Product Description
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The titans of terror square up for round two of the gore-fest
deep in the woods of Colorado. Returning to their home planet
with several alien captives and a dead comrade on board, two
Predator pilots are killed when an alien hybrid, unknowingly
concealed in the body of their dead buddy, bursts forth. Before
he dies however, the pilot manages to send off a distress signal
to his home planet, where a Predator receives it before heading
off to Earth in response. The spacecraft meanwhile, has
clanded in the woods of Colorado, spilling its deadly cargo,
who immediately set about culling the local population with
extreme professionalism. It is not long before the Predator
arrives, unleashing another almighty killing spree, as he tries
to stop the hybrid reproducing in quantities that will soon
overrun the county.
From .co.uk
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For those who found 2004's Aliens vs. Predator too lightweight in
the gore-and-s department, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem offers
a marked improvement in both categories, as well as a respectable
a of rumbles between the title extraterrestrials. Set in the
21st century (which predates the story to all of the Alien
features), Requiem sends a crippled Predator ship cing to
Earth in a small Colorado town; unbeknownst to the locals, the
craft is loaded with H.R. Giger's insectoid monsters, which make
quick work of most of the population. As the human cast is slowly
whittled to a few hardy (if unmemorable) souls, a Predator
warrior also arrives to complicate matters and do battle with the
Aliens, as well as a ferocious Alien-Predator hybrid (dubbed a
Predalien by the sci-fi and horror press).
Visual-effects designers and music-video helmers The Strause
Brothers (who make their feature directorial debut here) keep the
action on frantic throughout, which is wise, since the dialogue
and characters are threadbare at best; that should matter little
to teenage male viewers, who are inarguably the film's key
audience. Fans of the Alien franchise, however, may find the
offhanded nod to the series' mythology given during the finale
its sole saving grace. --Paul Gaita, .com
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Synopsis
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Alien vs Predator relegated its intergalactic grudge match to
Antarctica, keeping most of humankind gleefully ignorant. This
time around, though, the destruction takes place in suburban
America and facehuggers, alien hybrids, and the dreadlocked
Predator wreak havoc. Directors Colin and Greg Strause (billed as
'The Brothers Strause') use their visual effects backgrounds to
create a steady stream of monsters, gore, and goo. Picking up
where AvP ended, Requiem sees a Predator on a homebound
spacecraft when a baby alien/Predator hybrid bursts from his
chest, causing the ship to c in the Colorado woods. Several
facehugger specimens escape, ing eggs down the throats of a
hunter and his son. Soon, baby aliens emerge from their bodies
and head for town, where ex-con Dallas (Steven Pasquale), Iraq
War vet Kelly (Reiko Aylesworth), pizza delivery boy Ricky
(Johnny Lewis), high school heartthrob Jesse (Kristen Hager), and
sheriff Morales (John Ortiz) have their own separate encounters
with the creatures.
The dead Predator's home planet receives a transmission of the
alien outbreak, and a fellow denizen of his world is dispatched
to clean up the multiplying aliens, eventually causing enough
death and destruction for government intervention.
Fans of the comic books and videogames will appreciate the
Strauses' adherence to the lore of the series, but others will
probably just find thrills in the copious special effects, which
are frequent and of a high standard.
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