Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
2007 film directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (stylized on-screen as AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator –Requiem) is a 2007 American science fiction horror film directed by the Brothers Strause from a screenplay by Shane Salerno. It is the second installment in the Alien vs. Predator franchise, and the sequel to Alien vs. Predator (2004).
Set immediately after the events of the previous film, the film begins with a Predator ship crashing into a forest outside of Gunnison, Colorado, where an Alien-Predator hybrid known as the Predalien escapes and makes its way to the nearby small town. Wolf, a skilled veteran "cleaner", is dispatched to kill the Predalien, and the townspeople try to escape the ensuing carnage. The film stars Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis and Ariel Gade.
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