AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers (WGA):

Dan O'Bannon ("Alien" characters) and
Ronald Shusett ("Alien" characters) ...

Release Date:

13 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Whoever wins... We lose.

Plot:

During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in the Antarctic ocean, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realise that only one species can win.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Predator | Pyramid | Antarctica | Ritual

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Sanaa Lathan	...	Alexa Woods
Raoul Bova	...	Sebastian de Rosa
Lance Henriksen	...	Charles Bishop Weyland
Ewen Bremner	...	Graeme Miller
Colin Salmon	...	Maxwell Stafford
Tommy Flanagan	...	Mark Verheiden
Joseph Rye	...	Joe Connors
Agathe de La Boulaye	...	Adele Rousseau
Carsten Norgaard	...	Rusten Quinn
Sam Troughton	...	Thomas Parks
Petr Jákl	...	Stone
Pavel Bezdek	...	Bass
Kieran Bew	...	Klaus
Carsten Voigt	...	Mikkel
Jan Pavel Filipensky	...	Boris (as Jan Filipensky)

Also Known As:

Alien vs. Predator (Germany) (USA) (short title)
AVP (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, language, horror images, slime and gore.

Runtime:

101 min | 109 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Germany | Czech Republic | UK

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Malaysia:18SG | Malaysia:U (re-rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Canada:18+ (TV rating) | New Zealand:M | Japan:U | Netherlands:16 (unrated version) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40968) | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Krizeneckeho namesti, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

A title near the beginning of the film identifies the ice cutter transporting the exploration team as "The Piper Maru". The ship's name comes from episode 3.15 of "The X Files" (1993). Gillian Anderson named her first born daughter Piper after The Piper Maru.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Alexa is wearing only a thin sweater (and no hat) after the Alien burns her jacket, yet she doesn't even shiver while outdoors in Antarctica.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Technician: Hey. Hey, hey, come here, take a look at this.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in One Step Beyond: The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

La Bamba

Some cool scenes but mostly a disappointment

Alien Vs. Predator has some cool scenes and some other entertaining moments but mostly the film is a disappointment. The fast-breeding creatures from the Aliens films take on the headhunting space colonizers from Predator in a battle for the earth, leaving a poor team of Antarctic archaeologist's and the rest of us lowly humans trapped in the middle. The plot does sound like it has potential and if it was rated R it could have been a lot better. The execution wasn't very good though since its just not very exciting. The death scenes are lame as you can't even see what's going on. Most of the action scenes are boring and that's a problem since that's one of the main reasons why a person may watch this film. The acting is terrible but its normal for this type of film. The most notable person in this film you might recognize is Sanaa Lathan but she of course doesn't add much to the film. The rest of the actors are of course bad and you have a better chance of laughing then being scared. The film is predictable because you know where its going and who's going to survive. The dialog is bad and funny but in a bad way, which is always a bad thing. Yet even with all this negativity I didn't completely hate it. Some of the action scenes were cool and its a pretty movie to look at, especially the creature special effects. Paul Anderson shouldn't be blamed as Fox wanted to edit the movie and make it earn more money. The films running time of 102 minutes feels a lot longer though. Rating 5/10 I had some fun watching this but this film is for hardcore fans only and even they will probably hate it.