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Yes. AVPR takes up right after AVP left off, but the Predator mother-ship reached Saturn when the Scout seperated and headed back to Earth; this distance was most likely a month at least, considering that one of Dale's cronies comments "Isn't Halloween in October?" (You'd say something like that after Halloween)

Because it has always been Aliens vs Predator in the comics, video games, and the first film despite there usually being more than one Predator. "Basically you're following this one Predator the star of this movie," Greg said of the hunter in pursuit. Added Colin, "We call him the Wolf internally because basically he's Harvey Keitel from 'Pulp Fiction.' He's the cleaner. He shows up and he's not there for the trophies. ... If anybody gets in his way, he'll just cut 'em in half. At [an early] point in the movie, [the Wolf] takes a gun off of a dead Predator, and so he has double shoulder cannons," Colin explained. "There's also a cleaner case where he stores all his new weapons. It has an implosion bomb that he uses for imploding the crash ship to basically get rid of it. ... That's a new type of bomb he has." Source.

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A town called Gunnison, Colorado.

He is obviously a jealous person, and once Jesse broke up with him, he likely followed her. Or possibly she had mentioned that she always wanted to sneak in and fool around in the school swimming pool to Dale, and then knowing she had a thing for Ricky, figured that might be where they went. Alternatively, Jesse seemed to know it was Dale in the car as soon as she saw the headlights, also Dale came with both of his friends prepared to fight Ricky. If Dale was following her, this is generally something a jealous ex-boyfriend does on his own as he wouldn't want his friends to know that he was actually upset by getting dumped. So it's possible that Jesse and Dale had a heated exchange of words and she let it slip that she was taking Ricky to the pool "to be like old times", figuring that would put Dale in his place. So Dale decided to get his friends and stop this from happening.

The Strause brothers did this just like James Cameron did in Aliens (1986) because they belived that as it did in Aliens it would provide a natural camouflage. There are also different Facehuggers than the ones from the Queen in the first film, so different Queens provide different looking aliens.

According to him, he wanted to move on to other projects. He hasn't directed a sequel to any of his film franchises to date. Mortal Kombat, AvP, or Resident Evil.

The infamous "Company" referred to throughout the previous Alien movies is called Weyland-Yutani. We can assume from what we see of her that she is the CEO, or some other high up person, of this company. Her presence represents the foreshadowing of the future control, involvement, and power her company will have in the Alien/Predator universe. The first AVP movie included Charles Bishop Weyland, the CEO of the then Weyland company. They most likely merged in later years, finalizing the merger in 2030 ('Predator: Concrete Jungle').

The Predalien has the ability to implant women with alien embryos. The most likely reason for it choosing women is that they have a womb, and can hold more embryos at once. They would gestate and explode from the woman's stomach. At one point we see several of these embryos pushing themselves down through a woman's neck. We can assume multiple aliens were able to birth themselves from a single mother in this fashion. This is also why we see a couple women with their stomachs torn open as opposed to their chest. e.g., the girl in the diner.

The town was nuked because they needed to stop the infestation. It would stand to reason that they would have soldiers around the perimeter for a while to make sure there weren't any surviving creatures at the outer limits of the blast radius.

There are two possible answers to this: (1) As the first few were corpses, and since the Predator is a hunter, he decided to kill the deputy (who was alive, of course) and treat his body like a trophy, or (2) being a clean up guy and understanding the psychology of his prey, the Predator may have strung up the deputy as a warning to other humans to stay away from the area (while it's doubtful he did this out of any kind of altruism, its plausible that he did not have an exact head count on how many facehuggers were roaming the woods, and he wanted the humans (i.e., potential hosts) to avoid the area so as to not contribute to his workload by getting themselves implanted). Though this goes against the predator's understanding of human nature. When a dead body is found by humans, it tends to attract MORE humans, such as police, crime scene investigators, etc.

Another simple answer is that he is getting rid of Alien evidence, not Predator evidence (seeing as Predators have been establishing themselves of Earth for centuries).

