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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
File:Avpredatorr.jpg
Official poster for the film
Directed byColin Strause
Greg Strause
Written byCharacters:
Dan O'Bannon
Ronald Shusett
Jim Thomas
John Thomas
Screenplay:
Shane Salerno
Produced byJohn Davis
Wyck Godfrey
StarringSteven Pasquale
Reiko Aylesworth
John Ortiz
CinematographyDaniel C. Pearl
Music byBrian Tyler
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
United States December 25 2007[1]
Australia December 26, 2007[2]
United Kingdom January 18 2008
Running time
94 minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40,000,000

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (also known as AVP: R), is the sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator film. Filming began on September 25 2006 in Vancouver with Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis from Amalgamated Dynamics handling the special effects (as they did for the previous installment) and Daniel Pearl as director of photography. The Brothers Strause (Colin and Greg Strause) have directed the movie[3] from a script by Shane Salerno.[4] Actors Steven Pasquale and Reiko Aylesworth will play leading roles in the film.[5]

Unlike the PG-13 rating of the original, which garnered some criticism, the film is rated R for violence, gore, and language.[6] The BBFC's classification decision for the movie is the same as the original, whilst the Australian OFLC rated the film MA, up on the original's M rating.

A game has also recently been released for the PlayStation Portable.[7][verification needed] The game centers on the lone Predator cleaning up the mess left by a crashed ship.[8]

Plot Summary

The film picks up immediately after the events of Alien vs. Predator. The Predator ('Scar'), who was impregnated by a face hugger before being killed by an Alien Queen at the end of the first film, gives birth to a Predalien on board his clan's ship, which then sneaks aboard a scout craft headed for Earth and runs amok. As the Predalien rampages through the ship, a Predator attempts to kill it with his plasma caster and inadvertently shoots a hole through the ship's hull, causing it to crash in the forests outside of Gunnison, Colorado. The ship's crew die either upon the crash or by the Predalien, which escapes. A boy and his father who are deer hunting see the crash and go to check it out. Both of them come across the wreckage of the ship-on board, and several facehuggers escape from the damaged containment tubes and quickly impregnate them both.

Meanwhile, ex-con Dallas Howard (Steven Pasquale) has returned to Gunnison after time served in prison. He is greeted by his best friend and the town's sheriff Eddie Morales (John Ortiz). Ricky Howard (Johnny Lewis), who is Dallas' brother, delivers a pizza to his love interest Jesse; a fight between him and her boyfriend, Dale Collins, causes him to lose the keys to his truck, forcing Rick and Dallas to look for them in the sewers. Ricky catches sight of a chestburster, and both leave rattled after hearing a series of hissing and screeching. At this point, the hunting pair give birth to their chestbursters, and a few more facehuggers impregnate several homeless people in the sewers. Kelly O'Brien (Reiko Aylesworth) comes home after serving her time in the Marines, to an estranged daughter and waiting husband.

Elsewhere, a distress signal sent by one of the dying predators reaches the Predator homeworld, contacting a veteran hunter, (identified in the credits as "Wolf"). He arrives on Earth hours later to eliminate the Xenomorphs and destroy any evidence of the incident, while the community searches in earnest for the father/son hunting pair. At this point, Wolf has used a vial of corrosive liquid to remove all traces of the pair. One of the officers looking for the pair comes across the Predator, but is quickly tracked down and killed; he is skinned and found the next morning by Sheriff Morales.

After a brief fight in which Wolf encounters the new Predalien (apparently the dominant alien of the infestation), the aliens spread throughout the city through a hole in the sewers leading up into the streets, starting a rampage that eventually leads to the destruction of the power plant and forcing the city into darkness. After barely escaping with their lives, Ricky, Jesse, and Dale manage to meet up with Eddie and Dallas. They head to a sporting shop, contacting the incoming National Guard; within minutes, however, the entire force is decimated. Kelly, having lost her husband and barely escaping a Xenomorph, arrives with her daughter Molly. They are forced to flee when the Predator arrives, attempting to destroy as many aliens as he can; his plasmacasters are damaged, and he is forced to use them as a makeshift pistol. Unfortunately, Dale is killed when a dead Xenomorph's acidic blood melts his face off in the sporting shop.

