretty well done, though by its nature it is devoid of human drama, and the best scene is seeing the shadow of an alien as it enters a gaggle of baby's in a maternity ward. Also, the score is effective, bringing back a mixture of both music and sound effects from previous movies. The gore element is back, avoiding the shallow feeling we got from the first AVP. Shockingly however, whatever meager entertainment value the movie has are reduced substantially by the very dark low contrast lighting, which renders most action scenes fairly incomprehensible. Even the daytime shots setting the scene, appear dark.
Above all, the film is mercifully fairly brief at only 96 minutes...
I'd love to review the extras here - all I can say is they are wonderfully plentiful and appear exhaustive from the lost - but truth be told I was too exhausted from the movie to touch them.
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