Ignoring the possibility that it is just a continuity error, there is a explanation for this: This film picks up directly where the last film ended; therefore Lex, the survivor from the first film hasn't reached civilization to tell anyone what happened yet. That or she froze to death. In this film, all people and military that came into direct contact with the aliens were killed when the army nuked the town. However there were four survivors from the town. They escaped the nuclear explosion and helicopter crash and were rescued by the military surrounding the perimeter. The military was either BlackOps so knew all about top-secret or because they never went into the town, they were told it was a viral outbreak or something along those lines. As for the survivors, we can assume they were silenced. Make up your own story as to how (unless it is explained in AvP3). The most likely explanation is that Ms. Yutani, being a wealthy business woman, clearly pulling the strings behind the military incursion paid them all off. Or they tried telling the story to people but nobody took them seriously; 'the reason the town was nuked was because of an alien invasion? Yeah right.'

This is why Ms. Yutani obtains the predator's pistol and clearly a motivation for why the company sends spaceships to investigate planets with possible alien lifeforms on them, the goal is domination, and if they have alien weaponry they are way ahead of any other country/planet.

Also in ALIEN the company (Weyland/Yutani) did know about the aliens, thats why mother woke them from chryo and sent them to investigate the alien signal. Also if anyone has played the game 'Predator: Concrete Jungle', it shows how the aliens were discovered, how mother was created and how Weyland-Yutani merged.

Colonel Stevens was working for Mrs. Yutani, so he might have been a corrupt officer in the military and he was actually following orders from Ms. Yutani as opposed to the Government. Therefore he had no Government authorization to drop the nuke, it would probably be blamed on terrorists and not the military.

This is not very likely, though. There are quite some ways for outsiders to raise suspicion that it was actually a US aircraft that dropped the bomb (e.g. satellite footage, people spotting planes, etc.). Just count all the conspiracy theories connecting the US government to the 9/11 attacks. It would also be quite unwise to suggest that terrorists were able to smuggle and detonate a nuclear bomb inside the United States. All of this would raise national security levels and warrant unwanted investigations into the attack (aside from the question why terrorists would select such a low-priority target in the Mid-West, instead of a highly populated area like, say, Las Vegas).

It stands much more to reason that the military justified the attack by claiming the town had become the victim of a very deadly and contagious virus or so. So the town had to be sterilized quickly in order to prevent the infectious agent from spreading (and also to remove most evidence). Communications from the town had largely been cut off because of the power failure, and messages for help through the radio were mainly received by the military, so information about "attacks by monsters" could have been explained away as Urban Legends (or infected people being delerious). Also, Mrs. Yutani probably had a lot of political influence to keep the evidence for an alien invasion under wraps and justify the bombing in Congress as well. With no remaining evidence to the contrary and survivors silenced, Congress would probably have believed this version.

ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION: I missed the piece of dialogue the first time I saw the film. After the Predator tracks the alien to the Plant and the alien kills the guy with the hard hat. The predator then shoots at the alien then misses. Next is a scene with Eddie and Dallas in the car and the dispatcher says "there was an explosion at the Nuclear Power Plant." So maybe they blamed the explosion on the plant going critical.

This does not fully explain what a US military airplane was doing above the town precisely at the time of the explosion, though. Further research into satellite data would have also concluded that the epicentre of the blast was not the power plant, even though that could've been covered up as well. Also, nuclear power plants are incapable of creating an explosion similar to an atomic bomb, so while this might have been used to play on the fear many have on nuclear reactors and radiation, it would not have caused 1/1000 of the damage of dropping an atomic bomb on the area.

Though too much is probably being read into this, as it is a science-fiction movie and suspension of disbelief is often required.

No. Neither the creatures nor the ships look alike, not to mention the concept of Predators did not exist back when Alien was made. In terms of the storyline, it is unknown how the Predators first found the Aliens. AVP 1 shows that they found them thousands of years ago, so it's possible that the Predators found the Aliens the same way the crew from the Nostromo did and that they may have duplicated the chair from the ship's design.

He was using him as a bait. He didn't come to the earth to kill humans; ironically he was actually there to protect them in a way. He killed the deputy because he spotted him, he killed the two stoners because they were going to shoot him, and he shot the guy in the graveyard because he had a revolver and was making threatening gestures (extended cut). Other than that, he doesn't bother harming humans, though he was the means of Jesse's unintentional demise.

Several reasons can be proposed: 1) He may have had the mark on a helmet (as we see he has a vast selection) but he just didn't take that helmet, as he is obviously a seasoned hunter he didn't need to take his original hunt mask. Also he *may* have had the mark somewhere else, perhaps on his cheek, but it was heavily scarred so the mark was lost (or the scars function as a large mark). This is actually the explanation given by the directors in one of the making-of documentaries on the dvd.

