Alien vs. Predator
Alien vs. Predator (also known as AVP: Alien vs. Predator) is a 2004 science fiction action film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen and Ewen Bremner. It is the first film installment of the Alien vs. Predator franchise, adapting a crossover bringing together the eponymous creatures of the Alien and Predator series, a concept which originated in a 1989 comic book. Anderson wrote the story together with the creators of the Alien franchise, Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, and Anderson and Shane Salerno adapted the story into a screenplay. Their writing was influenced by Aztec mythology, the comic book series, and the writings of Erich von Däniken. In the film, scientists are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Aliens and Predators as they attempt to escape a bygone pyramid.
Plot
In 2004, a satellite detects a mysterious heat bloom beneath Bouvetøya, an island about off the coast of Antarctica. Wealthy industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland (Lance Henriksen) discovers through thermal imaging that there is a pyramid buried beneath the ice. He attempts to claim it for his multinational communications company, Weyland Industries, a subsidiary of the Weyland Corporation, and assembles a team of experts to investigate. The team includes archaeologists, linguistic experts, drillers, mercenaries, and a guide named Alexa "Lex" Woods (Sanaa Lathan).
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| author | Paul W. S. Anderson Shane Salerno |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Antarctica |
| director | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| editor | Alexander Berner |
| genre | action adventure horror science fiction thriller |
| keywords | abandon alien alien queen bouvet island bouvetøya bury capture cloaking device create cryogenic stasis cryopreservation facehuggers hieroglyph how to human rib cage human skeleton kill ocean floor predalien predator pyramid queen b requiem rib cages rite of passage run satellite shuriken snowcat their way trap uncloak whale whaling station |
| musicBy | Harald Kloser |
| producer | David Giler Gordon Carroll John Davis Walter Hill |
| productionCompany | Brandywine Productions Davis Entertainment Company Impact Pictures Stillking Films |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Czech Republic Prague |
| theme | extraterrestrial life science fiction action science fiction horror sequel |