AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.

Director:

Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers:

Dan O'Bannon ("Alien" characters), Ronald Shusett ("Alien" characters),

Stars:

Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sanaa Lathan	...	Alexa Woods
Raoul Bova	...	Sebastian de Rosa
Lance Henriksen	...	Charles Bishop Weyland
Ewen Bremner	...	Graeme Miller
Colin Salmon	...	Maxwell Stafford
Tommy Flanagan	...	Mark Verheiden
Joseph Rye	...	Joe Connors
Agathe de La Boulaye	...	Adele Rousseau
Carsten Norgaard	...	Rusten Quinn
Sam Troughton	...	Thomas Parks
Petr Jákl	...	Stone
Pavel Bezdek	...	Bass
Kieran Bew	...	Klaus
Carsten Voigt	...	Mikkel
Jan Pavel Filipensky	...	Boris (as Jan Filipensky)

Storyline

When a private satellite encounters an unidentified source of heat in Antarctica and it is found to be a pyramid buried deep underground , a search team comprising of top-of-the-line archaeologists and engineers is sent to Antarctica to find out more . Once there , the team comes across signs which indicate that the place is inhabited by an unknown alien species . It is not long before the aliens begin to hunt the team members . At the same time , a trio of coming-of-age Predators have arrived to collect the skulls of the aliens as trophies , and the humans are caught between a deadly battle between the two warring species .

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Plot Keywords:

alien | predator | pyramid | satellite | antarctica | 

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Taglines:

"The enemy of my enemy....is my friend."

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, language, horror images, slime and gore

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [fr] Twentieth Century Fox

Country:

USA UK Czech Republic Canada Germany

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

13 August 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

AVP

Filming Locations:

Courmayeur, Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$813,102 (Japan) (17 December 2004)

Gross:

$4,775,890 (Japan) (21 January 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Davis Entertainment, Brandywine Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 104 min (extended) 108 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several hundred actresses tested for the lead female. Sanaa Lathan was selected one week before filming began, and had to fly to Prague immediately.

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Goofs

Alexa is wearing only a thin sweater (and no hat) after the Alien burns her jacket, yet she doesn't even shiver while outdoors in Antarctica.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Technician: Hey. Hey, hey, come here, take a look at this.

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits, just a title.

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Connections

Spoofed in The DiCaprio Code (2006)

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Soundtracks

"La Bamba"
Traditional
Courtesy of Extreme Production Music USA

User Reviews

Try filming a decent movie to go with the marketing...

This movie is the perfect epitome of Hollywood taking something beloved, running it straight to hell (Predator 2, Alien 4) and then taking it even one step further by completely disjointing the stories and continuity, *ahem* alienating the fans and basically wasting everyone's time while marring the original (Caddyshack 2 anyone??) all in the name of the mighty dollar bill. Seeing this movie only eggs them on people! This is a movie that you immediately wish you could UNWATCH and erase from your memory banks.

I would be highly surprised if more time went into the script of this film than the actual marketing. I'm not even going to complain about the PG-13 rating because it is what it is.... just a bad movie.

Horrible acting. Pointless plodding sub-plots. Decent action sequences and a precious few cool moments in what should have been a fan-boy's wet dream. The lead in this movie is a demographic friendly woman with barely enough acting ability to make a shampoo ad believable. Any mildly entertaining characters were immediately destroyed in the first twenty minutes of the film with zero payout. Even the marquee monsters end up looking bored as the audience is lead along in a by numbers popcorn sales ploy.