AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: August 13, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
10
Negative:
11
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Between the Predators' dripping their glow-in-the-dark green blood and the Aliens' getting their rubber cement mucous all over everything, this is certainly a very sticky movie, though not, ultimately, a very frightening or commanding one. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Surprisingly free of gore, unlike its predecessors. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
This is one schlockfest that may be enjoyed more by casual viewers than by hard-core fans, since writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson breaks with the established mythology of both properties whenever he feels like it. Like it matters. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A reductive spook show in which a bunch of puny humans get chased around by scary monsters. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis Harvey
The thing-a-ma-jigs have it out with the whatch-a-ma-call-its -- as several humans scurry and scream between -- in Alien Vs. Predator, the kind of two-for-one dogfight (last repped by "Freddy Vs. Jason") that usually does more to bury a franchise than revive it. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The fifth outing for the slime-dripping, shape-changing creatures, the Aliens are looking a little dogged, perhaps ready for the Alien Retirement Home. Meanwhile, the Predator warriors, who never achieved the artistic heights of their counterpart, look better invisible. When visible, they resemble robotic can openers gone berserk. Read full review
40
Village VoiceEd Halter
With perfunctory battle sequences, cardboard characters, and uncreative scare 'ems, Paul W.S. Anderson's monster mashup isn't quite terrible enough to be so-bad-it's-awesome, but his swift (if forced) plotting and amusingly shoddy costumes mean that there could be worse ways to enjoy air-conditioning. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
It would take a true visionary not to borrow from Alien Vs. Predator's predecessors, but Anderson lifts more than most will consider polite, borrowing to the point where some viewers may wonder whether he simply edited in footage from the old movies (or even, at one point, "Jurassic Park"). Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyTim Appelo
Make sense? No, it doesn't. But if you manage to endure the exposition, you'll get what you paid for: popping chests. Invisible stalkers. Nicely paced chases through corridors that constantly reconfigure in interlocking stone puzzles. Read full review
40
EmpireDan Jolin
Fans beware - your fave two sci-fi franchises have been stripped of all their guile and maturity. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
It's a murky, empty-headed dive into the depths of the Antarctic and the heart of monster movie cliches that leaves you praying for most of the cast to get killed off fast, to put them (and us) out of our misery. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The film is critic-proof and it will find an audience, but it's hard to imagine even the film's target demographic (teenage boys) being overly enthusiastic about the product. It's disposable entertainment of the worst kind. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
Anderson gets style points for the pyramid, though. The building - a combination of Aztec, Egyptian and Cambodian elements loaded with sophisticated gadgetry - totally rocks. Read full review
30
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
It will end up frustrating fans of both movie franchises enough to make them wish someone more competent was in charge. Read full review
30
SlateDavid Edelstein
The first 45 minutes or so is stupefying--flat, disjointed, missing all human connective tissue. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Well, Sanaa Lathan's in there somewhere as the smart and sexy ass-kickin' chick, but it's really all about the monster disembowelments, which happen often. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
Dumb. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
It’s often hard to figure out who’s winning, much less care about it. One thing is certain: Nobody is going to be demanding a rematch. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The actual fights between the predators and the serpents are too silly to contemplate. Both shiny and metallic, they look like kitchen appliances fighting it out. That's when you can see them. Writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson ("Resident Evil") has created the darkest, if not worst, sci-fi movie since "Battlefield Earth." Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
This space invaders stuff is, like, so 1981. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Take a wretched premise. Imagine the worst picture that could be made from it. Then imagine something even worse. That's Alien vs. Predator. Read full review
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