AVP at least tried, the effort and potential was most certainly there even through it does fall flat on so many levels. I mean the Predator designs were horrible for one. Anyway, AVP.R in my eyes was worse then a fan-made film on youtube; the story was crap, the acting was cheesy and you couldn't see what was going on since the budget was limited in which case they made it as dark as they could. In conclusion: AVP is what Terminator Salvation is to T3 and that's the better sequel overall, however a pretty big let done as far as the rest of the series goes.