![]() The added scenes from the Unrated Edition of the film are also included, such as the Predator attack on the whaling camp in 1904, Verheiden catching Miller messing around on the snowcat, and Lex, Sebastian and Miller finding a dead Facehugger in the sacrificial chamber. Predator is somewhat unique in the franchise in that it not only contains scenes not found in the film, but also entire characters that are absent from the movie, such as Funan the Hunter, Sven Nyberg, Olga Arenas and Captain Leighton. The battle is about to begin - and to the victor will go the planet. Because deep within the labyrinth, a terror is stirring - an alien monstrosity more vicious, cunning, evil and unstoppable than any species in the universe - except one: the otherworldly Predators who brought the nightmare to Earth to begin with and who are now returning here to face the beast once more in unholy combat. But once this expedition crew enters, there will be no way out - and no hope left for mankind. Assembled by a billionaire industrialist, a crack team of scientists, drillers, archaeologists and adventurers has traveled to the Antarctic wastes to make history by exploring what is believed to be a fully preserved pyramid pre-dating those built by early Egyptian and Mexican civilizations. and Earth is their battleground!Ī mysterious structure has been detected via satellite far below the ice at the bottom of the world. Ultimately, the film is a good one to pick up and put down, don't think about it too much, don't compare it to the others, go in with your only expectation being that it's a monster-movie, then you won't come out too disappointed.The two most terrifying forces in the universe are about to fight to the death. Tommy Flanagan (Smokin' Aces 1 and 2, Sin City, When a Stranger Calls, Gladiator, Braveheart) is another an actor I love, it was a shame his character (Mark Verheiden) was so underused. The Predators were as cool as ever, and people complained that in the latter half of the film they weren't as ghostly as in Predator/Predator 2, but we've already had two whole films of that, and these were juvenile Predators, so it sort of made sense that they were a tad more restless.īringing Lance Henriksen (Damien: Omen II, Piranha II: The Spawning, The Terminator, Aliens, Alien 3, Pumpkinhead, The Quick and the Dead, Mind Ripper, Scream 3, The Lost Tribe) back was an awesome decision, one that was probably lost on the audience who had not seen the Alien series. The lead protagonist is a woman by the name of Alexa Woods, portayed by Sanaa Lathan (Blade, Contagion) who was clearly meant to be a modern day Ripley, and catastrophically failed at doing so. Honestly I think the film works as an archetypal film in the realm of both Alien and Predator, just not a sequel or prequel to either. AVP was complicated as a stand alone, and disastrous when compared to anything else in the franchise except perhaps its sequel Requiem (and maybe Predator 2 or Alien3). And whilst it worked to some degree (my grandma liked it) it wasn't enough of a step in either direction. AVP on the other hand used references to the older films, but then completely threw the canon out the window and went for a larger fanbase. Where Predators was a film that you didn't need to have watched all the others in order to follow, it was still fundamentally a Predator film, aimed at the Predator-loving market. Ultimately it's downfall came from some poor dialogue, and trying to reach a larger audience. Not because it was good, just because it was panned so fucking hard by critics! I think this is mostly due to the fact that it was being compared to both the Alien and Predator series, which is fair enough, but it was never going to be what either of those films was. I can honestly say, that this is one of the most under-rated films of 2004. Rating: PG-13 (Language|Horror Images|Slime and Gore|Violence) Making matters worse, another extraterrestrial species, known as Predators, arrive to hunt the other aliens, with the humans caught in the middle of the conflict. Led by a tough guide, Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan), Weyland and his team uncover a pyramid, but they also find malevolent parasitic aliens. ![]() When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen) funds an expedition to Antarctica, he hopes to find a mysterious source of heat that has been detected.
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