Review of Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007) by Spikefortress — 26 Nov 2020

The best action movie in many many years returns to the style that makes the original alien and Predator movies so classic and enjoyable. The terror of the alien invasion tactic is amazing to watch, and Predator culture is as badass as ever.

The fights are very epic... far better than the first avp movie. The sets showing aliens infesting human territory are excellently done, more like in Aliens. Also, unlike in Transformers, the use of human and military characters doesn't interrupt the real focus we're here to see: aliens and predators causing terror and destruction! That said, a few things are understated and some impacts could've been more brutal, but the action is in many cases easily better than many recent action movies.

The real gold under it all was that I was intensely satisfied by the expansion of the epic mythology built up through each Alien and Predator movie so far, as well as in the AVP games and novels. It was epic to see the beginnings of the Wayland-Yutani Corporation taken a step further (it appears in Alien and Aliens, and remember the Weyland corporation that starts the search for the temple in AVP1?) Also there's some internet joke references that are like icing on the cake (admiral ackbar, Schwarzenegger quotes).

I was really satisfied overall and hope more movies are like this, it could be the revival of the true Hollywood action blockbuster.