When audiences caught a glimpse of an alien skull mounted in the trophy cabinet of a Predator in the 1990 film PREDATOR 2, it seemed a franchise was about to be born. Sure enough, comic book artists immediately seized on the possibilities suggested by the brief scene, and a number of skirmishes between the deadly foes were played out on the printed page. Fans have had to endure a lengthy wait for a cinematic match-up, but writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson (EVENT HORIZON) has finally delivered the blood-splattered goods in ALIEN VS. PREDATOR. Set in the near future, a team of archaeologists lead by Charles Wiedland (Lance Henriksen, returning for more ALIEN action after appearances in the second and third films) ventures towards an inexplicable "hot zone" detected in Antarctica. Joined by Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan) and the requisite amount of human fodder for the otherworldly creatures to feast on, Wiedland and his cohorts discover a sizeable underground pyramid. Chaos ensues as they awake the Queen alien from her blissful slumber, causing face-hugging and chest-bursting scenes aplenty. But the ailing crew has a further quandary to grapple with in the shape of some fearsome Predators, who are using the aliens as bait for their offspring to brawl with in an ancient initiation ritual. With the human team trapped in the labyrinth-like pyramid, the battle evolves into a nail-biting three-way tussle between the archaeologists and their extraterrestrial adversaries. Fans of both the ALIEN and PREDATOR movies should find much to satiate their appetites here, and with an ending suggesting further hostilities between the pernicious coupling, this one looks set to run and run.

Theatrical Release: August 13, 2004

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Spanish
DTS - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes: (3)
Alternate Scenes: Alternate Opening
Featurette:
1. Dark Horse's First Edition
2. "Making of" the AVP Comic Books
3. Graphic Novel Sneak Peek (16 pages)
Behind the Scenes:
1. Making of Featurette
2. Inside Look: Intro Animation
3. Inside Look: Mr. and Mrs. Smith
4. Inside Look: Elektra
Audio Commentary:
1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Director, Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan - Stars
2. Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Bruno - Special Effects Crew
Text/Photo Galleries:
Galleries: Darkhorse AVP Comic Covers Galley (65)

Sanaa Lathan: American actress, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR
Raoul Bova: Italian Actor, AVENGING ANGELO (2002)
Ewen Bremner: Actor, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (2004)
Colin Salmon: Narrator, EMPIRES - HOLY WARRIORS (2005)
 Tommy Flanagan Trio: Jazz Musicians
Lance Henriksen: American character actor, Bishop of ALIEN series/Millennium
Agathe de La Boulaye: Actor, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (2004)
Carsten Norgaard: Actor

Paul Anderson: British Director/ SHOPPING, MORTAL KOMBAT etc.

John Davis: Producer
Walter Halsey Davis: Screenwriter
Gordon Carroll: 

Paul Anderson: British Director/ SHOPPING, MORTAL KOMBAT etc.
Shane Salerno: Screenwriter, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (2004)

Harald Kloser: GERMAN COMPOSER

Alex Berner: Editor, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (2004)

"[A] dark, handsome, well-designed film..."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's all spectacle with big effects and ornate sets and speaker-rumbling noise..."
"[C]reature-on-creature action that will set your inner adolescent stirring, if not quite bursting out of your chest."