I watched AVP-R again today and I still think the same as before: It is a pretty entertaining film. First of all, it works much better than the first AVP which had a pretty bad plot and story. C'mon, a human and a predator riding together hand in hand? Predators don't team up with anyone, they are just intelligent, extremely vicious creatures who like to test their strength against anyone worthy to battle against (Aliens and humans for example). This alliance in the first film made it bad, it could have been a good movie.
But now in AVP2 things are different. There is this PredAlien (the King Alien who throws the jizz everywhere) and humans are again the sacrificial lambs who are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. PredAlien makes the predator spaceship crash at earth and soon aliens will spawn everywhere. Then the predator comes to deal with the mess from another planet, trying to kill all the aliens. Humans are just in his way, the predator ignores them unless they are a threat to him. Of course, the humans don't just stand aside and be slaughtered so they fight back for survival. Voila, we have a real all against all setting, the stage is set. And this is good.
I think this movie has one considerable new angle if you compare it to the Alien movies or the last AVP: The environment is in a normal town in the US. Predator used this in it's second film, but it was a major city, this is a medium sized town in this film. The battle stadium is completely different and it makes this more personal film. All the characters get much screen time and since this film has several main characters, it works well. The battles look great, especially the final showdown with predator and Predalien. And one good thing about this movie is also that it is not constant battling, the battles are not long and they come every now and then so you can't get bored of them.
Let's continue with the good sides. The music in the film is good. The best thing about this movie is still this: It is pretty brutal. The scene at the hospital is very good, as the PredAlien watches the innocent babies and then pumps the ladies full of alien eggs, so they can burst in masses from the pregnant women. Heads explode, human bodies get melted by acid, limbs fall off, blood bursts from everywhere. Everything works in the violence side. One last good thing about the movie is the plot, it is actually pretty good. Good for a action film and way better than in the first AVP.
Now the bad things. Some of the actors are pretty lame. You can get a peep inside the main characters but the film doesn't have any personal characters as Predators 1 & 2 or (especially) Aliens 1-3 had. The teen love thing/the sad bully-bullied settlement is awful but I think the death of the teen girl (don't remember the name) at the end recovered a lot from the whole angle. Definitely the best part of the movie was when the sexy teen girl gets nailed in the wall by predator. But still, the whole teen love angle should have been replaced by a little better angle.
In the end, Alien vs. Predator 2 is very enjoyable action film. Not the best, not by a long shot, but it doesn't ruin the legacy of Aliens or Predators, as the first AVP did. The characters should be more original and some plot changes should have taken place, but AVP2 is still a exciting, brutal and entertaining action film that also has a pretty good ending. I recommend if you want to watch an action film that doesn't require so much attention.
But now in AVP2 things are different. There is this PredAlien (the King Alien who throws the jizz everywhere) and humans are again the sacrificial lambs who are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. PredAlien makes the predator spaceship crash at earth and soon aliens will spawn everywhere. Then the predator comes to deal with the mess from another planet, trying to kill all the aliens. Humans are just in his way, the predator ignores them unless they are a threat to him. Of course, the humans don't just stand aside and be slaughtered so they fight back for survival. Voila, we have a real all against all setting, the stage is set. And this is good.
I think this movie has one considerable new angle if you compare it to the Alien movies or the last AVP: The environment is in a normal town in the US. Predator used this in it's second film, but it was a major city, this is a medium sized town in this film. The battle stadium is completely different and it makes this more personal film. All the characters get much screen time and since this film has several main characters, it works well. The battles look great, especially the final showdown with predator and Predalien. And one good thing about this movie is also that it is not constant battling, the battles are not long and they come every now and then so you can't get bored of them.
Let's continue with the good sides. The music in the film is good. The best thing about this movie is still this: It is pretty brutal. The scene at the hospital is very good, as the PredAlien watches the innocent babies and then pumps the ladies full of alien eggs, so they can burst in masses from the pregnant women. Heads explode, human bodies get melted by acid, limbs fall off, blood bursts from everywhere. Everything works in the violence side. One last good thing about the movie is the plot, it is actually pretty good. Good for a action film and way better than in the first AVP.
Now the bad things. Some of the actors are pretty lame. You can get a peep inside the main characters but the film doesn't have any personal characters as Predators 1 & 2 or (especially) Aliens 1-3 had. The teen love thing/the sad bully-bullied settlement is awful but I think the death of the teen girl (don't remember the name) at the end recovered a lot from the whole angle. Definitely the best part of the movie was when the sexy teen girl gets nailed in the wall by predator. But still, the whole teen love angle should have been replaced by a little better angle.
In the end, Alien vs. Predator 2 is very enjoyable action film. Not the best, not by a long shot, but it doesn't ruin the legacy of Aliens or Predators, as the first AVP did. The characters should be more original and some plot changes should have taken place, but AVP2 is still a exciting, brutal and entertaining action film that also has a pretty good ending. I recommend if you want to watch an action film that doesn't require so much attention.