AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Directors:

Colin Strause
Greg Strause

Writers (WGA):

Shane Salerno (written by)
Dan O'Bannon ("Alien" characters) ...

Release Date:

25 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

This Christmas there will be no peace on Earth.

Plot:

Warring alien and predator races descend on a small town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.

Plot Keywords:

Predator | Alien | Hybrid | Sheriff | Forest

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Steven Pasquale	...	Dallas
Reiko Aylesworth	...	Kelly
John Ortiz	...	Morales
Johnny Lewis	...	Ricky
Ariel Gade	...	Molly
Kristen Hager	...	Jesse
Sam Trammell	...	Tim
Robert Joy	...	Col. Stevens
David Paetkau	...	Dale
Tom Woodruff Jr.	...	Alien
Ian Whyte	...	Predator
Chelah Horsdal	...	Darcy
Meshach Peters	...	Curtis
Matt Ward	...	Mark
Michal Suchánek	...	Nick (as Michal Suchanek)

Also Known As:

AVP: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem (USA) (DVD box title)
AVP: Requiem (USA) (DVD box title)
Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest (USA) (working title)
Aliens vs. Predator (USA) (working title)
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (Singapore: English title)
AvP2 (USA) (short title)
AvPR (International: English title) (short title)
Colorado Nights (USA) (fake working title)
Aliens vs. Depredador 2 (Argentina) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
AVP2: Eirianzu vs. Puredetâ (Japan) [ja]
Alien enantion Kynigou 2 (Greece) [el]
Alien protiv Predatora 2 (Croatia) [hr]
Alien vs. Depredador 2 (Argentina) [es]
Aliens vs Predator 2 (Italy) [it]
Aliens vs. Predador 2 (Brazil) [pt]
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (Germany) [de]
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (Sweden) [sv]
Aliens vs. Predator 2 (Finland) [fi]
Aliens vs. Predator 2; Tugevam jääb ellu (Estonia) [et]
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (France) [fr]
Obcy kontra Predator 2 (Poland) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, gore and language.

Runtime:

94 min | USA:102 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS (uncredited)

Certification:

Taiwan:R-18 | Ireland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Germany:18 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:18SG | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Portugal:M/16 | Japan:PG-12 | Brazil:14 | Spain:18 | Argentina:16 | USA:R (No. 43617) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Italy:VM18 | France:-12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (unrated version) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Sound effects from previous films in both franchises were used in this film.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The Greyhound bus is seen arriving in Gunnison at the beginning of the film, with the destination sign in the front window marked CRESTED BUTTE. Although Crested Butte is 28 miles north of Gunnison on CO-135, there is no Greyhound transportation of any kind to Crested Butte. Additionally, Greyhound offers no services on their fleet of buses to Gunnison itself, as these are contracted out to another bus company, Black Hills Stage Lines, Inc.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Buddy Benson: OK, now, take your time. There you go.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Aliens vs. Predator (1999) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Grim Discovery

Where's the suspense?

This entry doesn't contain a spoiler. It doesn't have to. The movie is as predictable as the sunrise. The element in the first Alien movies was the suspense that something COULD happen. This was so in the first two Predator movies, though less prevalent. Requiem has totally removed the element of suspense and replaced it with blood and gore. You know people are going to die (well duh, it is a AvsP movie), but you know WHO is going to die and WHEN they are going to die, AND WHERE they are going to die before it happens. The directors should take a lesson from Hitchcock who said, "Suspense is not a time bomb going off under a table. Suspense is a bomb NOT going off under the table". What's the sense in going to a movie when you know exactly what is going to happen and when? If you really, really want to watch this movie, wait until it comes out on video and then RENT IT, but by no means would I ever buy it.