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Avg. Critic Score: 29 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
15 Iffy for 15+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly |

    Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem is a B movie that truly earns its B. Read full review

  • 50
    L.A. Weekly |

    Chopped down to 40 minutes, this could be a wickedly cool short; as is, it's a passable slasher that's still nowhere near the interspecies smackdown we geeks have long imagined. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Provides enough cheap thrills and modest suspense to shake a few shekels from genre fans before really blasting off as homevid product. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Neil Genzlinger

    It may not be classic sci-fi like the original "Alien," which it has in its DNA, but it's a perfectly respectable next step in the series. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    A dull actioner that looks like a bad video game. Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times |

    Aliens vs. Predator -- Requiem simply exists, nodding to the continuity of the larger series and opening the door for, yes, another entry in the franchise. In Hollywood as in outer space, spawn begets spawn. Read full review

  • 38
    TV Guide | Maitland McDonagh

    The film's major draws are R-rated gore and some nice physical effects, proof that a man in a top-of-the-line monster suit can still be more effective than CGI. Read full review

  • 30
    Austin Chronicle |

    An orgy of mindless violence, a random collection of bloody bodies, alien misanthropy, and slobbering carnage designed to bore straight into the pleasure centers of 13-year-old boys and leave the rest of us wondering when the movies got so damn loud. Read full review

  • 12
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    The problem with the "Alien vs. Predator" series is that the humans keep getting in the way. Read full review

  • 0
    The Onion A.V. Club | Scott Tobias

    A tasteless, witless, mindlessly perfunctory bloodbath that has the discourtesy to take itself seriously. Pitting aliens against predators may be the height of frivolity, but God forbid anyone have fun with it. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+ More violent, bloody extraterrestrial mayhem. Ick.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this violent sci-fi action sequel is loud and gory, with multiple exploding chests and heads; lots of mangling, penetrating, and acid-burning; bloody injuries; screaming children; and gross-out assaults. There's a bit of cleavage, a scene that lingers on a girl's skimpy-underwear-clad bottom, a bit of drinking, and references to being stoned. Language includes repeated "f--k"s, plus other profanity.
  • Families can talk about what makes a movie scary. Why do some succeed, and some fail? How is this movie similar to and different from the franchises that it was spun off from? Do you think the aliens are meant to represent any specific threat in the real world? If so, what? Are they standing in for terrorists (as referenced in the film)?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Bullies pick on Ricky; ex-con Dallas is selfless and brave; mother/Iraq war veteran Kelly is selfless; the sheriff makes some wrong decisions; federal government representative is dishonest.
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: Typical Aliens-style violence includes chests exploding, teeth ripping flesh, acidic blood burning human faces. Standard Predator business includes hunting prey, shooting with lasers. Several scenes stand out: A small boy watches his father get attacked by an alien and cries in terror; the father's arm falls off, and after the boy is also attacked, both of their chests explode to "birth" toothy, hissy little aliens. A small girl sees her father assaulted by an alien who crashes through her bedroom window and rips him up. An alien enters the pregnancy ward, sucks babies out of women, and implants its own babies inside; a later scene shows their bellies bursting open bloodily to reveal little aliens. Other images include a space ship crashing, heads blown off or shot through with Alien's penetrating jaw, a girl pinned to a wall by Predator's throwing star, bullies hitting and kicking Ricky, shooting at the aliens that produces blood and burning flesh, and blood all over. Alien-Predator fights feature punching, kicking, biting, shooting, throwing bodies against/through walls. Nuclear explosion kills some protagonists.
  • sex false0 Sex: Some women's T-shirts show cleavage. Brief flirtation between teenagers leads to her invitation to "go swimming": she removes her top to reveal lacy black bra and boy-short underpants; they kiss passionately, interrupted first by bullies, then aliens.
  • language false5 Language: Repeated uses of "f--k" (two with "mother"), plus other profanity, including "hell," "s--t," "damn," "dickhead," "a--hole," "bitch," "slut," and "ass." A joke about a "sausage-lover's pizza" is meant to suggest that the boy who ordered it is gay.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: GMC truck.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: A couple of scenes show protagonists in a bar with drinks. Two clerks in a sporting goods store admit to being "stoned."
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