(2007)
Bereft of artistic leanings, but more fun than Anderson's first AvP because it’s so shameless.
The Strauss Brothers do the best they can with a bog standard script. The result appears to enjoy wallowing in its own entrails (I'm surprised it managed a 15 certificate) and dares to venture into some usually no-go areas (dispatching a child in the first reel, then allowing a xenomorph to happen upon a hospital ward full of babies).
The Predator at least isn't a bulked-up muscle man in this intstallment, and there is a certain pleasure seeing a load of jocks eviscerated. Reiko Aylesworth is under-used, never given a chance to flex her Ripleys. Hopefully this will be the end for these Earth-bound stand-offs.
The Strauss Brothers do the best they can with a bog standard script. The result appears to enjoy wallowing in its own entrails (I'm surprised it managed a 15 certificate) and dares to venture into some usually no-go areas (dispatching a child in the first reel, then allowing a xenomorph to happen upon a hospital ward full of babies).
The Predator at least isn't a bulked-up muscle man in this intstallment, and there is a certain pleasure seeing a load of jocks eviscerated. Reiko Aylesworth is under-used, never given a chance to flex her Ripleys. Hopefully this will be the end for these Earth-bound stand-offs.
**1/2
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