Anderson directed Mortal Kombat, and wrote and directed Resident Evil and Alien v Predator.
Anderson, who has made a career of bringing video games to the big screen. The man Fox chose to helm the project was Paul W.S. Considering previous 'cinematic merging', such as the recent Freddy v Jason, or the much earlier Godzilla v Mothra, and King Kong v Godzilla, perhaps it was only a matter of time before contracts were signed, and Alien v Predator got the green light? The idea of Predators and Aliens getting into some serious biff launched a successful comic book series by Dark Horse, and a reasonably successful PC game. However, it seems that what I saw as a visual in-joke - an Alien skull mounted in the trophy cabinet of the Predator's spaceship in Predator 2 - others took far more seriously. The commercial success of Predator led to a disappointing sequel three years later, (without the Governors), where a Predator makes a nuisance of himself in Los Angeles. Directed by action film specialist John McTiernan, the film was to star two future US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura. Indeed, the unexpected success of Alien led to three sequels of varying quality: James Cameron’s excellent action-romp, Aliens, David Fincher’s visually stunning, but vacuous Alien3, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s confusing and completely unnecessary Alien Resurrection.Īlmost ten years after the release of Alien, Fox introduced us to another nasty creature from outer space, 1987's Predator. In 1979, Twentieth Century Fox released Director Ridley Scott’s seminal science fiction film, Alien, which went on to become a great critical and commercial success. AVP certainly isn't for everyone, but then again, even without seeing it, you probably already know if you're going to like this film or not by the title alone. Perhaps because my expectations have been drastically lowered? This BD offers two versions of the film on a 50GB disc. Indeed, I found that I have come to enjoy this movie at home a lot more than I did originally at the cinemas. Okay, so this was a blatant exploitation of two popular franchises, but there is still much to enjoy here. With characters and a story as subtle as an episode of WWE Smackdown, it's clear that Fox made one trip to the well too many with AVP. With AVPR: Alien v Predator Requiemabout to hit the big screen in Australia, it seemed a good time to take a look at the Blu-ray release of the original AVP. Anderson, Lance Henriksen and Sanaa LathanĪudio Commentary- Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. If you create a user account, you can add your own review of this DVDĪudio Commentary- Paul W.S.
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