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Jul 18, 2021 · More than three decades after James Cameron’s Aliens continued the story of the Ridley Scott original, we determine which is the better Alien movie!
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In 2004, a satellite detects a mysterious heat bloom beneath Bouvetøya, an island about one thousand miles north of Antarctica. In response, billionaire industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland assembles a team of scientists to investigate the heat source and claim any related discoveries for his multinational communications company Weyland Industries....
The first actor to be cast for Alien vs. Predator was Lance Henriksen, who played the characters Bishop in Aliens and Michael Bishop in Alien3. Although the Alien movies are set 150 years in the future, Anderson wanted to keep continuity with the series by including a familiar actor. Henriksen plays billionaire Charles Bishop Weyland, a character t...
Production began in late 2003 at Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic, where most of the filming took place. Production designer Richard Bridgland was in charge of sets, props and vehicles, based on early concept art Anderson had created to give a broad direction of how things would look. 25 to 30 life-sized sets were constructed at Barrando...
Steve Johnson's special effects company Edge FX originally bid for the creature effects in the film, proposing a raft of radical redesigns for both the Aliens and the Predators. To this end, conceptual artist Constantine Sekeris produced several concept sketches of the designs for the various creatures in the film. However, these ideas were eventua...
Box office
Alien vs. Predator was released in North America on August 13, 2004 in 3,395 theaters. The film grossed $38.2 million over its opening weekend for an average of $11,278 per theater, and was number one at the box office. The film spent 16 weeks in cinemas and made $80 million in North America. It grossed $9 million in the United Kingdom, $16 million in Japan, and $8 million in Germany, for an international total of $90.9 million. This brought the film's total gross to $171 million, making it t...
Reviews
Critics were not allowed to view the film in advance, and once they did the response was generally negative. Based on 132 reviews, the film scored a 21% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 29 out of 100 based on 21 reviews on Metacritic.Chief criticisms of the film included its dialogue, "cardboard characters", PG-13 rating, the "fast-paced editing" during fight sequences, and lighting. However, special effects and set designs received praise. Rick Kisonak of Film Threat praised the film...
Fan reception
The film was poorly received by fans of the Predator, who felt the film did a disservice to the race of creatures as they had been portrayed in previous movies and, more specifically, the comic books. Many fans believed the Predators were made to look weak and unintelligent, given that two of their number were almost immediately killed off by a single Alien. Many cited the Predators' so-called "movie monster" behavior, whereby the creatures would simply tilt their heads and growl in confusion...
Author Marc Cerasini wrote a novelization of the movie, notably including a higher level of violence than was included in the film. Although no direct comic book adaptation was produced, Dark Horse Comics did publish an original tie-in comic that incorporated elements from the film's back story into its plot, titled Alien vs. Predator: Thrill of th...
Director Paul W. S. Anderson had previously been approached to direct Alien Resurrection.To date, Alien vs. Predator is the only film in the Alien, Predator and Alien vs. Predator franchises to be rated PG-13 in the United States; all other entries have been rated R. It was also the fi...This is the only movie featuring the Xenomorph in which no humans are killed by an adult Alien.Much like in Alien, the exploration team wears color-coded uniforms — Stafford's mercenaries wear silver coats, the scientists and archaeologists wear yellow coats, and Quinn's drilling team wear o...Alien vs. Predator (novel) — The novelization of the film by Marc Cerasini.Alien vs. Predator (soundtrack) — The soundtrack to the film by Harald Kloser.Alien vs. Predator (2004 Superscape game)— The first of two video games based on the film.Alien vs. Predator (2004 Wicked Witch game)— The second video game based on the film.Aug 7, 2024 · When it comes to the complete timeline of the Alien movies, fans usually have two big questions: one, do the Alien vs. Predator films count at all here? And two, what's the correct order to watch the films chronologically?
Alien vs. Predator (stylized as AVP: Alien vs. Predator) is a 2004 science fiction action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon, and Tommy Flanagan.
Alien is a science fiction horror and action media franchise centered on the original film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as the Alien ("Xenomorph"), and the prequel series following the exploits of the David 8 android (Michael Fassbende...
Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film series began with Alien vs. Predator (2004), directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and was followed by Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), directed by the Brothers Strause, and the development of a third film has been delayed indefinitely.
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