Also, his mission wasn't actually to hunt for sport but rather just clean up the alien mess - there was no game or ritual involved.

2) He was from a different tribe whose traditions didn't envolve marking each other with Alien blood, like Predators in Predator and Predator 2.

3) The mark means you are a proven highly ranked Predator Hunter and there are probably many different Predator tribes. So Wolf Predator could have been from a different tribe than the ones who went down into the Pyramid and did not need to prove himself. The Predators on the ship could have been lower ranked hunters or Predators scientists.

The reason why the Predators in Predator 1 and Predator 2 didn't have marks may be because they were from different tribes who hunted Aliens, but not mark themselves, which Wolf was probably also a part of.

4) Although the hunt for Aliens is described as a coming-of-age ritual in the movies, it is never established that EVERY Predator has to go through this ritual in order to become a real hunter. In AVP1, the Aliens were called 'the ultimate prey'; perhaps it is a special privilege to hunt for them, preserved for only the most promising warriors or the noblest of tribes. It would even seem a waste of talent if a Predator had achieved this ultimate honor, and would then be forced to hunt much weaker prey, like humans. It would make more sense for the Predators to hunt humans first, then if they are successful, hunt aliens after. Because Humans are relatively fragile, most wounds are enough to cripple a human. They are panicky animals, even the toughest humans could go to pieces from the fear of the invisible enemy and humans can't see very well (compared to predators or aliens) and are virtually harmless unless they have some firepower in their hand. Aliens are far more dangerous, they have no fear, can lose most of their limbs and still pose a major threat, they have acid blood, can kill with their claws, tails and teeth and can see predators even when they're cloaked. (originally for the first Predator film, humans were called the 'ultimate prey' but that was just the movie's slogan and put forth before the concept of AvP)

Maybe Wolf Predator was never eligible for the Alien hunt because he was weaker or not from a distinguished tribe. When he saw there was a situation involving escaped Aliens, he may have seen a long dream come true to hunt the ultimate prey, and went in without asking permission.

5) Perhaps Wolf Predator is a disgraced hunter who has hunted Aliens before, but then messed up something, causing the other Predators to demote him to his current 'cleaning' duties. That would mean they took away his marked helmet (if he had one), and also the mark on his face by scarring the surrounding tissue (if he had one, see reason 2). So he may have a low function, but still have considerable experience in the hunt for Aliens.

6) How the Predator in AvP marked himself and the girl was taken from the book AvP:Prey. In this book it was explained that a Predator who had hunted his first alien would be blooded by the leader (with the leaders mark). This was a way of signifying a caste system within the hierarchy and show other Predators who had trained you. AvP took some creative liberties from the book, and other movies simply may not have included this backstory in them. Though in AVP1, the leader Predator was Celtic and he was killed and Scar marked himself so being marked by a leader may not apply to the movies.

It could be that the blood from a facehugger is more potent than Warrior/Queen Alien blood which makes perfect sense as once the Facehugger has latched on to its host, it is completely defenseless, so the act of amputating the facehugger would be extremely dangerous as the slightest bit of acid could be immensely destructive (it is mentioned in Alien that they couldn't remove the facehugger without taking Kane's face off with it, whether this meant the acid would pour on Kane, or just the way it was gripped on would literally rip the flesh from Kane's skull is left up to the viewer, also in Aliens Bishop said a man named John J Marichek died during the removal procedure). In AVPR, Buddy (the hunter at the beginning) is splashed with a small drop of facehugger acid, yet it completely burns through his arm and in Alien, a small amount of facehugger blood burns through several floors of the Nostromo. In contrast, a warrior used a lot of blood to eat away at Predator armor and the Queen doesn't melt much of Lex's jacket in AVP, in AVPR, Dale's face melted away vigorously, due to the fact that he was directly underneath an Alien (and a lot of blood fell on him), in Aliens, multiple characters are splashed from warrior blood, but sustained minimal damage (except Drake, who was next to an Alien and exposed, so he gained more blood than others who were merely splashed with specks) and in Alien: Resurrection, a whole Alien Warrior took time to melt away one floor of the Auriga (contrasting the facehugger's blood in Alien) and a couple of drops of Warrior blood only scolded Vreiss at the most.

