many fan want different thing from this film . many fan and include myself and be hop to see lot and lot of action . one alien and predator battle after another . some fan be hop for a edge of your seat and truly terrify horror movie much like the original alien . no matter what you want and hope and or expect from this film you will be disappoint . the direction this film take be a horror route . it try to be like the original alien movie in the sense that the horror have to come more from the character and their fear than from the monster themselves . paul anderson try to show a little alien and predator a possible without be ridiculous and let the actor and character sell u the fear . now this sound like a good approach to a film and normally it would be . here however it be the reason the film fall flat on it face . the problem be be that the character aren not interesting and their actually paper thin cut out . and after a short while the character become boring and un interesting and then u begin to long for either an alien or a predator to show up and start kill people . but a i say and paul anderson try to hide the monster and show as little a possible much like the formula ridley scott and james cameron use for their film . and thats where the film fail . fan come to see this movie to see alien and predator fight . they do not come to see sanna lathan and the other people run around a dark pyramid . fan do not wait 14 year to see paper thin character run around all over the place . they go to see alien and predator . the film should have take the action route and give u large amount of avp battle . however paul anderson only give u one and count them one and true fight scene between an alien and predator . and that fight scene doesn not occur until half way through the film and it only last 2 minute . 2 minute . a a fan i do not wait this long to see a avp movie only to have one battle that last 2 minute . above i say true battle because there be technically another battle . it be between a predator and lex and and an alien queen . much like the first avp battle it be disappointingly short and 90 % of the battle focus on lex fight the queen than it do focus on the predator . after a while you begin to think the title alien vs. predator be inappropriate and instead should be call the adventure of lex . paul anderson direction leave out the two title character . the idea of hide your monster appearance till half way through the film and rely more on your character be a formula that have work in the past . it even potentially could have work here but in order for that to happen you need to do one thing . make the character more interesting . if your character be paper thin then the audience aren not go to care about them and then they quickly become bored . the film should have do be focus less on character and more on the monster . it amaze me so much on how the film lack on what the title promise .