John Johnson wrote:AndyDursin wrote:
I've seen low-grade Sci-Fi Channel movies with better screenplays.
I find that hard to believe. LOL
Nope...believe it! Basically the script as written can be summarized like this:
-ship crashes
-pizza guy gets beaten up by would-be-girlfriend's boyfriend
-alien attacks
-scene in a diner -- alien attacks
-scene in a gutter -- alien attacks
-scene in a swimming pool -- alien attacks
-scene in a power station -- alien attacks
-scene in a maternity ward -- alien attacks
-scene on top of a rooftop -- alien attacks
If you think that sounds basic, wait till you see it. The film plays out like a slapdash assortment of sequences with nothing linking them together. The whole movie has no flow, developed characters, drama, anything. It honestly makes the first AVP look like CITIZEN KANE by comparison in every regard. And in all the fuss over the PG-13 rating of AVP, the R bought Fox absolutely nothing with this sequel -- a few punctured heads maybe? They lost millions by shutting out the teenage crowd which made the first film a hit, and it sure didn't make the film any more entertaining either.
But I will say there were two hilarious moments:
1. This may be the dumbest Predator in the world. He tails an alien for miles and comes across it at a power station. He fires, maybe, a HALF DOZEN rockets at this thing and misses every time! Then he walks around having no idea the alien is underneath him, which promptly slugs him down several levels. In the meantime his misfired rockets cause the power to go out everywhere.
2. The scene where Reiko's husband says "there are no monsters" only to have the alien jump through the window and rip his head off.
Seriously, seriously funny.
