Who would have thought the teaming of two of Hollywood's

most popular space creatures would pair up for the biggest comedy

of the summer? "Alien Vs Predator" isn't supposed

to be funny, but unfortunately it is a laughable mess.

Forget everything you know about the contrived mythology of

either monster. Some nut that has read one too many Erich Von

Daniken books has reinvented them both. Suffice to say that earth

is just a convenient hunting ground for the Predator people to

test their mettle against the serpent hoards of slimy, long-headed

aliens.

You see, zillions of years ago when Antarctica was a lovely,

grass covered continent, the barely barbaric humanoids were visited

taught to behave like Aztecs or Egyptians or Mayans or whatever.

They went crazy with the hieroglyphics and the virgin sacrifices

and every 100 years, Predator and Co. would show up to see how

their little experiment was going.

Before they left they would have a little alien implant session

and chase the dimwitted humans and the drooling aliens and whatever

else got in their way until nothing was left but a bad script.

Then they went