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The most brutal extra-terrestrial smackdown ever comes to DVD: Alien v. Predator 2: Requiem.

The sequel to the long awaited face off between two of the fiercest and feared species returns to the small screen as Alien vs Predator 2: Requiem is released on DVD courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - but this time they have upped the ante as hell is unleashed...on earth!

Released in a hardcore extended edition, this new DVD (also out on Blu Ray) delivers even more relentless carnage than ever before and boasts over seven minutes of additional unseen footage including large helpings of violence and gore.

'Predalien'

When a Predator ship crash-lands outside a little town in Colorado, one of most formidable creatures ever spawned is released onto human soil - the Predalien! This advanced specimen immediately sets out on a slaughter mission, but is soon pursued by a sole Predator who has been sent to clean up the mess. One by one the town’s inhabitants become targets of the Aliens and the Predator and the town becomes absorbed in relentless carnage between these two deadly extra-terrestrial lifeforms - with the humans caught in the middle!!

Directed by The Brothers Strause, Colin and Greg, whose visual effects house, Hydraulx, is renowned for it’s computer-generated wizardry on films such as 300, X-Men: The Last Stand and Fantastic Four, and featuring a worthy cast including Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me), Reiko Aylesworth (24, ER) and John Ortiz (American Gangster, Miami Vice, El Cantante), this action packed blood bath is an unmissable spectacle that truly delivers on DVD.

Here's what some of the critics have made of the film so far:

Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem is literally shrouded in darkness, and the only explicable reason for this pitch-black visual schema is that the filmmakers understood it was better if no one could see the **** they were shooting." - Nick Schager (Slant Magazine).

"It may not be classic sci-fi like the original Alien, which it has in its DNA, but it's a perfectly respectable next step in the series." - Neil Genzlinger (The New York Times newspaper).

"The action is rendered with such disconcertingly low light levels - and of course there is heavy rain for the climatic sequences - that it can be a strain to simply see what is occurring on-screen. Then again, maybe that's for the best." - Mark Olsen (The Los Angeles Times newspaper).

"An early but strong contender for worst movie of 2008." - Chris Hewitt (Empire Magazine).

"Does Alien vs. Predator: Requiem spell the end of the dual-monster franchise? Let's hope so..." - Christian Toto (The Washington Times newspaper).

"The world's most illogical and boring action-horror grudge-match between two dull trademarked franchise monsters is back on." - Peter Bradshaw (The Guardian newspaper).

Bonus features on the disc look like this:

Commentary with Director Colin and Greg Strause and Producer John Davis

Commentary by special effects designers Tom Woodruff and Alec Gillis

Prepare for the War: The Making of AVP 2 featurette

Fight to the finish: The making of AVP 2 featurette

AVP2: The nightmare returns: Creating the Aliens featurette

Crossbreed: The Predalien featurette

Building the Predator Homeworld featurette

AVP2: Science of the hunter featurette

Photo galleries

See also on Lifestyle:

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid... - H.R Gigers' striking design for the titular creature in Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi shocker Alien has been voted the scariest ever movie monster.

Extinction Event - Final installment in the Milla Jovovich starring Resident Evil blockbuster series: 'Extinction', hits UK cinemas.

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Alien vs Predator 2: Requiem is out now, on DVD and Blu Ray.

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