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Rating: No expectations exist, what can you expect from a film like this?
Anyone who was disappointed by this film is either such a die-hard fan that they haven't realized that for 20 years movie studios have been fooling them with countless sequels, spin-offs, and fusions of sequels with spin-offs, or is a relative of the cast eager to see how their loved one gets killed in the most idiotic and bizarre way.
The ideas were few, indeed after 7 films dedicated to these monsters, here comes the stroke of genius, a stunning deus ex machina: the fusion between Alien and Predator... yes indeed! a Predalien!! It's a version with an Alien body and the big head of the Predator but with many more dreads and less savoir-faire.
The film starts as we left it, with the Predator's body lying on a table of a spaceship when out pops the usual affectionate little monster, eager to impregnate you according to the alien tradition. Obviously, it starts making a mess on the spaceship when, in a sequence worthy of Benny Hill chases, a Predator not very trained with the laser rifle punctures the ship's hull, causing it to crash on our planet, guess where? Of course in America... where else? ... can you imagine Italians hunting Aliens?
And now folks, the real fun begins, 120 minutes of deaths among the funniest I've ever seen, an endless sequence of clichés seen in any horror-splatter film.
It starts with a suspicious agent going for a wander in the sewers, the fearless rescuer venturing into the forest in the dead of night to search for two missing people, bullies getting killed at the pool, others disappearing, dragged away, some splitting into small groups to find more people, and so on.
There are some novelties, the Alien meeting a woman about to give birth and after a French kiss with her, delivers two beautiful and very evil twins just like dad, no doubt they made an effort. It continues with countless shots of the monster's drooling snout and as many countless sequences of the view from the Predator's helmet, whose technology might be more advanced but even someone on acid doesn't see that badly and colorfully.
I don't want to go on, but of course, there is minimal human offense; where the fully armed national guard can do nothing but die and cling to the radio saying, "Oh my God !! What is that??? AAHHHH," a group of high schoolers with attached babes led by an all-purpose sheriff and a former soldier who in clothing and features resembles tough Ripley takes care of it. Grand finale with mega-fight between Predator versus its modified cousin Predalien with the death of both in a semi-erotic pose.
What can I say... Watch it and have fun, anxiously waiting for another sequel.
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