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On a Russian factory boat, up in the cold of the Bering Sea, working on a line, gutting fish, is Arkady Renko. Formerly an Investigator in Moscow, he now hides far from his enemies reach, unknown, undiscovered, unimportant. Until that is, one of the women workers is found caught up in a fishing net from an American trawler.The follow on from the amazing Gorky Park, Polar Star puts one of the most enjoyable lead characters in Arkady Renko, in the hostile environment of a fishing factory ship. Renko is everything you want in a hero, determined, honest, and incredibly likable.The plot twists and turns, doings its best to distract the reader, and Renko, from finding out what happened to the woman but it keeps the pages turning over at a rapid pace.Polar Star is as good as Gorky Park, brilliantly written and with a main character that could make any story a good one!

Humans discover a giant pyramid under the ice of Antarctica. What they think is a a relic of a past civilization turns out to be a killing ground for two breeds of killers. One is a cosmic hunter that lives to hunt while the other is a pure bred killing machine with acid for blood. The humans are just in the way.

Two well known and loved franchise collide in this adaptation of the comic book series. In the same way that people wondered who would win in a battle between Daleks and Cybermen, Aliens and Predators have fought in many deathmatches in the heads of fans around the world.

If truth be told, the only reason humans are even involved in the story is to insert some reference for the viewers, as simply watching the two groups of creatures would really not occupy the attention. A bit like watching a foreign movie without subtitles. Humans are also used as bait, fodder and for squishy deaths. The plot is not a great one and just exists to present the battle.

An ok movie if you are a fan of either franchise but not much more to redeem it.