Reviews

This movie is the most original horror film I have ever seen. It was so unpredictable that it really made me squirm. There's a overwhelming sense of dread right from the start even though everything seems humdrum normal. It almost has a documentary feel to it. Because you can't predict what's next and because the actors don't play the characters as stereotypes, the feeling of dread just keeps growing and growing until it does get almost unbearable. And the one shot gimmick really makes the film scarier because there is no relief and because its all from a police car camera you can't see what's outside of your view but you sure do hear it! The sound and music was outstanding and so were the actors who seemed like real people caught up instead of the typical sweat faced and blood covered actress you see running around chased by the typical (pick one knife, chainsaw, sadistic torture device) carrying maniac. It was how the film did what you couldn't see that made me so scared and paranoid. Just a very clever and inventive film. My negatives would be the title Invasion, which is about as unimaginative as it can be and I wish there were a few more incidents so the viewer can catch their breath. Bravo to this film.

While I admit to being a fan of the first AVP movie, this one was almost unbearably bad. Just a rehash of the first with nothing new. It seems very lazy that this storyline and these characters are the best that the writers could come up with. I get that trying to establish a new Ripley but it was so hollow an attempt that it never felt real. Everything felt dead and lifeless. With such great characters like the Alien and Predator, how could the movie miss so badly. They must have thought no one had ever seen the earlier Predator and Alien films so they could create new rules and a whole new mythology. It is easily one of the most empty headed boring films I have seen this year.