Alien vs. Predator (movie)
Alien vs. Predator is a 2004 American horror science fiction crossover movie directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. It is the first movie which stars the extraterrestrial antagonists, the Aliens (Xenomorphs) and the Predators (Yautja) in the same plot, and as deadly enemies of each other.
Plot
[change | change source]Set in 2004, Alien vs. Predator follows a group of paleontologists, archaeologists and others assembled by billionaire businessman Charles Bishop Weyland for an expedition to Bouvet Island, a remote Norwegian island north of Antarctica, after a mysterious heat signal is discovered under the ice cap. Weyland and the group discover a pyramid buried beneath the ice cap. However, the structure is an ancient hunting ground where Predators stalk and kill Aliens for sport. The humans are caught between them and start getting killed by them and must fight to survive and escape the place.
Cast
[change | change source]- Ian Whyte as Scar the Yautja
- Sanaa Lathan as Alexa "Lex" Woods
- Roaul Bova as Sebastian de Rosa
- Lance Henriksen as Charles Bishop Weyland
Sequel
[change | change source]It was followed by a sequel, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, in 2007, starring Ian Whyte as Wolf the Yautja.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Alien vs. Predator on IMDb
- Alien vs. Predator title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Alien vs. Predator at AllMovie
- Alien vs. Predator at Metacritic
- 2004 science fiction movies
- 2004 horror movies
- 2000s monster movies
- American science fiction horror movies
- British science fiction movies
- British horror movies
- Canadian science fiction movies
- Canadian horror movies
- German science fiction movies
- German horror movies
- Czech science fiction movies
- Czech horror movies
- Horror crossover movies
- American monster movies
- Predator movies
- Alien movies
- English-language movies
- Movies set on islands
- 20th Century Fox movies
- Movies directed by Paul W.S. Anderson