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Lets continue our FrightFest with the second and final cinematic battle between the two deadly alien creatures, along with a monsterous Xenomorph-Yautja hybrid.

Picking up right where Alien vs. Predator left off, a Predator ship leaves Earth carrying Alien facehuggers, and the dead body of Scar, the Predator that helped Lex defeat the Xenomorph Queen. A chestburster with traits of both species erupts from Scar's body. It quickly matures into an adult Predalien and starts killing the Predators on board. A Predator's weapon punctures the hull and the ship crashes in the forest outside of Gunnison, Colorado, killing all but one of the Predators, who is severely injured. The Predalien and several facehuggers escape, implanting embryos into a nearby father and son who are out hunting in the forest, as well as several homeless people that live in the sewers. The injured Predator sends a distress signal before being killed by the Predalien. On the Predator homeworld, a skilled veteran Predator, Wolf, receives the signal and takes it upon himself to travel to Earth to hunt and kill the Xenomorphs. He arrives at the crashed Predator ship, uses a blue acid-like liquid to dissolve and erase evidence of the Xenomorphs' presence, and triggers an implosion to completely destroy the vessel. Meanwhile, ex-convict Dallas Howard has just returned to Gunnison after serving time in prison. He is greeted by Sheriff Eddie Morales and reunites with his younger brother Ricky. Ricky has a romantic interest in his classmate Jesse but is constantly harassed by her boyfriend Dale and his two friends. Kelly O'Brien has also just returned to Gunnison after serving in the US Army's 101st Airborne Division and reunites with her husband Tim and daughter Molly. Wolf tracks several Xenomorphs in the sewer and defeats two of them, and as the battle reaches the surface, four disperse into the town. Wolf pursues some to the power plant, where collateral damage from his plasma caster weapon causes a citywide power outage. Ricky and Jesse meet at the high school swimming pool but are interrupted by Dale and his cohorts just as the power goes out and a Xenomorph enters the pool area, killing Dale's friends. Another Xenomorph invades the O'Brien home, killing Tim while Kelly escapes with Molly. Troops from the Colorado Army National Guard arrive but are quickly slaughtered by Xenomorphs. As the survivors attempt to escape Gunnison, they make radio contact with Colonel Stevens and are told that an air evacuation is being staged at the center of town. Dallas and Kelly are skeptical since going there would cause them to become surrounded by Xenomorphs, so they, along with Ricky, Jesse, Molly, and a few others go for the helicopter at the hospital to get out of town while Sheriff Morales and Darcy head to the evacuation zone. However, the hospital has been invaded and overrun by Xenomorphs and the Predalien. Wolf arrives and battles the Xenomorphs and makes a final stand against the Predalien as the survivors plan their escape.

Pros:
1. The Predator(Wolf) is an alright character.
2. The PredAlien and the Xenomorphs are still a pretty decent threat.
3. The designs, costumes, and puppets from the Predator, Xenomorphs, and Predalien are still pretty well done.
4. Brian Tyler's score is pretty decent.
5. There are still a few decent scary and disturbing moments.
6. The practical effects and gore are still pretty neatly done.

Cons:
1. It's way too dark to see what's going on most of the time.
2. All of the characters are forgettable, unlikeable, and underdeveloped cut-outs.
3. The suburban setting seriously doesn't fit either series.
4. The acting is really bad.
5. Very predictable moments, and little to no scares.
6. The storyline is very uninspired.
7. The CGI still needed some work to be done.
8. Due to the movie being too dark, it's hard to make out the fight scenes. And when you do see Wolf fight the Xenomorphs and PredAlien, it cuts back and forth between that and the humans trying to escape.

Overall:
This is major step below the first Alien vs. Predator film, and is a lousy horror movie on it's own. Just skip this one.

Rating:
2.5/10 (Terrible to Awful)

