Aliens Versus Predator 2 Requiem Review - Off The Shelf Reviews

(Re-uploaded after copyright take down) Join Gary and Iain for a review and discussion of, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) by Directors, Colin and Greg Strause. Starring, Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale and Shareeka Epps.
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[@CodGodess]

This Review was better than the film itself

[@r1ch1o24]

This channel is a hidden gem

[@lancehernandez1044]

This makes the first film look like a masterpiece to be honest with you guys

[@gregmyrkle3425]

I can't stand Requiem. It's filmed so darkly, that you can't tell what is going on in the scenes for most of the movie.

[@catspaw3092]

I agree the script was shit & we could do without the teen drama.

[@lancehernandez1044]

I think it was met to be scary that way

[@TheAlex4905]

I know right. Honestly, it's what kills the movie for me.

[@arthusofoblivion6699]

Um... in hindsight, with how bad the characters are, and how shitty the effects that you can see are, is that really such a bad thing?

[@alandouglas2789]

Probably a good thing

[@rayswonder213ed4]

I'm still at a loss as to the fact that we have classics like Aliens that future badass soldiers with huge guns, than we go into movies like this with a dawson creek like pizza boy😠

[@gweflj]

As you age you'll likely feel the same about Aliens in relation to Alien. I know I do.

[@stephentimothy4679]

instablaster...

[@iangreer-music]

Him-“I just like seeing her nailed against the fucking wall” Me- they have websites for that.

[@tylerskiss]

I actually prefer watching you guys react to films you don't enjoy. I work as a set medic on films and I'm always shocked that a new production always wastes money shooting a sequence from a previous film over again. For example, the Last Jedi starts where the Force Awakens ends and they show the same sequence with Rey climbing to Luke and holding out the lightsaber, but for some reason the Last Jedi had to film the sequence over instead of just editing in the scene from the Force Awakens. Such a waste- AND THEN, if they don't maintain continuity, like these people failed to do, it kills the illusion.

[@FerDeLance06]

44:08 "Mommy? Are the monsters gone?" I can't help but suspect she was referring to the directors. At this point they must have seen what a complete balls-up they were responsible for and just abandoned ship.

[@edsmith1757]

My Favourite part of this review is at 44.15 when Gary has a nervous breakdown and has to be consoled by Ian it's almost as if a family member had died !! LMFAO

[@velko2433]

If it was brighter and without humans or dialog this movie would be awesome.

[@malieberg1]

I don't understand how people have trouble following the story in Prometheus....

[@aleaanderson6600]

Instead of "Predalien", I call the Predator-Xenomorph hybrid a "Predamorph". It has a better ring to it and it rolls off the tongue better.

[@dereksbooks]

Predalien sounds incredibly stupid...just like this movie.

[@JynxedKoma]

Predators don't make mistakes, they only have happy accidents.

[@petebennett3733]

Bob ross reference

[@JynxedKoma]

@@petebennett3733 Aye!

[@bilwisss]

Aliens Versus Predator 2 Beverly Hills, 90210

[@damianstarks3338]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 great one.

[@darksiderulz52]

How about Alien v Predator v The Hollywood Ninja!?

[@williamhiers1280]

And is it me or did they use the SAME Alien scream every time an Alien got killed?

[@SkyPike756]

they pretty much did.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

XENOHELM scream

[@rebornstillborn]

The face Gary makes when listening to Ian lambast "Kelly" for checking out a guy other than her husband is the perfect description of this movie. (Ca 19:20 or so in the video).

[@cyberwolfe]

How about the fact that they filmed the entire movie with a tealight candle? I can't see SHIT!!!!!!!

[@gelphaze1229]

I remember one of the teenage actors on this movies stole one of the alien suits and tried to sell it on E bay.

[@mcleary22x]

Also based on the AVP books them not scanning the body was stupid also because they HAVE had instances where the Predators have been face hugged and they as a species consider a Predalien a sacrilege and an abomination

[@WilliamBrinkley45]

I think they tried to fix the issues people had with the first AvP film, but they just didn’t have the budget for good makeup and special Effects, so they shot the film as dark as they possibly could to hide their shortcomings.

[@idiot_city5244]

People on set have said the practical effects and all that looked great

[@GenoX1987]

I will say that the directors did the best with what they had with what little money that was given to them. Although I heard it was Fox studios in charge of the editing and lighting of the film, not the directors. If you look at behind the scenes footage and photos all the night shots look very bright and you can see full detail of the Alien and Predator suits. If they were as dedicated to this movie as they were with Prometheus and Covenent you'd have seen a much better film.

