Alien vs. Predator

Alien vs. Predator is an American science fiction -action film from 2004, directed by Paul WS Anderson . An alternative title for the film AvP or ASF.Leading roles are played by Sanaa Lathan , Lance Henriksen , Raoul Bova , Ewen Bremner and Colin Salmon . The film combines the film seriesAlien and Predator, both owned by 20th Century Fox . The movie was not received too well by critics, although the effects have been praised.

Content
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 * 1 Story
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Background
 * 3.1 History
 * 3.2 References to previous movies
 * 3.3 Music
 * 4 Comments
 * 5 Awards and nominations
 * 6 External link

[Story Edit ]
Spoiler warning : The following text contains details on the content and / or the end of the story.

In 2004, discovered a satellite of Weyland Industries, a mysterious heat source in Antarctica . Charles Bishop Weyland, a wealthy industrialist, let this put together a team to investigate the source. This team includes different from other archaeologists, linguists, paleontologists, soldiers and a guide named Alexa Woods.

Antarctica the heat source appears to be a pyramid with characteristics of both Aztec and Cambodian and Egyptian ancient peoples. If the team enters the pyramid, they prove to be ambushed. The pyramid was built by the Predators as a breeding ground for Aliens . These are grown for a special ritual in which young predators have to prove by an alien to hunt and kill. The expedition ends in the middle of the fight between the two groups. They discover using some hieroglyphics that the Predators visiting Earth for thousands of years. They are the architects of all pyramids worldwide. For centuries, people use them as a source for growing the aliens.

The expedition members will have to choose a side, they want to come out alive this conflict. Since the aliens in their pose the greatest danger to mankind, they decide to help the Predators in their hunt. As the fight progresses, both the Predators and the expedition members one by one slain by Aliens, until only one last predator Alexa and over. The two conspire to defeat the Alien Queen in the pyramid before they can escape to the outside world. She beat her by her eventually attach via a chain to a water tower, and to throw into the sea. However, the predator dies of his injuries.

After the battle there emerges a predator ship. The dead predator is being taken on board, while an older predator Alexa gives a spear as a sign of respect. When the ship leaves, the dead predator appears earlier in the film to be infected by a facehugger. His body is an Alien / Predator hybrid.

History [ edit ]
The idea for a crossover between Alien and Predator existed for 14 years before the film was actually made. In Predator 2 appeared the skull of the title monster from Alien trophies in a wall of a Predator. There emerged in the nineties rumors and there was a successful comic book series . Around 2000 appeared a few computer games , Aliens versus Predator called. Also in this media warring film samples did well. There were all sorts of scenarios and 20th Century Fox directors proposed. Some scenarios followed the storyline of Alien: Resurrection, the last Alien movie, and had Sigourney Weaver starring as Ellen Ripley ; a character that she played had so far in all Alien movies. Weaver himself was not a fan of the crossover.

In 2002 it was finally, after more than a decade, the green light for Alien vs. Predator. Director Paul WS Anderson, who also wrote the screenplay, with a totally different idea than the previous proposed scenarios: the film would play in the present tense, in a pyramid under the ice of Antarctica . That automatically meant that Ellen Ripley would not come in the film as the story would play long before her time. Ian Whyte took over the role of the Predator, seeing Kevin Peter Hall, the original Predator, on April 10th 1991 died of AIDS .

The film had a budget of $ 45 million, much less than the last film, Alien: Resurrection (70 million). On 24 October 2003, filming began in Prague . A while later, the first teaser on the Internet .Later followed more trailers, especially after filming in February 2004 had been completed. The US entered the film on August 19 2004 premiere. In the Netherlands appeared the film on October 28 . In interviews, director Anderson explained that a few weeks before the premiere, there was a lot of material cut from the film. The certificate was planned R (equivalent of 16 years and older).The cut version could pass for PG-13 (12 years and older). Later, however, proved to be a rumor started by fans; Anderson stated that the film in the cinema version was that he wanted to show.In America, it was the first Alien - Predator film having a lower than R certificate (as Alien and Alien 3 in Netherlands were already 12+). On 26 January 2005 the movie came out on DVD .

References to previous films [ edit ]
There are numerous references to the previous Alien- and Predator films processed in Alien vs Predator, such as:
 * Lance Henriksens character sticks at one point a pen between his fingers. This refers to the "knife trick" of his character from Aliens. Also, the image of the alien head on the floor of the sacrificial chamber based on the design of the cover of Alien 3.
 * The character of Charles Bishop Weyland is the ancestor of Michael Bishop, a character from Alien 3 . This in turn is the creator of robot Bishop from Aliens . All three roles were played byLance Henriksen .
 * Juan Ramirez is (presumably) family of Poncho Ramirez from Predator .
 * Weyland Industries is the precursor of Weyland-Yutani from the first three Alien films. Originally, Peter Weller play a roll as John Yutani, the other half of the future business.
 * The masks of the three Predators in the film are modeled on those of some Predators from the final scene of Predator 2 . This has led some fans to believe that this is in fact the same Predators since all Predators seem to have unique masks.

[Music edit ]
The Austrian composer Harald Kloser was hired for the film Alien vs. Predator compose. He got the job after his work on The Day After Tomorrow to have completed. [1] The music was recorded in London, and consists mainly of orchestral music.

Comments [ edit ]
The criticisms of the film were not too good, there was more negative than positive comments. They mainly complained about difficult trackable, fast action shots (a standard feature of director Anderson). Also had many fans criticized the poor in their continuity with the other films. About the effects it was well spoken.

Despite the bad criticism the film attracted many visitors; in the opening weekend the film in the US spent about $ 38.2 million, in the Netherlands was about 259 579 euros . The total worldwide revenue came in at $ 172 544 654.

[Awards and nominations edit ]
In 2005 won Alien vs. Predator the BMI Film Music Award .

That same year, the film was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Awards in the category "Worst remake or sequel.