"Alien Vs. Predator" wasn't a terrible flick. That said, it wasn't a good flick either. We all knew it wouldn't be anywhere near up-to-par with the original "Predator" or "Alien." But, at least it was better than both "Alien Resurrection" and "Predator 2."
In the most desolate area of the world, an island off the Antarctic coast, a pyramid resembling ancient Cambodian, Egyptian and Aztec architecture is found to be located deep below the icy surface.
In an effort to be the first archeologists to begin the dig and discover what could be the earliest pyramid ever made, Weyland Industries' owner Charles Weyland (Lance Henriksen) seeks the wisdom of adventurous Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan) to help navigate and keep his discovery team safe.
Upon arriving at the suspected location of the pyramid, the team comes across an old whaling camp directly above the center of the "heat bloom" which initiated the interest in the area.
With a team of the best oil drillers in the world, Weyland, Woods and a slew of archeologists decide to brave a massive drill hole that "magically" appears within 24 hours. The hole leads straight to the pyramid, with no sign of the phenomenal equipment which created it.
Once inside the pyramid, the team realizes they no longer have to worry about being the first to discover the ancient structure, it's already inhabited.
Enter the aliens and the predators. The predators are a space-traveling race which gets its jollies off by hunting. The aliens are bred by the predators to serve as prey.
In a pyramid with walls that shift every 10 minutes, the discovery team finds themselves in a tight and sticky situation, in the middle of an age-old war between the predators and aliens.
With her cohorts covered in slime and being killed from involuntarily birthing new aliens, Alexa Woods decides she must choose a side in the war.
Armed with the weapons of the predators, which for some reason they left locked inside the pyramid, she chooses the side of the dreadlocked space-traveling monsters.
From there, the film gets plain goofy, with a bizarre show of affection from the predators. A quick turn of the camera blacked out most of the violent action, but there's still a few good impaling scenes.
The acting talent is minimal, the movie is too short and while its PG-13 rating allows 15-year-old boys to enjoy the film, it hinders the movie from being as exciting as it could have been.
At the end of the movie, I wasn't too upset about wasting 87 minutes, and I didn't hate the movie. No matter what, it was still better than "The Village."