[@mimicat46]

I wonder why instead of killing the predator from the fallen ship, the predalien didn't help the face hugger get him too lol it was an easy way to increase the number xD i mean, the predalien seems pretty smart. It takes trophies and all that. But i guess they really wanted the kid to die lol

[@bilwisss]

if the nuke happened in the beginning of the film..... ... i would really have loved this film.

[@scrmepal]

I love the Alien and Predator franchises, and even the original AVP was pretty good, though far too short in running time, and the studio forced the director to make it less gory........but AVPR has to be one of the worst films ever made. i can't believe the studio gave a couple of guys who weren't directors, a great big bundle of money to make the film, and then it was almost unwatchable as the camera angles were and distance were wrong in many of the fight scenes, but what was worse was that the lighting man (if they even had one), probably used the lowest watt bulb he could use to light the film, and as most of it was at night, it meant we all virtually couldn't see what was going on half the time. No wonder the film only got a 12% rating at Rotten Tomatoes!

[@deighton13601]

I liked it only because I saw the predator actually killing aliens instead of getting punked out like in the first movie. That being said literally everything else blows in it

[@andrewblanchard2537]

the discontinuity in ALIENS was because they not only filmed out of sequence they reused footage as for AvPR it just sucks

[@deathmetalelitist666]

The first one might have issues but I found it a fun stupit movie this one even tho it's r rated makes the first one look like a pice of art

[@blueshard4632]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when he says "I hope we're both wrong" I read it as him saying he hopes he is wrong about the helicopter not being on the hospital and he hopes the others are wrong about the military planning on killing everyone?

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

*Lmao* officially found my favorite Iain Line. 11:33 But my second favorite is *"Turn Up"*

[@fairwarning007]

Remember when you first heard AVP2 would be rated R... and you thought to yourself, "Well this automatically makes it better than the first one.".... ....and then you saw the movie.... .....Oh.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

09:24 IAIN : " this movie is not the best " 09:31 GARY had a stroke & aneurysm

[@deandarwood3538]

The whole film was way to dark couldn't see anything

[@aleaanderson6600]

And people give Godzilla (2014) flak for the same reason.

[@bonniescott6470]

dean darwood yep much to dark 🤔

[@totterdell]

if i wanted too watch this movie i would just close my eyes - see just as much

[@deathmetalelitist666]

I watched the movie I still haven't seen it

[@rossross9281]

An episode of hollyoaks with aliens and predators!

[@sam808tt2]

i was actually looking for this review yesterday but couldn't find it (due to the take-down), Thanks for the re Up load!!!

[@azraelswrd]

I think this is their 3rd time. Maybe 4th. Sheesh, FOX never gives up.

[@HonzoRich]

You guys are super fun to watch! Keep up the great work!

[@williamhiers1280]

Props to the deputy who managed to sneak up on a Predator (almost) undetected.

[@ImperialScoundrel]

avp-r is based 6 months after the first film. the ship that crashed was a scout ship that had left the main once they reached saturn

[@alandouglas2789]

Nah bro

[@lancehernandez1044]

Even the toys for the movie was more interesting

[@aaron-jchew2858]

Here is how you do a proper AVP film: Just make it a simple aliens movie and have a predator or two pop up as a guest star F&£@ing simple

[@NoMoreNever]

AVP Requiem sucks! This review is infinitely better.

[@towersofgiza]

Its better than the first one

[@DaveHorgan.]

Sorry dudes but I skipped to the end of this vid. The film looks fucking gash for starters but I couldn't see a thing for all the darkness! The only bits of this vid I enjoyed was you 2 guys calling it out for it being shite! Thanks guys 😁

[@naruto199797]

no wonder why Ridley Scott hates alien vs predator they fucked it up

[@irllcd13]

But Ridley Scott fucked it up even worse so he was no right to complain. Prometheus and Covenant are shit. Compared to them, Requiem is an ok movie, so Ridley Scott can fuck right off.

[@lancehernandez1044]

And James Cameron don't forget James Cameron

[@kirk1701]

@@irllcd13 Exactly.

[@handsomestik]

"Oh boy" - Dr. Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap

[@jakezillaofficial]

Fun Fact: My Dad Watched This Movie In Theaters, And He Didn't Like The Plot, But He Said Atleast The CGI And Costumes Looked Good, But On DVD And Blu Ray, He Can't Even See Them Cause Its So Dark.

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

Same thing with us we didn't like it either

[@StarShipGray]

It’s very impressive that these guys managed to make the worst film in two franchises at the same time.