Production Notes and Trivia:
1. Inspired by Terminator 2: Judgment Day, brothers Colin and Greg Strause moved to Los Angeles to break into the film business. After an unsuccessful attempt to find employment at Industrial Light & Magic, the brothers worked on The X-Files film and founded their own special effects company, Hydraulx. The company produced special effects for films such as Volcano, The Day After Tomorrow, Poseidon and 300 and the brothers began a career directing commercials and music videos. Colin believes Hydraulx secured a strong relationship with 20th Century Fox, which owns the Alien and Predator franchises.
2. The brothers unsuccessfully pitched an idea for the first Alien vs. Predator film and Fox almost bought a film titled Wolfenstein suggested by the brothers, "When the script came up for this movie, they thought we'd be perfect for it because it's an ambitious movie for the budget that they had and they knew that having our visual effects background was going to be a huge thing." The brothers were hired to direct the sequel to Alien vs. Predator in late spring 2006 and had limited time to start filming in the fall. The film's original title was Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest, but was later dropped.
3. Filming on Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem on September 23, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada for a 52-day schedule. During filming breaks, the brothers supervised visual effects work on 300, Shooter and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer by using in-house supervisors and a system called Mavis and Lucy, which let the brothers track, view and approve dailies. Colin estimates Hydraulx produced 460 of the 500 visual effects shots including the nuclear explosion which was created using Maya fluids and BA Volume Shader. The interior of the Predator ship was created using CGI, as the brothers felt it would be more cost effective than building a set. The visual effects team peaked at 110 people for several months and averaged 70, almost all of the entire Hydraulx staff.
4. Using their knowledge in visual effects and making use of principal photography, the brothers tried to film as much as they could on camera without resorting to CGI, Colin said "other than the exterior spaceship shots, there are no pure CG shots." CGI was used for the Alien tails and inner jaws, whereas they required puppeteers and wire removal on previous films. The main visual effects of the film included set design, a nuclear explosion, the Predator's ship crashing and the Predator cloak, about which Colin stated: "We wanted to make sure it didn't look too digital."
5. As a side-note, in the DVD commentary the brothers explained that they want actor Adam Baldwin to reprise his role as Garber in Predator 2, but unable to do so, instead using Robert Joy as a new character. Additionally, while the previous installment attracted casual moviegoers as well as fans of the franchises, the film catered exclusively to Alien and Predator fans with many references to the previous films appearing in the film.
6. Composer Brian Tyler, was hired to the score for the film. The film's main theme track is a clash of two main themes, one consisting of the Predator type theme (bongos and basses) and the second of the Aliens (high pitched violins, violas and flutes). The directors Colin and Greg Strause wanted to take a new direction from Harald Kloser's Alien vs. Predator score and wanted Tyler to use some reference to the three films' original score pieces, such as the horrific violas and percussion from James Horner's Aliens and the primitive tribal percussion from Alan Silvestri's Predator and Predator 2. Tyler also referenced composer John Frizzel's Alien Resurrection into the score.
7. The film was released on home video in three versions: a single-disc, R-rated version of the 94-minute theatrical presentation, a single-disc unrated version extended to 101 minutes and a two-disc unrated version with the 101-minute film and a second disc of special features.
8. The original title for the movie was Aliens vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest.

Description
Lets continue our FrightFest with the second and final cinematic battle between the two deadly alien creatures, along with a monsterous Xenomorph-Yautja hybrid.

Picking up right where Alien vs. Predator left off, a Predator ship leaves Earth carrying Alien facehuggers, and the dead body of Scar, the Predator that helped Lex defeat the Xenomorph Queen. A chestburster with traits of both species erupts from Scar's body. It quickly matures into an adult Predalien and starts killing the Predators on board. A Predator's weapon punctures the hull and the ship crashes in the forest outside of Gunnison, Colorado, killing all but one of the Predators, who is severely injured. The Predalien and several facehuggers escape, implanting embryos into a nearby father and son who are out hunting in the forest, as well as several homeless people that live in the sewers. The injured Predator sends a distress signal before being killed by the Predalien. On the Predator homeworld, a skilled veteran Predator, Wolf, receives the signal and takes it upon himself to travel to Earth to hunt and kill the Xenomorphs. He arrives at the crashed Predator ship, uses a blue acid-like liquid to dissolve and erase evidence of the Xenomorphs' presence, and triggers an implosion to completely destroy the vessel. Meanwhile, ex-convict Dallas Howard has just returned to Gunnison after serving time in prison. He is greeted by Sheriff Eddie Morales and reunites with his younger brother Ricky. Ricky has a romantic interest in his classmate Jesse but is constantly harassed by her boyfriend Dale and his two friends. Kelly O'Brien has also just returned to Gunnison after serving in the US Army's 101st Airborne Division and reunites with her husband Tim and daughter Molly. Wolf tracks several Xenomorphs in the sewer and defeats two of them, and as the battle reaches the surface, four disperse into the town. Wolf pursues some to the power plant, where collateral damage from his plasma caster weapon causes a citywide power outage. Ricky and Jesse meet at the high school swimming pool but are interrupted by Dale and his cohorts just as the power goes out and a Xenomorph enters the pool area, killing Dale's friends. Another Xenomorph invades the O'Brien home, killing Tim while Kelly escapes with Molly. Troops from the Colorado Army National Guard arrive but are quickly slaughtered by Xenomorphs. As the survivors attempt to escape Gunnison, they make radio contact with Colonel Stevens and are told that an air evacuation is being staged at the center of town. Dallas and Kelly are skeptical since going there would cause them to become surrounded by Xenomorphs, so they, along with Ricky, Jesse, Molly, and a few others go for the helicopter at the hospital to get out of town while Sheriff Morales and Darcy head to the evacuation zone. However, the hospital has been invaded and overrun by Xenomorphs and the Predalien. Wolf arrives and battles the Xenomorphs and makes a final stand against the Predalien as the survivors plan their escape.

