In AVP, we see Lance Henriksen as Charles Bishop Weyland, CEO of the company, and are given a sense of what drives the company’s achievements in exploration, satellite communication, and robotics: legacy. She’s a fantastic character, and – attention, Shane Black, if you’re gearing up for a sequel – we’d love to see her return to the series. Predator) – her initial horror develops into curiosity, admiration, empathy, compassion, and remorse in a way that others might render mawkish. More, Lathan’s screen time with Scar displays her impressive range as an actor (yes, we did just say that in a piece about Alien vs. Lathan brings great physicality to the role, using a spear and shield crafted from an Alien’s carapace to fight an Alien Queen.
She is the definition of “cooler heads prevailing” when among her scientist cohorts, but she has no trouble mixing it up with the Aliens and Predators – so much so that the Predator Scar takes her as an apprentice and eventually uses Alien blood to brand her with a warrior’s mark, rendering her an honorary Predator.
Woods is a pragmatic and resourceful guide for the Weyland Industries expedition to a Predator temple. Sanaa Lathan is fantastic in the film as Alexa “Lex” Woods, a mountaineer and environmental technician who is, in many ways, modeled after Noguchi. She would go on to be a series staple and fan-favorite character. Predator borrowed heavily from the Dark Horse-published comic of the same name, which featured Machiko Noguchi, human protagonist-turned-Predator protégé. Don’t believe us? Read on for some reasons why you should revisit it sometime.ĪVP: Alien vs. And it is, without a doubt, better than some of its contemporaries. It has a great cast, a fantastic set-up, and more than enough action and fan-service for a nerdgasmic experience, if you’re a fan of either franchise. Predator – our levels of respect are such that we will use the full name! – is almost criminally underrated. But, looking back – more fondly than we expected – as we near the release of Shane Black’s The Predator, we’ve come to a strange realization: AVP is actually pretty good. And pretty much everyone thought the AVP-colon business in the title was just stupid. Predator: The 2004 sci-fi thriller so nice they named it twice, sitting pretty with a 20% Tomatometer score and 39% Audience Score. Critics felt it was toothless and scare-free, while YOU felt it bungled the Alien franchise’s far-future continuity. (Just check out our list of Rotten movies we love.) Enter AVP: Alien vs. Just like you at home, we at Rotten Tomatoes – the writers and staffers who bring you the site’s original content – don’t always agree with the Tomatometer verdict.
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