Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem

I'm still not sure why they used the term Requiem in the title of this movie. I've even checked the definition and the wiki and nothing really hits me. Maybe I'm just an idiot tonight.

The Good
I'm a bit of an Aliens fanboy here to mind my bias. The action sequences in this movie are great. The violence and gore also make this movie worth watching. It is very very violent by the way.
This movie brings the Aliens to Earth but unlike the last movie, this isn't somewhere in the middle of nowhere North Pole. It's a medium sized town in what looks like Colorado. It reminded me a little of the town that that Rambo: First Blood was set in.

The Bad
The underlying storyline involving the human "cannon fodder" is terribly predictable and pretty much pointless. The obvious attempts at paying tribute to Aliens didn't help much either.
AVP:R is a very very dark movie, literally. I had to adjust the tint on my TV just to figure out what was going on a lot of the time. Maybe that's just my ghetto TV telling me it's time to put it out to pasture.
There was just too many liberties taken towards the Aliens and the the way the creatures worked. Granted there's no easy way to slap a queen alien into this movie, changing the whole way these creatures reproduce is going a little far. (Aliens fanboy ranting here)

The Verdict
If you're a fan of either Aliens or Predator then watch this one. Specially if you're a fan of Predator cause those guys were awesome in this. Other than that, you can probably skip this one.

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