[@kaits3polits3inik]

Dallas was in prison for "breaking an entering", he hints that in caffeteria scene with a woman who says "i hear the bank is hiring"

[@jamesday1295]

If you think about it Wolf could be a specialist with predaliens. It must be pretty historically common or xenomorphs would hardly be considered a worthy prey species. That's not to say the movie portrayal really backs this theory!

[@SJ_RANKS]

How did this movie even happen did not one person look at the script or anything and say "maybe we should do that take again"

[@philiplindecker6628]

I'm one of the few people who like the first AVP, although it's more a guilty pleasure than anything else, so I was kind of happy when I heard there was a sequel, and I even went to the theater to see it. But it is so bad that I think it ties The Seventh Son for the worst movie ever. I have absolutely nothing good to say about it. One of the things that pissed me off about it the most is that the Predator takes his plasma canon off his shoulder to use it as a handgun for no reason, and it's much less accurate. I realized later is that the only reason that happened is that the teenage idiot could steal it.

[@waynemorris6907]

It's not bad, certainly better than any other alien or predator movie that came after it.

[@waynemorris6907]

Mayne Ika I'm glad you like them, my comment merely reflects my own opinions as I wasn't a big fan of them, but I can see how they appeal to others definitely. Seriously, I'm glad people say they like them as it validates their place in the series. 👍

[@mistermatix8241]

What gets me is the female soldier GIVES her 6 year old daughter a £9000 pair of MILITARY GRADE night vision glasses! That type of kit has to be signed for and returned to stores when on you go on leave, not stashed in your luggage and given to a little KID. That constitutes theft of expensive military property, she'd get considerable jail time in a military prison for that!

[@dantomlin7733]

I actually went to the cinema to watch this film. Imagine to my surprise whilst in said cinema I thought....this is a bit dark, can anyone see what the actual fuck is going on. Turns out, it's no better on blu ray. Shocking film, yes it's got a bit more gore, and yes the new technology the Predator has is good, but the plot is shit, the acting is shit, and generally you breathe a sigh of relief when the credits roll if you in fact have stayed glued to this film for that long.

[@Vidzette]

The suits are bad? WTF?!

[@psychoabattoirhorror]

DP is Daniel Pearl. He was DP on the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the remake.

[@andrewwblanchard6037]

I've seen alot of complaining on various KZbin REVIEWS of AvPR about how dark this movie is it wasn't intended that way but a post production mistake caused the FILM TRANSFER from the FILM to THEATER REEL FILM to be darkened and no original print survived THE WRAITH 1986 had the problem with a AUDIO TRANSFER for the THEATRICAL RELEASE to be lower and muffled causing no one to see it in the theater more than 1 time and caused it to not make alot of money TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3 had the opposite problem the VISUALS were extremely brightened and the audio AMPED UP ( I saw it in the theater and it was bright and loud ) .

[@lancehernandez1044]

What about resident evil the final chapter?

[@andrewblanchard2398]

​@@lancehernandez1044 we don't speak of those ATROCITIES in this DOJO !

[@andrewblanchard2398]

TMNT 3 was supposed to be in 3-D so the brightness was raised & various objects were thrown or pointed at the camera & even some of the NINJA MOVES were cherographed into 3-D

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

@@andrewblanchard2398 say what

[@andrewblanchard2398]

​@@BRIANOCONNOR2003 👂

[@joeyp9524]

the one thing I love about this movie is the poster of the alien and predator peering around earth lol I really do like that poster

[@adrianramirez8882]

FBI: I couldn't quite hear that Iain, could you speak a little clearer?

[@I_like_turtles_67]

Wolf was such a bad ass predator. Its too bad his character was wasted of this movie. I liked how the ending hinted at the Weyland/Yutani cooperation acquiring predator technology. Anyone who played Predator Concrete Jungle knows how that works out for the future predator hunts on Earth.

[@WoodBlock707]

I love you guys!! This was great!!!

[@tobiasbracknagel4998]

Screenplay written by Oprah Winfrey: You'll get chestbursted! And you'll get chestbursted! And you'll get chestbursted! And you'll get chestbursted! And now it's time for the main event! You'll get to kill an alien! And you'll get to kill an alien! And you'll get to kill an alien! And you'll get...

[@tassadar1977]

I cheered when Jesse gets nailed up against the wall. We need a 4 hr endless loop of that death.

[@rufusdavis137]

The most disturbing scene for me was in the hospital this pregnant woman falls victim to the Predalien... and what it did to her was pretty graphic!

[@themysterycook7320]

what did it do? fart on her?

