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AVPR: Alien vs. Predator - Requiem (2007)

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Directed by Colin Strause & Greg Strause
Written by Shane Salerno
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Some people would have thought it a bad idea to hire the screenwriter for the Shaft remake to pen an Alien vs. Predator sequel. Others might be confused as to allowing the directors of a Nickleback video take the reigns on a potential blockbuster. 20th Century Fox thought this to be the perfect combination for a great hit film, but boy were they wrong.
The film starts with a bunch of Aliens and Predators on a spaceship, which crashes into a forest. A man and his son are hunting, but soon have Aliens on their faces. Then we barely see Aliens of Predators for an hour. In this hour we are put to sleep with various wooden characters doing the most cliche thing possible in every situation. We meet hot girl with douchebag boyfriend (plus his posse of 2), dorky guy who loves hot girl and the military bro of the dork. They do a bunch of boring shit that barely makes sense and some of them are killed by Aliens and Predators (both making a rare cameo). Then more boring shit happens and the movie is finally over.
In the two years that I have been reviewing movies on this blog, I would have to say this is one of the five worst movies I have watched. I can actually only think of one movie I hated more, Weekend Pass.
The first Alien vs. Predator movie was pretty fun. The humans in the story were caught in a shapeshifting pyrimid and were fighting Aliens and Predators. The humans in AvPR are in a wide opened, non-shapeshifting area. The fact that humans are in either movie pretty much shows you that they're missing the point.
The ending is truly awful. They blow up the town that was being attacked by Aliens and Pedators. Yeah, real exciting shit.

2/10
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