Alien Vs. Predator Requiem: This time, it's a bore.

If you ever wanted to see an example of a film that was not only horrible, but also succeeded in alienating its built - in fan base then look no further than this wretched movie.

The film picks up where the previous AVP left off, this time around the Alien/Predator hybrid escapes to earth and, along with a menagerie of other Aliens, begins to tear up a small town in Colorado. So it's up to a Predator to hunt them down and destroy them (along with anyone who gets in its way).

Herein lies the part where I explain how I could despise a film which featured two of my favorite movie monsters. For starters, the story was a mess and really had no narrative to speak of other than, "Alien fights Predator in sewer, Alien fights Predator in hospital, etc." The whole purpose of the film was to allow the monsters the room to kick each other's butts, which might work for some viewers but not everyone. It also didn't help that the actors (a bunch of no - namers that I swear the filmmakers snagged from a community theater troop close to where they shot this "masterpiece"), were just included to be fodder for said monsters. When they did try to deliver serious lines of dialogue it came off as hokey and just made you laugh. Finally there was the directing. My Mother always said that if you don't have anything nice to say about someone then don't say anything but I'm sorry Mom, I have to. The directors (The Strause Brothers) were uninventive, repetitive and dilluted. Even to the untrained eye it looked as though they simply reframed some of their favorite scenes from the previous Alien and Predator films in lieu of a fresher more dynamic look. In their minds I'm sure they thought they were paying homage to those great films, but it just came off as lazy and uninspired. They seemed to forget that what made those original films so good was the fact that every one of them was unique and brought something new to the table. Alien Vs. Predator Requiem was just a dreadful attempt at filmmaking which failed miserably at even being entertaining.

Grade: D