10 Reasons There Are Only 2 And A Half Good Alien Movies

5. We Don’t Care About Any Of These People

Alien vs. Predator started with several long scenes of Charles Weyland’s elite archeological/survivalist/redshirt team being assembled, exploring their motivations and relationships. Then Requiem did something similar with its cast or small town randoms. Some kid gets beaten up by his crush’s boyfriend, the kid knows the local cop, kid’s older brother is an ex-con or something oh god I don't care, most of these people die anyway and we don't give a damn about any of them. At least the first trilogy’s cast actually had something to do with the movie instead of milling around in a potted soap opera before dying.

It goes some way to demonstrating how little we care about the human cast when Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem can throw children and pregnant women into the xenomorphic meat grinder, and audiences barely notice.