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Alien vs predator the hunt begins review
Alien vs predator the hunt begins review











Rather than follow one-dimensional cut-outs, The Reapers are given distinct, likeable personalities, and while they’re established in the opening chapters as being just about the most elite soldiers on Earth, they just aren’t prepared for the creature they’re hunting. That said, the book is a solid action/adventure of its own. This is somewhat true of The Predator: Hunters And Hunted, since it doesn’t reveal much all that shocking ahead of the movie. The trouble stems from the fact the books can’t contradict anything in the movie – or explore something that might appear in later movies – and often there’s not much that needs to be filled in narrative-wise anyway.

alien vs predator the hunt begins review

They can be gems like War For The Planet Of The Apes: Revelations or duds like Alan Dean Foster’s Alien: Covenant – Origins. Movie prequel tie-in novels can be a hit and miss affair. While those in charge of Stargazer struggle to keep it afloat, the sudden appearance of an especially brutal Predator gives the Reapers the chance to put their training to use – but it will be an even tougher fight than they expect. Sadly for them the government has lost faith in the operation since the last sighting of the creatures was way back in Predator 2. The book details the efforts of a group of soldiers called The Reapers, who are part of Project Stargazer, a government task force seeking to capture a Predator and study its technology.













Alien vs predator the hunt begins review