Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem: Digital Copy Special Edition Extreme Unrated Set Review

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Title: Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem: Digital Copy Special Edition Extreme Unrated Set

Region: A

Genre: Sci-Fi Action Thriller

Stars: Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Ariel Grade, Gina Holden, Lloyd Berry, and Adrian Hough

Writer: Shane Salerno

Based On The “Alien” Characters Created By: Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett

Based On The “Predator” Characters Created By Jim and John Thomas

Director: Colin and Greg Strause

Feature length: 94 minutes/101 minutes

Extras: AVP-R: Preparing For War, AVP-R: Fight To The Finish, AVP-R: The Nightmare Continues, AVP-R: Creating The Aliens, AVP-R: Creating The PredAlien, AVP-R: Creating The Predator Homeworld Featurettes, Still Galleries, Feature Length Audio Commentary With Directors Colin and Greg Strause and Producer John Davis, Commentary By Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis, Trailers, Fox On Blu-ray Disc Trailers, Previews, Weyland-Yutani Archives Blu-ray Exclusive Picture-In-Picture Interactive Reference Guide, Digital Copy Of The Theatrical Cut For Portable Players

Languages: English DTS Digital 5.1 HD Master Audio and French and Spanish Language Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Audio

Subtitles: English Subtitles For The Deaf And Hearing Impaired and Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Korean Subtitles

Packaging: Two-Disc Blue BD Case

Chapter Stops: 28

Sound: DTS Digital 5.1 HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Year of Theatrical Release: 2007/Blu-ray Disc Release: 2008

Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Home Video Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

MPAA Rating: R & Unrated Versions Included

Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera – The Brooklyn Critic

Picking up right from where the first film left off with the birth of the PredAlien chestburster from the body of Scar, the Predator protagonist from the previous film, Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem literally hits the ground running with the PredAlien quickly growing to adult size and then stowing away aboard a shuttle that breaks away from the mother ship only to crash somewhere in the forests surrounding a small Colorado town. The PredAlien along with a bunch of face huggers quickly find new hosts among some hapless people and the cycle begins again. When a distress report reaches the Predator homeworld, a lone Predator travels to Earth to clean up the evidence and destroy the Xenomorph hybrid.

Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem is a rare sequel that is better than the previous entry, yet together both films feel like bookends that form a bridge between Predator 2, which featured the skull of a Xenomorph among the trophies aboard the Predator ship and the original Alien and if all goes well, we might get a third film that would reveal the Alien homeworld and possibly the Space Jockeys as well as further bridge the two franchises closer while opening the door for new adventures and thrillers to be told. While I like the character of Ripley in the Alien films, in many ways I feel that to continue that character’s story post Alien Resurrection can only lead to one of two outcomes. Either Ripley dies again since as long as she lives, her hybrid DNA contains a means for the aliens to return and who knows what side effects are yet in store for her alone. The other possibility is she doesn’t die and maybe we even include members from the Predator and Space Jockey species for the third AVP film/quasi-sequel to Alien Resurrection, but not being entirely human or even entirely a Xenomorph means that her destiny could still end up with her character living, but forever without a true home and thus forever alone. So while it could be exciting to see what might happen, I think I am happy that series as is and if there is a future film, I’d rather see the bridge the Strause Brothers hint at in the feature length audio commentary that is included for both the theatrical and unrated versions on Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem: Digital Copy Special Edition Extreme Unrated Set.

The audio commentaries for the theatrical cuts are actually edited down versions of the two feature length audio commentaries included on the unrated edition this Blu-ray Disc. Producer Don Davis accompanies the Brothers Strause on their commentary and the brothers have a great encyclopedic knowledge of both the Predator and Alien franchises and pay their respect to the first film too. Unfortunately screenwriter Shane Salerno could not accompany the Directors and Producer on this audio commentary because at the time it was recorded, the Writers Guild strike was still going on. ADI founders Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis also provide a humorous audio commentary for the film, in which they plug their recent book release Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem – Inside The Monster Shop, which is available on Amazon.com and having personally purchased both the hardcover editions for this book and their previous book covering Alien Vs. Predator, I can say without hesitation that if you liked the first book and are a fan of the movies, the new one is a must have addition to your bookshelf.

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A collection of 16 by 9 featurettes covering AVP-R: Preparing For War (15:32), AVP-R: Fight To The Finish: Post Production (12:13), AVP-R: The Nightmare Continues: Creating The Aliens (7:34), AVP-R: Creating The PredAlien (8:21), and AVP-R: Creating The Predator Homeworld (6:37) are included on the Blu-ray Disc release as well as supporting still galleries covering select designs, scenes, and images from the production set. Both the green band and red band trailers are presented in 1080p high definition where available with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (4:29) and there are additional Fox on Blu-ray Disc trailers (7:03) that include Alien Vs. Predator, Behind Enemy Lines, The Transporter, and Planet Of The Apes (2001). Trailers for Jumper and Hitman (4:15) precede the main menu. The BD Java enhanced menus are well rendered and easy to navigate.

Exclusive to the Blu-ray Disc release is the interactive picture-in-picture reference guide Weyland-Yutani Archives, which takes the user deep within the mainframe circa December 2, 2185 and gives detailed account of the Xenomorph (Alien) and Yauja (Predator) species covering all of the films, with the notable exception of Alien Resurrection since at that time Weyland-Yutani no longer exists. One wonders if this is the mainframe information that Winona Ryder’s android character of Call accessed along with others in her line prior to the events of Alien Resurrection. This feature will work in most Blu-ray Disc players, but you must have a player with the new profiles to access the picture-in-picture information that includes Fast Data, 3D computer simulations, Historical Images and more. It is a terrific taste of what Blu-ray Disc and a well developed franchise mythology can deliver to its audience. The second disc in the set contains the digital copy of the theatrical cut for portable devices like the I, Pod.

Both the R-rated theatrical version and unrated versions present Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem complete with added footage marker, are presented on the first disc in up to 1080p high definition widescreen with English DTS Digital 5.1 HD Master Audio as well as French and Spanish Language Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired and Spanish, Cantonese Mandarin, and Korean Subtitles encoded as options. To remark that Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem looks and sounds fantastic on Blu-ray Disc is stating the obvious. It has to be seen to be truly appreciated.

Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem: Digital Copy Special Edition Extreme Unrated Set is available on Blu-ray Disc now at retailers on and offline courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

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