I don’t want to discourage you from seeing this movie but bear in mind that when critics rate the various movies belonging to the “Alien” franchise, this title typically winds up being the lowest rated entry in the bunch. I would have to agree with this assessment. The whole picture is kind of tedious. You are essentially watching recreations of scenes from other Alien movies that were done much better the first go round. This is one of two “Alien/Predator” crossover movies where the title creatures hunt and fight one another and are nebulously connected through various scenarios.

This film kind of bugs me because the majority of it is shot during a heavy downpour of rain and the action takes place at night. And like I said, we have to relive a lot of the dialogue and monster violence which was handled better earlier in the franchise.

One highpoint of this film for me is when the evil corporation with ties to the concept of the Aliens as bioweapons comes out of the shadows long enough to coverup a messy outbreak of Alien infestation and human slaughter in a local population center and delivers some nuclear warheads to flatten the overrun city. Too bad it took nearly two hours for the concerned party to wise up.