Yeah, I’m gonna see it. There, I said it.
If this trailer doesn’t add the “official” stamp to the production of AVP:Requiem (the sequel to the first release), I’m not sure what will. The original, a flop-story hybrid of two massive franchises, was a special effects treat and not much else. However, if you are enamored by both of these creatures as I am, you didn’t care. And with that, I welcome this next installment.
From what I can gather, the sequel takes place in a secluded town that’s just waiting to be overrun by the baddies (and why wouldn’t it). We trade the cold, windswept temples of the arctic for the warm, humid skies of the southern regions. This fact totally baffles me, and here’s why: didn’t we cater to Predator enough in the first movie? Now we’re moving him to the more comfortable hunting grounds that he’s used to from his series? Man, my beloved aliens get no love.
Requiem definitely seems to have gone the horror route (based on the trailer), throwing in sci-fi as more of an afterthought. Blood and guts abound in this flick, and it doesn’t seem like anyone will be making friends with either of the races (a fact that I much lamented in the first movie). I did however see a bright-eyed young teenager in the trailer who will no doubt live until the end of the movie and assume some type of heroic role. Ugh.
Anyway, check out the trailer – I still am mystified that they are making a sequel to this, but there’s no mistaking the smile on my face. 
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