Alien vs. Predator: Requiem Review

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem 

Release Date: 26th December 2007 - Australia

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Davis Entertainment
Brandywine Productions
Dune Entertainment (made in association with)

Distribution 

20th Century Fox Australia 

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: MA15+ (Not 

Suitable for Young Children)

Runtime: 96 minutes 


Budget: $40,000,000

Box Office Gross: $128,884,494
(Worldwide)

Plot Summary

After a horrifying PredAlien 

crash-lands near a small 

Colorado town, killing 

everyone it encounters 

and producing countless 

Alien offspring, a lone 

Predator arrives to "clean 

up" the infestation. Soon 

it's an all-out battle to the 

death with no rules, no 

mercy and hundreds of 

innocent people caught 

in the crossfire. As the 

creature carnage 

continues, a handful of 

human survivors attempt 

a daring escape, but the 

U.S. government may 

be hatching a deadly 

plan of its own...

Cast

Steven Pasquale - Dallas
Reiko Aylesworth - Kelly
John Ortiz - Morales
Johnny Lewis - Ricky
Ariel Gade - Molly
Kristen Hager - Jesse
Sam Trammell - Tim
Robert Joy - Col. Stevens
David Paetkau - Dale
Tom Woodruff Jr. - Aliens
Ian Whyte - Predator
Chelah Horsdal - Darcy
Meshach Peters - Curtis
Matt Ward - Mark
Michal Suchanek - Nick
David Hornsby - Drew
Chris William Martin - Deputy Ray
James Chutter - Deputy Joe
Gina Holden - Carrie
Kurt Max Runte - Buddy
Liam James - Sam
Tim Henry - Dr. Lennon
Tom McBeath - Karl
Ty Olsson - Nathan
Rainbow Sun Francks - Earl
Francoise Yip - Ms. Yutani

Crew

Directors/Visual Effects
Supervisors - Colin & Greg
Strause

Based on "Alien" Characters - Dan O'Bannon and Donald Shusett

Based on "Predator" Characters - Jim & John Thomas
Writer - Shane Salerno
Executive Producers - Robbie Brenner and Paul Deason

Producers - John Davis, David Giler and Walter Hill

Production Designer - Andrew Neskoromy
Costume Designer - Angus Straithe
Director of Photography - Daniel C. Pearl

Creature Effects Designers and Creators - Alec Gillis
and Tom Woodruff, Jr.

Special Effects Coordinator - Tony Lazarowich

Animation Supervisor: Hyrdaulx - Joshua Cordes

Film Editor - Dan Zinnerman
Music - Brian Tyler

Review

Much like its predecessor, 'ALIEN vs. PREDATOR (AVP): REQUIEM' comes off as a disappointment in trying to regenerate two of the monster franchises. It is probably still not a good idea to make these two spin-offs with such poor characterisations, fast pace and hackneyed plot-writing. However, the sequel is kept from being a total flop through use of the excessive gore and violence. It accomplishes the tension seen in earlier 'Alien' and 'Predator' movies such as the scare factor. I have no love for 'REQUIEM', nor do I for the direction of the Strause brothers, who, three years later, would later make the near-appendix of all alien invasion features 'Skyline'. Besides the characters, pacing and mediocre story, there are some scenes involving the Predator which were difficult to see when they were poorly lit as well as the dark colour scheme. 

Again mentioning we have a list of unknown actors who were oddly chosen to be in this ensemble. This is only because these human characters that they are portraying should be in a different movie instead of being on an 'AVP' instalment.

Suffice to say, 'REQUIEM' doesn't have a compelling story or a complexity but is far from being worse than an another cash-grabbing experiment from the studio. I'd rather much enjoy the first two 'Alien' instalments and relive the moments seen in the classic 'Predator' movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger than to see these degenerate abominations of movies on TV.

Star rating: (3/10) Disappointing

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