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AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
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AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Adventure, Science Fiction, Action, Horror • 1h 40m

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Fox Blu-ray

Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago

Overview

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

Release details

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Length
100 mins
Type
Movie
Alternative Titles
AVP 1։ Alien vs. Predator, Alien vs Predator

Part of Alien

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Director: Ridley Scott

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Theatrical Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray 

2003 Directors Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray 

Video Notes:

(additional scenes appear to be upscaled)

Best Audio:

Original Theatrical 70mm 6-Track Stereo: Fox 4K Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 4.1)

Original Theatrical 35mm Matrixed Dolby Stereo: 1999 DVD? (2.0 mix on the UHD is a downmix)

2003 Directors Cut: Fox 4K Blu-ray, Fox Blu-ray (DTS-HD MA 5.1)

Director: James Cameron

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Any 2010s Fox Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Disney 4K Blu-ray has AI enhancement see youtube comparison

Director: David Fincher

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Directors: Colin Strause & Greg Strause

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Director: Ridley Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Additional Info:

4K release is missing the bonus disc from the old Collector's Edition Blu-Rays

Director: Ridley Scott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Director: Fede Álvarez

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney 4K Blu-ray

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Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Arrow includes the original theatrical sound mix in all its glory. All previous releases other than the 1996 AC-3 LaserDisc were tamed relative to the original theatrical DTS track.

The disc is authored by Duplitech, but doesn't exhibit any compression issues, though the image is pretty soft, that's likely just down to the stock used.

Old New Line Video LaserDiscs include an exclusive commentary track.

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray see caps

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Sony 4K Blu-ray (better compression on the France 4K Blu-ray, not sure if new Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook with DV is better)

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Metropolitan 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Sony 4K Blu-ray (better compression on the France 4K Blu-ray, not sure if new Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook with DV is better)

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Metropolitian 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

> Sony 4K Blu-ray (slightly better encoding on France 4K Blu-ray, not sure if the new Sony 4K Blu-ray Steelbook with DV is better) (note for the new Sony Steelbook, the forced subtitles are missing, France 4K Blu-ray probably doesn't have them too)

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Best English-Friendly:

Sony US 4K Blu-ray Steelbook included in 4K Blu-ray Steelbook Collection

Best Video:

Sony US 4K Blu-ray Steelbook included in the 4K Blu-ray Steelbook Collection

Video Notes:

> France Metropolitian 4K Blu-ray (better compression on the Sony disc)

Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

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Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray/BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion and BFI very similar

Best Audio:

Fox Lorber DVD

Director: Chris Columbus

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney+ has Streaming in 4K

Video Notes:

Fox has Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Fox LaserDisc

Director: Terence Young

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray despite frozen grain

Best Audio:

UK mix: 1984 CBS Fox VHS Hifi but missing one scene
International mix: WB 4K Blu-ray though source origin is unknown

1995 MGM stereo remix: 1998 LaserDisc and 2000 DVD fix gunbarrel dropout

Director: David Butler

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

The DVD isn't an official one, and according to a user review on Amazon:

This DVD comes from Archive.org, where the movie can be viewed for free. The original source, comes from the Fox Movie Channel

Director: James Cameron

4K · Disappointing
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray for original cuts without the extra scene added in the re-release and AI upscaling

Newer Blu-ray/4K has the extra scene, but is poor and has excessive AI upscaling

Additional Info:

An additional scene was added to the ending of the movie in the 2022 re-release: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=493908

Director: Peter Faiman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

International Cut: Paramount Blu-ray

Encore Cut: Germany Winkler Film 4K Blu-ray, censored but good encoding

Sources: movie-censorship.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

US Paramount 4K Blu-ray, is the International US Cut and not the Encore Cut

Best Audio:

Australia Cut: Laserdisc

Additional Info:

The film exists in three versions:
- the original Australian cut (~104 minutes at 24fps/~100 minutes at 25fps);
- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
- the Australian Encore Cut (~95 minutes at 24fps/~91 minutes at 25fps) which uses the international version source so it already has those alterations but also removes approximately three minutes consisting of parts of two scenes featuring Mick grabbing the crotch of a cross-dressing prostitute and a later sequence when he does the same thing at a party to a woman with a deep voice (a comparison of the international version and the Encore Cut can be found at Movie Censorship).

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Director: David O. Russell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox 4K Blu-ray

Directors: Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Fox 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Fox 3D Blu-ray has both the theatrical cut and the "Cretaceous Cut"

Additional Info:

Fox 3D Blu-ray has both the theatrical cut and the "Cretaceous Cut" which removes the dialogue and the framing device, essentially serving as a director's cut of the film. The "Cretaceous Cut" is not available on the 2D Blu-ray or on digital streaming.

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