When a private satellite encounters an unidentified source of heat in
Antarctica and it is found to be a pyramid buried deep underground , a
search team comprising of top-of-the-line archaeologists and engineers is
sent to Antarctica to find out more . Once there , the team comes across
signs which indicate that the place is inhabited by an unknown alien
species . It is not long before the aliens begin to hunt the team members .
At the same time , a trio of coming-of-age Predators have arrived to
collect the skulls of the aliens as trophies , and the humans are caught
between a deadly battle between the two warring species .
An expedition of archaeologists on Earth discover an Aztec temple hidden
under the Antarctic circle, housing a host of Alien creatures. A group of
coming-of-age Predators have also come to the temple, as it has long been a
training ground for their race. From there on, it's Aliens vs. Predators,
with the humans caught in the middle.
Set in the early 21st century on Earth, Charles Weyland, an industrialist
billionaire, leads an archaeological expedition in Antartica. Using thermal
imaging satellites, Weyland believes to have discovered the ruins of an
ancient pyramid temple that predates the Egyptian and Aztec pyramids buried
under the ice. Once inside, the team finds the remains of humans with holes
in the rib cage and the remains of facehuggers, meaning that the
possibility of the temple being uninhabited is very unlikely. To make
matters worse, a group of teenage Predators are coming to the temple to
perform a coming-of-age ritual that involves fighting to the death with the
aliens. Soon, it becomes clear that only one species is getting out alive.
Since the beginning of time, the Predators, the feared, hulking alien game
hunters, have come to Earth for one simple reason: to engage in a coming of
age ritual. To become "men," the teenage Predators have to hunt down a hive
of Alien warriors and successfully defeat them and claim the skull as its
trophy. However, during one hunting session, the easily aggravated Aliens
fight back, leading to the destruction of the two species and the Aztec
people who worshiped the Predators as Gods. Nearly two thousand years
later, billionaire industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland rediscovers the
pyramid, buried thousands of feet under the ice of Antarctica, with his
satellites. Knowing that he has discovered something important, Weyland
fixes up a team, led by Lex Woods, and heads down to the Antarctic to find
the pyramid. But once they get there, the enslaved Queen Alien awakens from
her sleep, which results in the production of new eggs and Facehuggers. And
to make matters worse, the new hunting clan of teenage Predators, led by
the brash and violent Celtic, have arrived, ready to hunt down both the
Aliens and the humans within...
Thousands of years ago, huntsmen (the predators) found planet earth. While
there, they trained humans to build and were reverenced as Gods. Every
century, these "Gods" would go back to Earth, and when they did, they
expected a sacrifice. Humans were used as livestock to breed the vital prey
(the aliens). The predators would now combat the prey to establish
themselves creditable or to "carry the mark" of becoming adults. If the
huntsmen (the predators) find themselves losing the battle, they would then
self destruct in order to make sure that nothing survives. Billionaire
Weyland thinks that he has exposed the remains of an early pyramid temple,
that is a cross between the Egyptian and Aztec pyramids. It was hidden
under the ice of Bouvetøya Island in the Antarctic Ocean. Now, what
industrialist Charles Weyland and his comprised team of engineers and
scientists didn't know was that the predators have set a trap for them.
They have lured them to this remote location using a heat beam picked up by
Weyland's satellite. This was done to make sure that the aliens had hosts
to breed in. As the humans battle both predators and aliens, predators and
aliens also have a battle of the species which will leave only one race
standing.