All the reviews for Predators have now been published on all the major websites and publications. The vast majority of reviews range from average to good. Here’s a selection of some of the reviews from around the net:
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AvPGalaxy Review (4/5) |
IGN UK (3.5/5) JoBlo’s (8/10) Mania (B+) MSN (2/5) New York Times (2/5) NewsOfTheWorld (4/5) ObsessedWithFilm (3/5) PopCultureReviews (4.5/5) RopeOfSilicon (C-) ScreenOne (4/5) Sky Movies (3/5) TheViewBelfast (3/5) Total Film (3/5) Variety WatchDon’tWatch (4/5) |
It currently holds a 66% Fresh rating on RottenTomatoes.com. AvP Requiem finished with a 12% rotten rating.
however sence this moive has made hell of alot more money then avp and avp:R combined. i think this flim was to see if fox whould give RR the green light to do better on a 2nd one. with a bigger budget. think about how on top RR got with this lol then what anderson did with AVP.
In our town we have the strangest people doing the reviews, get this for the Alien Vs Predator back in 2004 Mike wrote something about "the alien bursting its way out of Harry Dean Stanton's chest!!!?" What....What.... What?
I've read all of the comments above, but growing up watching Predator 1/2, I don't really feel this fits in particularly well. I completely respect the reboot, but the narrative structure and the combat has little to no innovation in regards to the previous films (falling off the cliff, Billy dual, fire 'Kill Me!' etc). The Predators themselves seem to have been toned down - a Yakuza member parrying blows off a Predator in that dual? These Predators are supposed to be HUGE (as in P1, VERY tall), yet they are portrayed in this film slightly sluggish and weak(er) - their masks being cracked off with bone, and dying with an abdominal slice? Also being fairly inept and intellectually inferior to humans? Hmm.
Enjoyed it as a film though, but in conjunction with appreciation to the series, I'm only just slightly putting it out of the bracket of aberration that is the AvP films.
One last thing - mud as a method to negate thermal was mentioned midway through - yet it took them (him!) until the end of the film to apply it!
Sorry for the rant, but I was expecting a little more!
this is a pred moive to be respected the humans were soild alot better then Avp and Avp:R and onley thing it lacked was more Predator Toys. just Tweak the preds for the next one Taller and faster and more weapons. Pred 1 knew he needed to stay hidden and not to f**k around. these guys like to play with there food.
good points: the photography and music was perfect, the charactors were very interesting bonding with each other, some of the action was cool
negative- the preds were too plasticky and didnt have the original roar/other sounds, they didnt move swiftly they just looked like guys in suits having trouble, the visuals were good up until they showed the preds and the heat visions (the cloaking effects and heat vision were better in the older movie) so the visuals werent great. so i think they had a budget cut after the scene with the pred hounds.
pales in comparison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcr4jX4Xm6I
In Aliens and Predators both sides take some serious casualties.
I think all in all what RR said that he was trying to make the Aliens of the predator world he did just that.
Link to a review from IGN with some new footage for anyone who hasn't seen movie yet.
Over all I give the film a 4.5/5 It's not perfect. but it reminded me in a way of my favorite film Aliens. The visuals were very well done and the cast played the characters very well. over all It was pretty damn awesome.
I enjoyed the movie but there were 2 things in particular that annoyed me. Noland's demise. Not only did the cannon explode him into tiny pieces but I was thinking, if this guy has been hiding out for "10 seasons" then SURELY he would've been the ultimate trophy, no? So why blow him up???
Also, Edwin. Why the sudden change at the end?? Whats that all about. Yes I know he's supposed to be a murderer but it just had no bearing on the movie at all!!! Other than that I enjoyed it thoroughly
That was an amazing moment! A god dam movie at last!
I m a tipic Predator fanboy who was badly satisfied with the AvP movies before, but Predators takes its rank as the true sequel of Pred 1.
I was very impressed and enjoyed my time. Sure there are missing stuffs but regarding the production delay, budget and the staff is a complete success.
Go back to theater at 1:00pm
Thanks Bob! Hope you plan a sequel.
They are predators, and in predator 1 we seen only 1 predator, they all look different.
Well, Havent seen movie yet (will in couple of days), but seems like NORMAL movie.
Mostly all movies nowdays are bad... there are few excellent.
But this is true predator movie... AvP movies were fake.
In predators everyone was a moving target basically. So it becomes alot harder. Even in predator 1 at the end when arnold was running the predator couldnt hit him. Pred never made any kills on a moving target on humans.
did you not see that in Predator 1 the predator took most of the team out without them even knowing what they were up against!
In Predators they pretty quickly get to learn what they are up against = different outcome!
Overall a positive surprise, taking to account the previous AVP messes. However, to be judged as a serious film, like it's predecessor Predator, this movie has a loong way to go to be recognized as a real sequel.
First and foremost: A predator is not just about the 'look' of a certain species, as Stan Winston (RIP) created him/her, its about the perfection, the mentality of the character. The predator in Predator (1) single handedly destroyed a group of the most professional and capable warriors of their generation. They were all combat hardened MEN! And they DIED! This movie portrayed the predators as mere 'monsters' with very limited know how of the technology they were carrying. Goddamit! They were the inventors of technology that surpasses ours than they behave like they had the IQ of a retarded serial killer. They are superior species and to survive an encounter with them, you are either extremely lucky or Swarzenegger -type of ultimate survivor!
I also don't like missed shots by professionals, on both sides. You don't miss if you are called into a game as such.
This movie lacked the will to survive and it almost pays disrespect to the predators as the ultimate hunters.
Respects: I enjoyed it as entertainment. It borrowed elements and could create a scenario of it's own. It also expanded the universe, as it introduced new species, new level of threat to the canon. I liked the new running 'predator' dog species, although they seemed incapable as thinking, hunting species.
Sorry for the brag. There will be a new Cameron/ McTiernan someday. Until that day, enjoy what you are given.
One day, you will piss in your pants again.
Promise.
I noticed the burning alien head too. I was going to say something to my buddy next to me but though nahh it couldnt have been.
Anyone have a pic of it so we can confirm this?
Let's hope for a RR sequel