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| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem |
| Director: | Colin Strause; Greg Strause |
| Writers: | Shane Salerno |
| Producers: | Robbie Brenner; Paul Deason; David Giler; Walter Hill; John Davis |
| Composer: | Brian Tyler |
| Cinematography: | Daniel Pearl |
| Editors: | Dan Zimmerman |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Brandywine Productions; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Released: | December 25th, 2007 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 94 min. (Theatrical) 102 min. (Unrated) |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $40,000,000 [1] |
| Gross: | $41,797,066 (US) $87,087,428 (Foreign) $128,884,494 (Worldwide) [2] |
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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, alternatively known as AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem, is an American science fiction/horror film directed by brothers Colin and Greg Strause. The film is based on the respective Aliens and Predator film franchises by Brandywine Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as well as the Aliens vs. Predator family of comic book titles published by Dark Horse Comics. It is the sixth film in the Aliens series, the fourth film in the Predator series and is the second of the crossover films. It directly follows the events of the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator. The Predator franchise continued forward with the 2010 movie Predators. AVPR was released theatrically on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2007 and stars Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Ariel Gade, Kristen Hager and Sam Trammell. Made on a budget of approximately $40,000,000, the movie grossed $41,797,066 in the United States, $87,087,428 in foreign sales, and $128,884,494 worldwide. Despite turning an albeit minimal profit, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem received generally negative reviews from both critics and viewers and is often cited as being the worst film of both franchises.
Plot[]
Predators.
A Predator mother ship is leaving Earth carrying dead Xenomorphs, living facehuggers, and the body of Scar - the Yautja Predator that fell in battle fighting the Xenomorph queen. A chestburster erupts from the dead Predator's body; it is a new creature that is a hybrid of Alien and Predator characteristics; colloquially referred to as a "Predalien". It quickly matures into an adult and begins killing Predators throughout the ship, such as Bull. A Predator's weapons fire punctures the hull and the ship crashes in the forest outside of Gunnison, Colorado.
With the Predators dead, the hybrid and several facehuggers escape, implanting embryos into a nearby hunter named Buddy Benson and his son Sam, as well as several homeless people living in the sewers. A distress signal from the wrecked ship reaches the Predator home world and a lone "Wolf" Predator responds, traveling to Earth and using its advanced technology to observe the cause of the crash and to track the facehuggers. It begins to erase the evidence of the Aliens' presence by destroying the crashed ship and using a blue liquid to dissolve the bodies of the facehuggers and their victims.
Meanwhile, ex-convict Dallas Howard has just returned to Gunnison County after serving time in prison. He is greeted by Sheriff Eddie Morales and reunites with his younger brother Ricky. Ricky has a romantic interest in his more affluent classmate Jesse and is being harassed by her boyfriend Dale Collin and two of his friends. Kelly O'Brien has also just returned to Gunnison after service in the military, and reunites with her husband Tim and daughter Molly.
The Predator fights a number of Aliens in the sewers, and as the battle reaches the surface several of them disperse into the town. The Predator pursues some to the power plant, where collateral damage from its weaponry causes a city-wide power outage. Ricky and Jesse meet at the high school swimming pool but are interrupted by Dale and his cohorts just as the power fails and an Alien enters the building, killing Dale's friends. Another Alien invades the O'Brien home, killing Tim while Kelly escapes with Molly.
Kelly, Molly, Ricky, Jesse, Dale, Dallas, and Sheriff Morales meet at a sporting goods store to gather weapons. Troops from the Colorado Army National Guard arrive but are quickly killed by the Aliens. When the battle between the Predator and the Aliens enters the store, Dale is killed and the Predator's shoulder cannons are damaged; it is able to modify one into a hand-held blaster.
As the survivors attempt to escape Gunnison they make radio contact with Colonel Stevens, who indicates that an air evacuation is being staged at the center of town. Kelly is suspicious of the military's intentions, convincing a small group to go to the hospital where they hope to escape by helicopter, while Sheriff Morales heads to the evacuation area with the rest of the surviving citizens. The hospital, however, has been invaded by Aliens and the hybrid creature. The Predator soon arrives and in the ensuing battle Jesse is killed, Ricky is injured, and Dallas takes possession of the Predator's blaster cannon.
As the battle reaches the rooftop, Dallas, Ricky, Kelly, and Molly escape in the helicopter while the Predator battles the hybrid hand-to-hand. The two creatures mortally wound each other just as a military jet arrives; rather than a rescue airlift it is a bomber, executing a tactical nuclear strike that destroys the entire city and kills all of the extraterrestrials along with the remaining citizens. The shock wave causes the fleeing helicopter to crash in a clearing, where the survivors are rescued by the military. The Predator's blaster cannon is confiscated by Colonel Stevens and presented to a Ms. Yutani.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is, "This Christmas there will be no peace on Earth".
- The Aliens concept was originally developed by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. The Predator concept was originally developed by Jim and John Thomas.
- Greg Strause and Colin Strause are credited as The Strause Brothers in this film.
- Production on Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem began on September 30th, 2006. Principal photography concluded on May 20th, 2007. It was filmed in British Columbia, Canada.
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem closed out of theaters on March 23rd, 2008 after 13.4 weeks in theaters. It was screened in the United States a total of 94 days.
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 15th, 2008 by Twentieth Century Fox.
- The setting for this film is the town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado. These are all actual locations.
- The event of this film are no longer considered part of canon continuity for either franchise. Alien: Covenant presents information that conflicts with the timeline of this film, and Prey director Dan Trachtenberg confirmed that Yautjas did not appear on Earth prior to 1719.
- Although the film was released in 2007, the events of the film take place immediately following Alien vs. Predator, establishing the timeline of events as late October, 2004.
- Actors Reiko Aylesworth and Catherine Lough Haggquist also appeared together in the "Sabotage" episode of Stargate Universe in 2010.
Survivors[]
See also[]
Aliens |
Predator |
External Links[]
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at AMG
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at IMDB
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at Wikipedia
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at Metacritic
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at Xenopedia
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at Hollywood.com
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at Rotten Tomatoes
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at Horrormovies.org
References[]
 This article relates to the films within the Aliens franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Aliens Films category. Original series
Prequels
Crossovers
Alien vs. Predator • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem |
 This article relates to the films within the Predator franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Predator Films category. Films
Predator • Predator 2 • Alien vs. Predator • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem • Predators • The Predator • Prey |
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