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* MagnificentBastard: "[[WalkingArmory Wolf]]" is a Yautja dispatched to [[CleanupCrew contain the Predalien and Xenomorph outbreak]] in Colorado. Arriving on Earth and honoring his fallen comrades, Wolf uses deduction and a jar of acid to track down and eliminate all traces of Xenomorph presence, using laser traps and his bevy of weaponry to carve through dozens of Xenomorphs with ease. Taking time out of his mission to kill a [[AssholeVictim gun-wielding scumbag]] threatening a woman and child, Wolf murders a local deputy and uses another man as bait to lure more Xenomorphs to their doom. Meeting the otherwise unstoppable Predalien in singles combat, Wolf deals a killing blow against the monstrous creature and spends his last moments [[DefiantToTheEnd roaring defiantly]] in the Predalien's face even after it impales him.

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* MagnificentBastard: "[[WalkingArmory Wolf]]" is a Yautja dispatched to [[CleanupCrew contain the Predalien and Xenomorph outbreak]] in Colorado. Arriving on Earth and honoring his fallen comrades, Wolf uses deduction and a jar of acid to track down and eliminate all traces of Xenomorph presence, using laser traps and his bevy of weaponry to carve through dozens of Xenomorphs with ease. Taking time out of his mission to kill a [[AssholeVictim gun-wielding scumbag]] threatening a woman and child, Wolf murders a local deputy and uses another man as bait to lure more Xenomorphs to their doom. [[spoiler: Meeting the otherwise unstoppable Predalien in singles single combat, Wolf deals a killing blow against the monstrous creature and spends his last moments [[DefiantToTheEnd roaring defiantly]] in the Predalien's face even after it impales him.]]
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** The movie almost entirely skips over the Predalien slaughtering all the Predators on the ship at the beginning.

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** The movie almost entirely skips over the Predalien slaughtering all the Predators on the ship at the beginning. Which is especially noticeable when the last film established it's a ''big'' ship with at least one Elder onboard who was marked for successfully hunting Aliens.
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* ContestedSequel: Two groups of fans were split more or less when it comes to the movie: those who like it for its action scenes, increased gore, badass Predator and horror elements, and those who hate it for the needlessly high level of gore, the poor lighting, the Aliens nonsensical behaviour and violation of pretty much everything we've ever learned about them, them getting slaughtered by a single Predator, and the glee the movie seems to take in [[DeathOfAChild killing children]].

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* ContestedSequel: Two groups of fans were split more or less when it comes to the movie: those who like it for its action scenes, increased gore, badass Predator and horror elements, and those who hate it for the needlessly high level of gore, the poor lighting, the Aliens Aliens' nonsensical behaviour and violation of pretty much everything we've ever learned about them, them getting slaughtered by a single Predator, and the glee the movie seems to take in [[DeathOfAChild killing children]].
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* The movie almost entirely skips over the Predalien slaughtering all the Predators on the ship at the beginning.

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* ** The movie almost entirely skips over the Predalien slaughtering all the Predators on the ship at the beginning.
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* The movie almost entirely skips over the Predalien slaughtering all the Predators on the ship at the beginning.
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* Main/{{Narm}}: The infamous "''The government doesn't lie to people!''" line. At best, it IS funny, but not for the reasons the makers most likely intended. At worst, it's groan induncing.

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* Main/{{Narm}}: The infamous "''The government doesn't lie to people!''" line. At best, it IS funny, but not for the reasons the makers most likely intended. At worst, it's groan induncing.inducing.
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* Main/{{Narm}}: The "''The government doesn't lie to people!''" line. At best, it IS funny, but not for the reasons the makers most likely intended. At worst, it's groan induncing.

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* Main/{{Narm}}: The infamous "''The government doesn't lie to people!''" line. At best, it IS funny, but not for the reasons the makers most likely intended. At worst, it's groan induncing.
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* Main/{{Narm}}: The "''The government doesn't lie to people!''" line. At best, it IS funny, but not for the reasons the makers most likely intended. At worst, it's groan induncing.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: A common complaint is that the film tries ''way'' too hard to be as disturbing and viscerally disgusting as possible. The filmmakers' intent was for it to be more of a straight-up horror movie than its predecessor, in line with the previous ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films. Unfortunately, they cranked it up to eleven by giving the Predalien the ability to breed by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything shoving its fanged tongue down the throats of pregnant women,]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil injecting larvae into them,]] [[ArtisticLicenseBiology where they somehow make it to her womb]] [[{{Squick}} and devour her fetus to mature into a snakes nest of chestbursters]]. All these horrible events finally culminate in an extremely heavy-handed DownerEnding with [[spoiler:the government nuking the city]]. The result is a film that many consider too sadistic to enjoy.

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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: A common complaint is that the film tries ''way'' too hard to be as disturbing and viscerally disgusting as possible. The filmmakers' intent was for it to be more of a straight-up horror movie than its predecessor, in line with the previous ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films. Unfortunately, they cranked it up to eleven by giving the Predalien the ability to breed by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything shoving its fanged tongue down the throats of pregnant women,]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil injecting larvae into them,]] [[ArtisticLicenseBiology where they somehow make it to her womb]] [[{{Squick}} and devour her fetus to mature into a snakes nest of chestbursters]]. All these horrible events finally culminate in an extremely heavy-handed DownerEnding with [[spoiler:the government nuking the city]]. The result is a film that many consider too sadistic to enjoy. The "bleakness" part also gets more literal with many critics and viewer reviews complaining that the parts of the film that would have been enjoyable (like [[JustHereForGodzilla the titular conflict]]) were barely watchable because of how darkly lit the film is.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: A common complaint is that the film tries ''way'' too hard to be as disturbing and viscerally disgusting as possible. The filmmakers' intent was for it to be more of a straight-up horror movie than its predecessor, in line with the previous ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films. Unfortunately, they cranked it UpToEleven by giving the Predalien the ability to breed by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything shoving its fanged tongue down the throats of pregnant women,]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil injecting larvae into them,]] [[ArtisticLicenseBiology where they somehow make it to her womb]] [[{{Squick}} and devour her fetus to mature into a snakes nest of chestbursters]]. All these horrible events finally culminate in an extremely heavy-handed DownerEnding with [[spoiler:the government nuking the city]]. The result is a film that many consider too sadistic to enjoy.

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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: A common complaint is that the film tries ''way'' too hard to be as disturbing and viscerally disgusting as possible. The filmmakers' intent was for it to be more of a straight-up horror movie than its predecessor, in line with the previous ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films. Unfortunately, they cranked it UpToEleven up to eleven by giving the Predalien the ability to breed by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything shoving its fanged tongue down the throats of pregnant women,]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil injecting larvae into them,]] [[ArtisticLicenseBiology where they somehow make it to her womb]] [[{{Squick}} and devour her fetus to mature into a snakes nest of chestbursters]]. All these horrible events finally culminate in an extremely heavy-handed DownerEnding with [[spoiler:the government nuking the city]]. The result is a film that many consider too sadistic to enjoy.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A fan example. For years, fans wanted to see a Xenomorph attack on Earth. This film gave them what they wanted - and it was just another generic alien attack movie.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A fan example. For years, fans wanted to see a Xenomorph attack on Earth. This film gave them what they wanted - and it was just another generic alien attack movie.

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