There are several other possible explanations for this inconsistency: (1) the Predators are simply less affected than humans by the acid blood since they can survive shotgun bullets to the chest (Predator 2), (2) the Predator's body is able to partially neutralize the Alien's acid blood, (3) the cloning process somewhat neutralizes the acid blood, or (4) alien acid oxidizes when exposed to air, so any acid extracted from a limb or wound after this point would be quickly weakened.

in the theatrical version, the predator mothership from the first film shows the dead predator on the slab, then the predalien bursts from its chest. It then cuts to the predalien slaughtering two predators on a much smaller ship and crashing to earth. In the extended cut, a small scout ship jettison from the mothership after the predalien births and then cuts back to the predalien killing to the predators. Simply put, the dead predator was on the mothership; the predalien birthed from the corpse and then stowed away on the scout ship much like the Alien did in the original film when it hid on the escape shuttle.

In the backstories, Predators are said to have a basic (i.e., nonacid) composition. In the film, the PredAlien showed no signs of acid blood. For example, when the PredAlien fought the Wolf Predator, it looked like a lot of blood poured out, but it did not effect the Wolf Predator. Either the PredAlien did not have acid blood or the blood did not pour on Wolf Predator.

Another explanation is that the Alien, when it was gestating in a Predator, picked up some of that basic composition from its host, partially neutralizing its own blood.

Also the pouring rain could have helped dilute the acid from affecting Wolf, and neither lived long enough to really be shown whether the acid did in fact hit Wolf.

Because the Predator was non-ritualistically hunting and not taking trophies this mission. The helmet reads "Not for glory. Not for honour. Not for the hunt. But to clean up the mess." The first two lines on the right side are the 'glory & honour' lines. The center line of text mentions the 'hunt' (mostly because it in bold lettering) thus showing that the predators still value the hunt, but in this case it doesn't take precedence. The last couple of lines on the left side describe the job and show disdain for the work because it would rather be doing what it wants.

Because it wasn't the self-destruct. It was the S.O.S. beacon that The Wolf Predator intercepts, which is why he knows to travel to earth to clean up the mess.

No, they can be killed and obviously have a high mortality rate given the nature of their culture. However, they do seem to age slowly and have an extended lifespan. The Elder Predator that gives Harrigan the pistol was clearly old and frail. The pistol dates 1715 which mean that Predator survived his trial and claimed that as his trophy during coming-of-age ritual, which suggests they have a lifespan of at least 300-400 years.

There are two cuts of the movie. The theatrical release (rated R) and the Unrated Extended Cut. Both are available on DVD. The Extended Cut adds more gore effects and some new story elements to the film. A detailed comparison of the differences between the two versions can be found here.

A third film has been hinted at by The Strauss Brothers. They had said that this film ties up loose ends from the first movie and there will be no need to set the next film on earth so the next film they want to take it right to space. Most likely staying true to the original AvP stories, the film will take place around the timeline of the 2nd and 3rd Alien films, and the Aliens' home planet may feature in it.

AVP: R recieved even weaker reviews than the intial AVP which was also panned. It has a 14% approval rate at Rotten Tomatoes and scores a lowly 29/100 at Metacritic. Also at 4.9 stars out of 10, it is also by far the lowest rated Alien and/or Predator movie on IMDb. By contrast, Alien and Aliens are rated 8.5/10 and rank on the IMDb Top 250, while Predator ranks a 7.7/10.

Critical quotes:

The Good:

"easily the best sequel in either franchise since James Cameron's Aliens, and the only Predator outing besides the original worth the film stock it's shot on." DVD Verdict, 2008

"Provides enough cheap thrills and modest suspense" Variety, 2007

The Bad:

"Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is a B movie that truly earns its B." Entertainment weekly, 2007

"A smidge too shaky and the lighting/color design too dark for me to relish the Predator-on-Alien butt-kicking" Stina Chyn - Film Threat

The Ugly:

"Simply put, AVPR is trash. It should be burned with the rest of the garbage that accumulates on Christmas Day. " James Berardinelli, 2007

"Fans deserve better" BBCi film review, 2008

"The world's most illogical and boring action-horror grudge-match" The Guardian, 2008

"An early but strong contender for worst movie of 2008" Empire, 2008

"A tasteless, witless, mindlessly perfunctory bloodbath that has the discourtesy to take itself seriously." Scott Tobias, 2007

"An orgy of mindless violence" Austin Chronicle, 2007

"A dull actioner that looks like a bad video game" Kirk Honeycutt, 2007

"Noisy, badly shot rubbish" Mark Kermode - BBC