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It will end up frustrating fans of both movie franchises enough to make them wish someone more competent was in charge.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The New York Times by Dave Kehr
Between the Predators' dripping their glow-in-the-dark green blood and the Aliens' getting their rubber cement mucous all over everything, this is certainly a very sticky movie, though not, ultimately, a very frightening or commanding one.
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The first 45 minutes or so is stupefying--flat, disjointed, missing all human connective tissue.
40
The thing-a-ma-jigs have it out with the whatch-a-ma-call-its -- as several humans scurry and scream between -- in Alien Vs. Predator, the kind of two-for-one dogfight (last repped by "Freddy Vs. Jason") that usually does more to bury a franchise than revive it.
38
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The film is critic-proof and it will find an audience, but it's hard to imagine even the film's target demographic (teenage boys) being overly enthusiastic about the product. It's disposable entertainment of the worst kind.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The fifth outing for the slime-dripping, shape-changing creatures, the Aliens are looking a little dogged, perhaps ready for the Alien Retirement Home. Meanwhile, the Predator warriors, who never achieved the artistic heights of their counterpart, look better invisible. When visible, they resemble robotic can openers gone berserk.
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It’s often hard to figure out who’s winning, much less care about it. One thing is certain: Nobody is going to be demanding a rematch.
40
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
A reductive spook show in which a bunch of puny humans get chased around by scary monsters.
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Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
It's a murky, empty-headed dive into the depths of the Antarctic and the heart of monster movie cliches that leaves you praying for most of the cast to get killed off fast, to put them (and us) out of our misery.