Meanwhile, as the small group attempts to escape the city, they are contacted by Colonel Stevens, who radios that air evacuation will arrive at the town's center within a half-hour. Kelly is unconvinced, believing that they will bomb the center of town for the best effect at both destroying and covering up the infestation. Eddie breaks from the group to join a small collection of fighting survivors who plan to wait at the center of town, while the remainder of them make for the hospital, where a helicopter is known to be. Unknown to them, the hospital has already been attacked and has become a hive for the infestation. When the group comes under attack, Jesse flees, unwittingly running into the path of Wolf's shuriken and brutally killed as a result. Rick attacks the Predator, causing it to lose the plasma pistol it was wielding. Rick is then impaled with a Xenomorph's tail, but manages to stay alive. Dallas picks up the energy weapon as the group continues towards the helipad, chased by the hostile hive.

On the roof, Dallas stays behind briefly to fight off their pursuers with the plasma pistol, until he is cornered by an alien. Wolf appears only a moment later to brawl against the creature, allowing Dallas to escape, just as the Predalien arrives and attacks Wolf. As the two extraterrestrials battle, the helicopter lifts off, carrying an injured Ricky, Dallas, Kelly and her daughter, just as the air force arrives. The two creatures mortally wound each other, just as a nuclear device lands in the middle of town, killing the remaining survivors and destroying the infestation, but also causing the chopper to lose control and crash land in a clearing.

Dallas wakes to find Kelly, Molly and Rick still alive and outside the crashed craft. After hearing threatening noises, they find themselves surrounded by camouflaged soldiers. Dallas gives up the plasma pistol, while med-evac tends to his still injured brother- Kelly reassures her daughter that the monsters are finally gone.

The scene shifts elsewhere, to a corporate building in the US, where Colonel Stevens approaches an Asian female. He opens his briefcase, revealing the plasma caster. The woman, Ms. Yutani (of the future corporation Weyland-Yutani), states that the world is not ready for the new technology, but Colonel Stevens replies that the technology is not for our world, (but apparently for use in outer space, hinting at a sequel set in the future).

Cast

  • Steven Pasquale ... Dallas Howard
  • Reiko Aylesworth ... Kelly O'Brien
  • John Ortiz ... Eddie Morales
  • Johnny Lewis ... Ricky Howard
  • Ariel Gade ... Molly O'Brien
  • Kristen Hager ... Jesse
  • Sam Trammell ... Tim O'Brien
  • Robert Joy ... Col. Stevens
  • David Paetkau ... Dale Collins
  • Tom Woodruff, Jr. ... Alien, Predalien
  • Ian Whyte ... 'Wolf', Predator
  • Chelah Horsdal ... Darcy Benson
  • Shareeka Epps ... Kendra
  • Meshach Peters ... Curtis
  • Matt Ward ... Mark
  • Michal Suchanek ... Nick
  • David Hornsby ... Drew
  • Chris William Martin ... Deputy Ray Adams
  • James Chutter ... Deputy Joe
  • Phil Buhler, Kevin Haaland ... Deputies
  • Gina Holden ... Carrie Adams
  • Kurt Max Runte ... Buddy Benson
  • Liam James ... Sam Benson
  • Tim Henry ... Dr. Lennon
  • Tom McBeath ... Karl
  • Ty Olsson... Nathan Collins
  • Anthony Harrison ... Ritchie
  • Lloyd Berry ... Homeless Harry
  • Rekha Sharma ... Nurse Helen
  • Catherine Lough Haggquist ... Tina
  • Victoria Bidewell ... Pregnant Sue
  • Dalias Blake ... Lt. Wood
  • Tim Perez ... Mr. Thomas
  • Rainbow Francks ... Earl
  • Juan Riedinger ... Scotty
  • Val Cole ... Broadcaster
  • Andrew Hedge ... Tank Driver
  • Ryan Robbins ... Truck Driver
  • Curtis Caravaggio ... Special Forces Commander
  • Françoise Yip ... Ms. Yutani
  • John Wardlow ... Homeless Guy
  • Nesta Chapman ... Homeless Lady
  • Ian Feuer, Bobby "Slim" Jones ... Additional Predators
  • Glen Brkitch ... National Guard
  • Jay-Lyn Green, Dani Zaidel, Lili Wexu ... Pregnant Women
  • Jason Rickey ... E.R. Doctor
  • Adrian Hough ... ER Resident Doc
  • Karen van Blankenstin ... ER Doctor #2
  • James Shaffer...(cameo appearance) Predator #2

