Let me begin this review by explaining to those who may not know, that there are a series of very well written AVP books. The central figure is a woman named Machiko Noguchi, who works for Weyland-Yutani Corporation. The series starts off on a colony world, and long story short, much like the original AVP movie, Machiko is blooded as a Predator warrior. But where the first AVP movie made an uninspiring choice, in the AVP books, Machiko joins the predators on their hunts across the galaxy, which makes for a gripping story with her internal conflicts between her loyalty to the predators, her hatred of the aliens, and her heritage as a human. They’re really well done, and I highly recommend them:

1. Prey (Aliens Vs. Predator, Book 1)

2. Hunter’s Planet (Aliens Vs. Predator, Book 2)

3. War (Aliens Vs. Predator, Book 3)

So, given this context, I found the first AVP movie to be by far the most closely aligned with this vision of AVP, although disappointing that it stopped short of carrying through with the theme described in the novels. Not surprisingly, I found the second AVP movie (requiem), to not only be an unfaithful extension of that theme and a complete deviation from previously understood Alien canon, but also an utter mess of a movie in general.

I would rank the Alien movies as follows:

1. Aliens (*****)

2. Alien (*****)

3. AVP 1 (***)

4. Alien 3 (**)

5. Alien Resurrection (**)

6. AVP Requiem (*)

To provide additional insight about my view of this movie, I own all previously released Alien movies, but have no intention of wasting my money on this one. Furthermore, after I’d finished viewing this movie at the theatre, I was actually incensed as I told myself that I’d just lost 101 minutes of my life that I could never get back.

Do yourself a favor – spend some quality time with a friend or family member, go out to a nice restaurant, or read a good book (such as those I’ve listed above), but DO NOT waste some of your precious time on this Earth watching this stinker.
Rating: 1 / 5

First let me say that I have been a tremendous fan of the Sci-Fi Genre since the 50’s. The very nature of Sci-Fi is that what you are viewing is NOT REAL folks it is ALL FICTICIOUS (not factual). This applies to a Sci-Fi Book as well as a Sci-Fi film. Quite often people will prefer a book version over a film version (or visa versa) but in either case NONE of it is real. I think too many people have taken the original poster to task and have been a bit too harsh. Brent did an excellent job of rendering “his” opinion about the books and the films. He has every right to render his opinions. Obviously some people didn’t like his opinions, but to even suggest that he doesn’t have the right to post them is unfortunate. I do have to take Amazon itself to task for constantly allowing reviews (good or bad) for products that aren’t even out yet! They do this with all forms of products and people begin to issue comments on things that aren’t even out yet. Yes, AVP2 was out in the movies but the Blu-Ray disc has yet to be released. So right now everyone is commenting on something that doesn’t even exist yet. I do agree that comments about the quality of the disc would be most helpful but we can’t possibly get that from anyone since no-one has the yet-to-be-released disc. So to sum up . . . Brent, I very much appreciated your thoughts and thank you. Amazon, you could avoid controversy like this by only making comments available once the product is actually available. Finally, Sci-Fi is total fiction folks whether in book or movie form. Enjoy it on any level you wish but always keep in mind that NONE of it is real. Peace.
Rating: 3 / 5

The second AVP was even worse than the first. What they have done to these 2 franchises is one of the most disappointing things in the movie business.
Rating: 2 / 5