Pros:
1. The Predator(Wolf) is an alright character.
2. The PredAlien and the Xenomorphs are still a pretty decent threat.
3. The designs, costumes, and puppets from the Predator, Xenomorphs, and Predalien are still pretty well done.
4. Brian Tyler's score is pretty decent.
5. There are still a few decent scary and disturbing moments.
6. The practical effects and gore are still pretty neatly done.

Cons:
1. It's way too dark to see what's going on most of the time.
2. All of the characters are forgettable, unlikeable, and underdeveloped cut-outs.
3. The suburban setting seriously doesn't fit either series.
4. The acting is really bad.
5. Very predictable moments, and little to no scares.
6. The storyline is very uninspired.
7. The CGI still needed some work to be done.
8. Due to the movie being too dark, it's hard to make out the fight scenes. And when you do see Wolf fight the Xenomorphs and PredAlien, it cuts back and forth between that and the humans trying to escape.

Overall:
This is major step below the first Alien vs. Predator film, and is a lousy horror movie on it's own. Just skip this one.

Rating:
2.5/10 (Terrible to Awful)

Production Notes and Trivia:
1. Inspired by Terminator 2: Judgment Day, brothers Colin and Greg Strause moved to Los Angeles to break into the film business. After an unsuccessful attempt to find employment at Industrial Light & Magic, the brothers worked on The X-Files film and founded their own special effects company, Hydraulx. The company produced special effects for films such as Volcano, The Day After Tomorrow, Poseidon and 300 and the brothers began a career directing commercials and music videos. Colin believes Hydraulx secured a strong relationship with 20th Century Fox, which owns the Alien and Predator franchises.
2. The brothers unsuccessfully pitched an idea for the first Alien vs. Predator film and Fox almost bought a film titled Wolfenstein suggested by the brothers, "When the script came up for this movie, they thought we'd be perfect for it because it's an ambitious movie for the budget that they had and they knew that having our visual effects background was going to be a huge thing." The brothers were hired to direct the sequel to Alien vs. Predator in late spring 2006 and had limited time to start filming in the fall. The film's original title was Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest, but was later dropped.
3. Filming on Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem on September 23, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada for a 52-day schedule. During filming breaks, the brothers supervised visual effects work on 300, Shooter and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer by using in-house supervisors and a system called Mavis and Lucy, which let the brothers track, view and approve dailies. Colin estimates Hydraulx produced 460 of the 500 visual effects shots including the nuclear explosion which was created using Maya fluids and BA Volume Shader. The interior of the Predator ship was created using CGI, as the brothers felt it would be more cost effective than building a set. The visual effects team peaked at 110 people for several months and averaged 70, almost all of the entire Hydraulx staff.
4. Using their knowledge in visual effects and making use of principal photography, the brothers tried to film as much as they could on camera without resorting to CGI, Colin said "other than the exterior spaceship shots, there are no pure CG shots." CGI was used for the Alien tails and inner jaws, whereas they required puppeteers and wire removal on previous films. The main visual effects of the film included set design, a nuclear explosion, the Predator's ship crashing and the Predator cloak, about which Colin stated: "We wanted to make sure it didn't look too digital."
5. As a side-note, in the DVD commentary the brothers explained that they want actor Adam Baldwin to reprise his role as Garber in Predator 2, but unable to do so, instead using Robert Joy as a new character. Additionally, while the previous installment attracted casual moviegoers as well as fans of the franchises, the film catered exclusively to Alien and Predator fans with many references to the previous films appearing in the film.
6. Composer Brian Tyler, was hired to the score for the film. The film's main theme track is a clash of two main themes, one consisting of the Predator type theme (bongos and basses) and the second of the Aliens (high pitched violins, violas and flutes). The directors Colin and Greg Strause wanted to take a new direction from Harald Kloser's Alien vs. Predator score and wanted Tyler to use some reference to the three films' original score pieces, such as the horrific violas and percussion from James Horner's Aliens and the primitive tribal percussion from Alan Silvestri's Predator and Predator 2. Tyler also referenced composer John Frizzel's Alien Resurrection into the score.
7. The film was released on home video in three versions: a single-disc, R-rated version of the 94-minute theatrical presentation, a single-disc unrated version extended to 101 minutes and a two-disc unrated version with the 101-minute film and a second disc of special features.
8. The original title for the movie was Aliens vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest.