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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
- Review Date: April 14, 2008
- R
- Genre: Science Fiction
- 2007
Common Sense Media says
More violent, bloody extraterrestrial mayhem. Ick.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this violent sci-fi action sequel is loud and gory, with multiple exploding chests and heads; lots of mangling, penetrating, and acid-burning; bloody injuries; screaming children; and gross-out assaults. There's a bit of cleavage, a scene that lingers on a girl's skimpy-underwear-clad bottom, a bit of drinking, and references to being stoned. Language includes repeated "f--k"s, plus other profanity.
What's the story?
ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM begins where the previous film ended, as the Predators' ship heads home with Alien lab samples. An Alien bursts through a Predator's chest, producing a hybrid version that kills all the Predators aboard, sending the ship crashing into Colorado. Here the fast-multiplying intruders wreak their usual havoc -- the face-huggers infect, screechy little Aliens explode from chests, and big Aliens kill everything. Then one Predator arrives from Predator Planet to hunt the Aliens and save Earth -- though he's more than willing to kill, skin, and de-spine any humans who approach him with weapons. The human characters that survive long enough to have names include townie sheriff Eddie (John Ortiz), returning Iraq war veteran Kelly (Reiko Aylesworth) and her young daughter (Ariel Glade), just-released ex-con Dallas (Steven Pasquale), and his pizza delivery-boy brother (Johnny Lewis). They don't know that their fate is entwined with that of the Predator, who means to "clean up" the Aliens (indicated by his use of a blue liquid that dissolves all evidence). Neither do they imagine that their own government isn't exactly looking out for them.
Is it any good?
Without Sanaa Lathan, the sequel to Alien vs. Predator lacks a crucial emotional center. Instead, it delivers lots of gore and several flimsy main characters, none of whom ever quite understands what they're up against.
Requiem not only lifts themes from the Alien and Predator series, it actually steals well-known scenes from its parent franchises, from the Alien's drippy jaw to the Predator's removal of his high-tech helmet for the big showdown. As usual, the Aliens are slapdash in their rampaging, and the Predator is relatively moral, holding to strict rules of hunting. Unfortunately, the humans are also rather slack, providing cardboardy background for the main action -- which is consistently dark-shadowed, loud, and gooey.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about what makes a movie scary. Why do some succeed, and some fail? How is this movie similar to and different from the franchises that it was spun off from? Do you think the aliens are meant to represent any specific threat in the real world? If so, what? Are they standing in for terrorists (as referenced in the film)?
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The way I watched this movie was when it was on FX. I have to say this was terrible. The storyline had no mind of it's own, the characters (most of them) were unlikeable and the movie was disgusting,bloody,violent and boring. For all you gore hounds out there, I do not understand you. 15+
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Kid, 11 years old
July 27, 2010
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AVPr: Aliens vs. Predator- Requiem
Excessivley Violet.Language is pretty bad.
Unrated Version
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Best not for little kids
much better than the first one, the gore and violence is back!!!
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Horrible, horrible movie. No child should be let near this movie. No adult for that matter...it's that bad.
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Kid, 12 years old
September 12, 2010
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way to much blood and langauge.action scenes are awesome not as good as the first one
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Not as good as the other alien and predator movies and very violent.
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Kid, 11 years old
July 26, 2010
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AVPr: Aliens vs. Predator- Requiem
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BEST BUT VIOLENCE MOVIE EVER
Well if you have seen avp ( Aliens VS. Predator) it is nothing like the 2. The violence and blood is over the top. Role models are not good ether.
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| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Directors: | Colin Strause, Greg Strause |
| Cast: | Reiko Aylesworth, Shareeka Epps, Steven Pasquale |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |
| Run time: | 86 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | December 25, 2007 |
| DVD release date: | April 14, 2008 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | violence, gore and language. |
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