(what I loved about) AvP: Requiem

The Alien franchise has a place in my heart only second to the Scream trilogy. While the latter has thankfully remained untouched, the Alien franchise was destroyed with the cheesy, shallow and pathetic Alien vs. Predator by the horrid Paul W. S. Anderson. In the process, he not only made the superior alien creatures something to be laughed at, but also defamed the Predator franchise as much as possible. I had very little hope for the second part in the franchise but the trailer made me feel better. It seemed (at least on some account) to be better than the first movie. And the truth is, AvP: Requiem was exactly that. The Strauss Brothers haven’t been responsible for a lot of good cinema but they are the reason aliens and predators found a small place in my heart again.

• The fantastic creature effects. Instead of horrible CGI, the aliens were back to wearing suits and slathering themselves with slime, something I completely approve of. In addition, the predator seemed to be decent (instead of it’s obese counterpart in the previous film) and the predAlien wasn’t half bad.
• The gore and brutality. A kid gets his chest blown apart and the waitress…well, let’s just say you have to see it to see it. I’m glad the directors didn’t wimp out like Anderson and gave us a wimpy PG-13 creaturemania.
• The scoring. The strongest point, by far. The Strauss Brothers made the very wise choice of using the original Alien scoring (if you’re a fan, you’ll know what I’m talking about) in some sequences, later in the film.

It’s not a great movie by far, but it brings back those great memories, makes you think of Ripley again.

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