While Alien vs Predator does land low on our list, it’s worth noting that it is significantly better than AVP: Requiem.

It’s an odd attempt to add sociopolitical messaging to the story that only serves to distract from the action, which isn’t all that great to begin with. There’s a theme revolving around trust in government that’s thrown in during the final act when facehuggers have overthrown the town, and the “heroes” request evac from the military. The intent seems to be to emphasize the horror and mystique of the creatures by only showing them in glimpses-or perhaps they just wanted to save money and use darkness to hide the cheap effects-but the approach backfires big time. This has a lot to do with the way the movie is shot: Most of the footage of the xenomorphs and Predators are close-up and in near pitch-dark environments, making it almost impossible to get a clear view of what the hell is going on. It’s a cool idea on paper but falls completely flat. The “predalien” at the center of the plot is essentially the culmination of everything that happened in its predecessor, Alien vs. Xenomorphs and Predators waging bloody war in a sleepy little town isn’t necessarily the worst concept in the world, but it’s hard to get excited about all of the extraterrestrial violence when none of the human characters are interesting or worth giving a damn about. In a literal sense, there is a ton of blood on screen, but it has no meaningful effect. The plot, setting, characters, and action sequences are so dull and uninspired that they make two of the coolest movie monsters ever feel cheap and bloodless-at least figuratively speaking. No movie on this list misses the point as massively as Aliens vs. Is it possible that Prey or one of the other sequels could lay claim to the throne as the ultimate Predator movie? Read on to find out! 7. The latest movie in the franchise, Prey, is on Hulu now, so we thought we’d see how it stacks up against the rest of the franchise. A few of them could even be deigned unwatchable.

Some entries in the series are considered classics, and others are notorious pieces of trash. Like many a horror franchise, Predator has seen its share of ups and downs over the years.

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