[@rufusdavis137]

@@themysterycook7320 it implanted it’s eggs down her throat which killed her unborn baby

[@themysterycook7320]

aliens 1 and 2 were great! like rambo, two is all you need. but they gotta chase the big dollars. only exception was terminator 3. i KNOW im the only person in the world who liked T3, but i thought that was a great movie. rest of the termiantors. SHIT to absolute shit. NO MORE TERMINATORS PLEASE. FOR GODS SAKE. ENOUGH!!!

[@iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7]

Lol...gonna have to find out who made Dawson creek reference first!! Was it Decker Shado or Gary? Because it sounds like Gary saw Decker's video, and then made the EXACT SAME REFERENCE!!! OH NO POOR FORM MATE..

[@kdcndw1]

Never seen so many walkouts in a theater after the maternity ward scene.

[@calebupchurch7995]

Gary is neutral good, Ian is chaotic good

[@ron4255]

The soldiers uniform is all jacked up too. She’s wearing Marine Corps digital camouflage with army name tapes and the cover/hat isnt anything any us military branch wears. They obviously didnt put much effort into this movie

[@aurorauplinks]

Theory number 3..... the predators were aware of the face hugger, treated him, saved his life, then went back to their world, spent several years cloning a predator host, and put a alien facehugger on it to set up the situation again and sacrificed a ship and a crew, just for a amazing hunt for a wolf type predator as a birthday gift You saying what do i mean? well think about it, they see things about to spiral out of control, catch it, stop it from spiraling out of controll... but then they think.... if we are predators.. shouldnt we play with that idea of a predator getting xenomorphed, crashing a ship and invading a planet it escapes on, and thats why all those face huggers are alive and on the ship, for setting up the situation and helping increase the chances of a full scale xenomorph invasion for the predator to go through and this becomes their new type of xenomorph hunt scenario and the ysacrifice a ship each time and then haul it back and repair it or use it as a scenario point for future hunts of xenomorphs, humans, and aliens etc

[@lancehernandez1044]

Fox we love all the other ones we love alien aliens alien 3 alien Resurrection predator predator 2 and alien vs predator they did a great job -Don from coolduder

[@jacksmith3189]

Another fantastic review Better than the movie

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

I watched this movie on FX when I was 12 years old

[@rosemaryfarell5264]

Best thing about this film is WOLF PREDATOR!!! An Absolute BADASS

[@alexanderadonyae7937]

Facts

[@TheMightyCookieShow]

Well the one credit you have to give to this movie and you can't deny this but it actually for the first time ever demonstrates the usefulness of Predator vision, because that's about the only time you can ever actually see anything is through the mask of the predator unless it's daytime

[@makieernandez2919]

The ending of this film was like a rip-off of Resident evil apocalypse

[@johnnygallagher5718]

A movie so bad, it will make you respect Paul W. S. Anderson as a film maker PERIOD

[@donstuie]

My biggest issue with this film (the darkness is my second biggest issue, the crappy characters the third) is how mean-spirited and gross it is in the interests of being "edgy". Example 1: A small child being face-hugged and chest-bursted in graphic detail. Example 2: Pregnant women in a ward being face-raped by the Pred-Alien (along with Skyline, what do the Strause's have against pregnant women??) The first AvP had its faults, but it was at least fun and had an interesting premise (both films are separate from the Alien and Predator franchises, so don't count). This was just dull, unpleasant and insulting.

[@williamhiers1280]

I was also disturbed by the boy's death and the scene in the maternity ward, the women being face-raped and the doctor getting his nose cut off (I find nasal injuries very squicky). And, like you, I also kinda liked the first one. It isn't good, but it's fun in a goofy kinda way that I can't help but find endearing. This was just gross and mean-spirited.

[@blackderby80]

I have to disagree, to an extent, with your allegation that it is 'mean-spirited'. Something that bothers me in disaster/horror/action movies is when children or dogs survive situations where dozens or hundreds or more adult humans are dying. Fireball explosions, lava flows, and yes, interstellar aliens, do not conform to our human moral standards. Much as I love dogs (more than I do people, much of the time), I cringe when the lab outraces the explosion that is racing down the tunnel behind him. Or dozens of other similar circumstances seen in films. Maybe they could have made the chestbursting bit less graphic (or omitted it entirely), but showing the facehugger getting the kid underscores that these creatures have *zero* sense of morality. They only perceive probable hosts, and go after them.

[@towersofgiza]

Oh hush up, sissy

[@yodatrucker420]

Another continuity error in the opening of AVP:R. AVP the pred-alien had an inner jaw/mouth and than in AVP:R no inner jaw/mouth.

