Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly
Chris Nashawaty
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is a B movie that truly earns its B.
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| 50 |
The New York Times
It may not be classic sci-fi like the original “Alien,” which it has in its DNA, but it’s a perfectly respectable next step in the series.
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Variety
Provides enough cheap thrills and modest suspense to shake a few shekels from genre fans before really blasting off as homevid product.
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LA Weekly
Luke Y. Thompson
Chopped down to 40 minutes, this could be a wickedly cool short; as is, it’s a passable slasher that’s still nowhere near the interspecies smackdown we geeks have long imagined.
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| 40 |
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
Aliens vs. Predator -- Requiem simply exists, nodding to the continuity of the larger series and opening the door for, yes, another entry in the franchise. In Hollywood as in outer space, spawn begets spawn.
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| 40 |
The Hollywood Reporter
A dull actioner that looks like a bad video game.
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| 38 |
TV Guide
The film's major draws are R-rated gore and some nice physical effects, proof that a man in a top-of-the-line monster suit can still be more effective than CGI.
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| 30 |
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
An orgy of mindless violence, a random collection of bloody bodies, alien misanthropy, and slobbering carnage designed to bore straight into the pleasure centers of 13-year-old boys and leave the rest of us wondering when the movies got so damn loud.
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| 25 |
ReelViews
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Ho, ho, ho - the joke's on anyone who pays to see this.
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| 25 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jason Anderson
It's unclear whether any of the actors here have promising political careers since their only purposes are to serve as prey, adversaries and involuntary incubators to their guests.
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Film Threat
The camerawork is a smidge too shaky and the lighting/color design too dark for me to relish the Predator-on-Alien butt-kicking.
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Empire
An early but strong contender for worst movie of 2008.
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Boston Globe
The problem with the "Alien vs. Predator" series is that the humans keep getting in the way.
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
A tasteless, witless, mindlessly perfunctory bloodbath that has the discourtesy to take itself seriously. Pitting aliens against predators may be the height of frivolity, but God forbid anyone have fun with it.
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