Everything Actioncast: AVP: Alien vs Predator (2004)
This week on the Everything Actioncast, whoever wins, we lose because we’re talking about 2004’s AVP: Alien vs. Predator, which came out 20 years ago this week. There’s also a new Alien movie, Alien: Romulus, in theaters right now.
Directed by schlockmeister Paul WS Anderson, AVP: Alien vs Predator pits the two intergalactic entities against each other in an Antarctic pyramid discovered by Weyland Industries. The company’s head, Charles Weyland (Lance Henriksen) wants to claim the structure in his name as one last grand action before he dies from a terminal disease and he assembles a team that includes scientists, drillers and Alexa Woods (Sanaa Lathan), an expert guide in arctic environments. The group explores the pyramid but soon finds themselves caught between the Xenomorphs and the Predators, with the pyramid being a training ground for young Predator warriors to prove themselves or die in a rite of passage. Zach and Chris discuss how there was over a decade of hype for this battle from the comics and games, the lack of any interesting kills thanks to the PG-13 rating, how the Antarctic environment doesn’t affect anything, how quickly most of the Predators die, and more.
You can watch AVP: Alien vs Predator on Hulu. Next week, we’re talking about John Woo’s action classic The Killer as the new version, also directed by Woo, hits Peacock.
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