[@alexjaybrady]

I did like seeing the aliens take over the small american town and killed everyone. That aside, nah. The comic set on the farming world was great tho, wish that had been Alien 3

[@Don11037]

Whats the comic book name

[@lancehernandez1044]

I saw this film in theaters when I was 6 years old and I don't know if it was good or not because I was a little kid back then

[@lancehernandez1044]

The PsP game of aliens vs predator requiem is better than the movie itself

[@dominichoward7497]

Will you guys review Shape of Water? What a throw back to the Universal monster films.

[@Marauder1981]

stop at 35:42 and you have the synopsis of this review.

[@zetetick395]

This film is so friggin DARK!

[@dah3071]

in all fairness predators always show hostility towards people holding weapons whether they are pointing them at it or not because they see people carrying weapons as a form of challenger of worth while prey so lone wolf killing those two would be normal for him, then again given what his mission is seeming to be contain the threat and eliminate the evidence he does seem to be treating the situation more like a normal hunt than a serious xenomorph outbreak so either hes stupid or he just likes killing things way too much

[@andrewblanchard2398]

DECKER SHADO review quote " WHY DID YOU LEAVE DADDY ? " " BECAUSE DADDY WAS HALF EATEN ! "

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

you're an idiot lady🤦🤦

[@andrewblanchard2398]

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[@makieernandez2919]

To me aliens vs predator extinction video game is the best alien vs predator sequel

[@ShockL0ver]

So it terms of ranking all firms with the alien in it, AVP Requiem is next to last, last being AVP. If you cut out all the scenes with humans, the sci-fi action was decent. The fight between Wolf and the Predalien was actually pretty good. But yeah, overall, a big disappointment.

[@totterdell]

I LITERALLY haven't. Seen this movie no seriously you can't see a fucking thing

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

8:05. October 3rd 2004. Shit! That's my birthday!

[@lancehernandez1044]

Happy birthday

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

@@lancehernandez1044. Cheers mate!

[@lancehernandez1044]

@@Kains_Gaming_Channel 🍻

[@Phantasmlovecraft]

the whole movie is too dark!!

[@dangottlieb5383]

When I first watched this movie years ago I hated it, for all the reasons Gary and Ian point out. Funny thing though, recently I watched it again and quite enjoyed it. I didn't mind the characters. I liked the Sheriff and the Dallas character. I thought the Predator design was lean and mean. Also, some of the criticisms leveled are unfair. For example, at around 19:15 when they talk about the scene in the restaurant where Kelly and Dallas exchange a knowing glance. Ian interprets that look as sexual attraction, but that's not how I see it. I think Kelly was involved in the backstory of Dallas being arrested for break and enter. It's not a sexual glance, it's a glance of awkward familiarity. They share a common history, after which one went to the army and the other to prison. However, they are bang on in their criticism about the lighting throughout the movie. Too many scenes are too dark, making it hard to see the action, which is a shame as some of the action is pretty good.

[@dah3071]

Also i would say that i would have given the film one point if lone wolf killed the predalien just as the humans were flying off and before the town was nuked he shot them down as well to make sure nothing escaped, just as a fucking predator would, fuck it if i die but i sure as hell am not letting anything get out of this hell hole to fuck anything else up. Plus the actual ending means he failed, evidence of the aliens and predators got out and for all we know a face hugger is hiding on the chopper

[@catspaw3092]

I take that back I have the 1st Predator vs Alien movie not the 2nd one where everything is so dark you can't see shit.

[@poloshirtsamurai]

11:36 No. That move is consistent with how proud they are. Tell his friends!? What, so they share the trophy?? Display it for a month then on to another friend's house? NO.

[@Burori1]

A better homage to the Aliens reveal in Aliens is the Raptors from Jurassic World when they turn against Owen.

[@yodatrucker420]

Yeah half sack also killed his landlord and committed suicide IRL

[@andrewblanchard2398]

REALLY ?

[@ashvsevildead3386]

As an Alien vs Predator movie, this is a weak movie but if you don't care about the Alien and just watch this movie as another Predator sequel where he fights the Alien species despite the weak writing and cut-out characters it is a fun good B movie Predator solo. The movie is loaded with gore and packed with fun Predator moments featuring the most badass Predator ever put to screen thus far in a Predator movie.

[@lancehernandez1044]

You guys forgot to mention that the Strauss brothers also directed skyline (2010) which I heard that film was horrible!

[@janleslielvaas3211]

Skyline was horrible, the sequel was better, but nowhere near good.

[@cptsteele91]

One thing about vs movies that means they're just about always destined to underwhelm...they can never have a clear winner Only part of the film that fucked me up the one time I watched it was the maternity ward stuff and that's just cos I hate the idea of anythin bad happenin to babies

[@bryanmoyna9715]

41:52 Me too brother, me too.