Aliens vs. Predator vs. Turducken

It was a sold - out afternoon show for Aliens vs. Predator : Requiem in downtown San Francisco yesterday , and I was sitting in between two huge family group who had helpfully brought about half a dozen kids under the age of eight . Good call ! This was a syndicate movie , starting off on the right understructure with a Predator ship full of Alien specimens crashing in the Colorado forest and immediately implanting themselves in a huntsman and his immature son . You ’ve got to love a holiday colossus movie that ’s not afraid to pour down kids in frightful , intestine - munching , blood - spewing detail . People who need dialog that goes beyond “ mass are buy the farm ! ” should seek out something else ; but fiend addict will have it off this flick .

in all likelihood the best matter about AVPR is the lone cop Predator who comes to the small Colorado town to clean up the mess leave by the crashed Predator scientific discipline ship . We see Cop Predator on the Predator abode world toy what looks like a Predator video game , hanging out in his Predator apartment and drinking Predator beer . Then he catch a signal or content or something , and takes off on his badass Predator motorcycle so he can get to the ship that will take him to Earth . He ’s got cool weapon system , he punches out an Alien ( dude , seriously awesome ) , and he bolt down some of the more annoying human character too . Once this badass hits the screen , the flick basically becomes a Mexican wrestling moving-picture show crossed with Halo . In case you are wonder , that is Totally Fucking Awesome

Also , there ’s this Predator - Alien loanblend call the Predalien — sort of the turducken of monsters — but it is n’t really that of import to the picture . In fact , most of the fight scenes are so swishy and moody and lustrous that you may just state who is crusade whom . It ’s just bivalent - mouth fu , and spines and chela and “ scream ! ” In fact , there ’s even a hint about what interview these fight scene are aimed at . When the surviving humans all endure to the local ammo store to hide , the two guys behind the heel counter start babble out about conspiracies and alien . “ Are you stoned ? ” involve a cop . They both nod , along with half the people in the movie theater .

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What ’s astonishing about this zippy footling 87 minute flick is that despite its B - movie simple mindedness , it manages to slip in a few subversive messages . The U. S. Army turn over the remaining town via radio , telling them to head to the center of townsfolk “ for rescue . ” But the one character who is actually military says , “ No — they ’re lying . ” She say that the army is probably trying to herd everyone together to zap the townsfolk and contain the threat . Only a few people think her , insisting , “ The political science would n’t lie to us ! ” ( This line of products got the whole theater yelling and express mirth . )

Like many recent monster flicks influence by 28 Days by and by ’s dense sight of military intervention , the fictitious character in AVPR are caught between two angry monsters and the army . The dubiousness this picture show seems to ask is : Who would you need on your side ? Predator or regular army ?

I know my pick .

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