Review of Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007) by Gts123 — 27 Nov 2020

After the generally poor reviews by some, and the lowish rating here on IMDb, I was not expecting much from this sequel, but was very pleasantly surprised. IMHO much better than the first AvP film and more like my favourite original Aliens (2) - lots of action, a minimal but adequate character build-up, and great special effects.

If you are a fan of the Alien or Predator films, or indeed the great PC multi-player games AvP & AvP2, I would recommend you ignore the poor reviews and go see it with an open mind. In fact I am struggling to think of anything negative to say about Requiem - the music and sound effects were excellent, the acting good, the storyline nicely fitted into the whole series of films.

I guess the only departure from the earlier films is that there is not one single strong character who dominates the story like the Ripley or Dutch or Harrigan characters - but I think that is a good thing and a bit more 'believable'.