[9] Link to James Shaffer Cameo Appearance 1 [[4]]

Reception

So far, AVP-R has earned some negative reviews from critics with a 14% on Rotten Tomatoes, 2 positive to 12 negative with an average of 3.5, a 3.5 out of 5 on Moviehole and a 3.5 out of 5 on IGN. So far, the film has grossed over 9 million dollars domestically taking 3rd place behind two more family-friendly features on its opening day, Christmas.

Contrary to critic reviews, fan and general movie goers seem to have appreciated the film more. As of 27th December IMDB has the film rating at 7.6/10 from over 800 votes.

Creatures

Images have surfaced showing that both creatures have gone through design changes since Paul W. S. Anderson directed the original Alien vs. Predator.[10] These include a return to the ridge-headed aliens last seen in Aliens (though not to the same extreme)[11] and a slimmer, more athletic Predator, nicknamed Wolf, as seen in Predator and Predator 2. The Predator's weapons have been somewhat modified for the new film. The Predator now carries two plasma casters, after taking one from the body of a deceased predator, and uses a bladed disk as seen in the second film, as well as multiple Predator shurikens. The Predator has received a new weapon, a whip, made from Alien teeth which is able to wrap around an Alien numerous times and slice it into several pieces, as seen in the trailer. And of course, the Predator CombiStick (spear) makes a return. The predator also uses one of his plasma casters in a handheld manner, which is used by a human later on in the film. The Predator also has a blue liquid. This liquid is poured on organic matter, such as corpses. The liquid then causes them to rapidly dissolve. This liquid is used as a weapon as it is poured down an alien's mouth and throat, killing it.

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The PredAlien

The trailer shows the Predator variant of the Alien, the PredAlien, will appear in the film, after being set up prior in Paul Anderson's Alien vs. Predator.[12] The inclusion of the Predalien was confirmed when IGN released an image showing Wolf and the Predalien fighting. [13] The Predalien as shown in early production stills, released by Twentieth Century Fox, has a large tail, several times larger than that of normal aliens and with several barbs, ending in a heavy club. Though it is not explained how, the creature has the ability to produce and spread Alien eggs to human victims through a similar process as the 'facehugger', but it does not die once passing on the eggs; in the one instance it is shown doing this it passes four eggs to a woman who is in labor. It is unknown if this is an ability shared by all Predaliens or if this Predalien was impregnated as a Queen Alien.

Sequel

The Strause Brothers were thinking of having AVP-R in space but saved it for a future film. So far, there hasn't been any confirmation on an AVP3 film.

References

http://www.substance001.net/avp2_trailer/avp2_trailer_850k.wvx

  1. ^ "New Film Release Dates". The Numbers. 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  2. ^ "Australian Release Date". Greater Union. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758730/
  4. ^ "AVP2 news: title, filming, etc". Cinescape. 2006-08-01]]. Retrieved 2006-08-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=16646
  6. ^ "http://joblo.com/index.php?id=13036". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=3720.0
  9. ^ http://www.news.aliensvspredator.de/presseheft-und-credits-t58.html?t=58
  10. ^ http://www.avpgalaxy.net
  11. ^ [2]
  12. ^ http://www.avpgalaxy.net/avpmovie.php?section=movieavp2
  13. ^ [3]
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