AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)

Directors:

Colin Strause
Greg Strause

Writers (WGA):

Shane Salerno (written by)
Dan O'Bannon ("Alien" characters) ...

Release Date:

25 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

This Christmas there will be no peace on Earth.

Plot:

Warring alien and predator races descend on a small town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.

Plot Keywords:

Predator | Alien | Hybrid | Sheriff | Forest

Awards:

3 nominations

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.	...	Alien
Ian Whyte	...	Predator
Chelah Horsdal	...	Darcy
Meshach Peters	...	Curtis
Matt Ward	...	Mark
Michal Suchánek	...	Nick (as Michal Suchanek)

Also Known As:

AVP: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (USA) (DVD box title)
AVP: Requiem (USA) (DVD box title)
Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest (USA) (working title)
Aliens vs. Predator (USA) (working title)
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (Singapore: English title)
AvP2 (USA) (short title)
AvPR (International: English title) (short title)
Colorado Nights (USA) (fake working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, gore and language.

Runtime:

94 min | USA:102 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS (uncredited)

Certification:

Taiwan:R-18 | Ireland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Germany:18 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:PG-12 | Brazil:14 | Spain:18 | Argentina:16 | USA:R (No. 43617) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Italy:VM18 | France:-12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (unrated version) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This marks the second movie Ian Whyte has played the Predator creature. Next to Kevin Peter Hall, he is the only other actor to do so.

Goofs:

Factual errors: On Col. Stevens monitor displaying the bomber and delta force helicopter, the motifs used appear to be that of a Panavia Tornado (as opposed to the depicted F22 Raptor)and Westland Lynx (as opposed to the labeled Blackhawk). Both of these are European, despite being used on a display aboard a USAF E3 presumably built (and programmed) by US engineers.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Buddy Benson: OK, now, take your time. There you go.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in AVP-R: Fight to the Finish - Postproduction (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Grim Discovery

plain awful

I really, really don't understand how that movie could get a rating bigger than 4 here on IMDb. It's simply a huge mess, and I have to admit that I actually liked AvP 1: Close to no story, okay, I can live with that, but at least they got to the point pretty much at once. AvP 2 does not. After the stupid premise has been presented there is well over half an hour of stupid and unfitting teenager clichés, dumb as hell dialog and close to nothing else, except for a few Alien scenes that feel like an excuse to have that first half of the movie and Predator scenes that make you ask yourself whether those guys making the film even watched any other Predator movie or just didn't care enough to be bothered.

After that, that crap-fest finally gets to the point where the Predator starts attacking the Aliens, or at least pretends doing so. And boy, is that Predator stupid, blind and deaf. It's awful. How he even managed to earn that stuff he has is beyond me. He misses with almost every shot, only notices Aliens when they're right in his face or if it's absolutely necessary for the script, so that he can move where he has to be. He even gets caught on surprise by puny human teenagers and deputies all of the time. What's that guy supposed to be? After the first hour of that abomination I was more or less constantly shaking my head at every scene. Close to no scene in this movie passes by without unbelievably stupid dialogs, stupid Predator actions or stupid lack there-of or stupid actions from our "heroes".

Then, that thing finally ended. To my surprise not only me and my friends didn't know whether to laugh or to cry, but everybody I overheard leaving the room was half-crying, half-laughing about those 1 1/2 hours they just wasted.

Don't watch. Never.