Passes the Bechdel test

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Name: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Released: 2007

2007. Directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause, written by Shane Salerno and Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
15 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 141.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

Following the Antarctic bloodshed in Alien vs. Predator (2004), a crippled Predator spaceship crash-lands in the dense forest of Gunnison, Colorado. But no one can escape from the aggressive Aliens (1986). As a vicious Predalien hybrid and myriads of Stage 1 Face-hugger Xenomorphs scatter in all directions, the Earth becomes a battlefield for two extraterrestrial species fighting for supremacy. With humans caught up in a brutal face-off, it is up to Sheriff Eddie Morales and a handful of inexperienced residents to defend the city. However, motivation alone is not enough--this time, the fate of humankind hangs in the balance.

Released: 25 Dec 2007
Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Rated: R
IMDb: 4.6 / 10
Metascore: 29 / 100
Awards: 5 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Dallas 91 lines, man
Ricky 85 lines, man
Kelly 59 lines, woman
Sheriff Morales 44 lines, man
Jesse 39 lines, woman
Molly 39 lines, woman
Tim 37 lines, man
Dale 22 lines, man
Karl 15 lines, man
Darcy 14 lines, woman

Full cast, 51 people

David Paetkau as Dale
Sam Trammell as Tim
Steven Pasquale as Dallas Howard
Reiko Aylesworth as Kelly O'Brien
John Ortiz as Sheriff Eddie Morales
Johnny Lewis as Ricky
Ariel Gade as Molly O'Brien
Kristen Hager as Jesse
Robert Joy as Col. Stevens
Ian Whyte as Predator
Tom Woodruff Jr. as Alien
Chelah Horsdal as Darcy
Meshach Peters as Curtis
Matt Ward as Mark
David Hornsby as Drew
Chris William Martin as Deputy Ray
James Chutter as Deputy Joe
Phil Buhler as Deputy
Kevin Haaland as Deputy
Gina Holden as Carrie
Kurt Max Runte as Buddy
Liam James as Sam
Tim Henry as Dr. Lennon
Tom McBeath as Karl
Ty Olsson as Nathan
Anthony Harrison as Ritchie
Lloyd Berry as Homeless Harry
Rekha Sharma as Nurse Helen
Catherine Lough Haggquist as Tina
Victoria Bidewell as Pregnant Sue
Dalias Blake as Lt. Wood
Tim Perez as Mr. Thomas
Rainbow Sun Francks as Earl
Juan Riedinger as Scotty
Val Cole as Broadcaster
Andrew Hedge as Tank Driver
Ryan Robbins as Truck Driver
Curtis Caravaggio as Special Forces Commander
Françoise Yip as Ms. Y
John Wardlow as Homeless Guy
Nesta Chapman as Homeless Lady
Ian Feuer as Additional Predator
Bobby 'Slim' Jones as Additional Predator
Glen Brkich as National Guard
Jay-Lyn Green as Pregnant Woman
Lili Wexu as Pregnant Woman
Adrian Hough as ER Resident Doc
Karen van Blankenstein as ER Doctor #2
Shareeka Epps as Kendra (uncredited)
Michal Suchánek as Nick
Frank Meschkuleit as Additional Performances (puppeteer)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 141

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	1
4 to 6	0	0
7 to 9	0	2
10 to 12	0	26
13 to 15	16	12
16 to 18	1	16
19 to 21	16	29
22 to 24	0	0
25 to 27	0	27
28 to 30	2	24
31 to 33	19	5
34 to 36	2	1
37 to 39	1	3
40 to 42	0	2
43 to 45	0	3
46 to 48	2	5
49 to 51	0	2
52 to 54	8	11
55 to 57	0	2
58 to 60	1	6
61 to 63	0	12
64 to 66	1	17
67 to 69	30	15
70 to 72	0	0
73 to 75	3	3
76 to 78	2	3
79 to 81	2	0
82 to 84	1	2
85 to 87	6	5
88 to 90	0	4
91 to 93	1	17
94 to 96	4	8
97 to 99	1	9
100 to 102	3	4
103 to 105	4	4
106 to 108	5	15
109 to 111	5	2
112 to 114	1	0
115 to 117	15	27
118 to 120	6	6
121 to 123	10	25
124 to 126	0	0
127 to 129	3	4
130 to 132	1	0
133 to 135	3	8
136 to 138	2	2
139 to 141	1	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

MOLLY: MOMMY ! KELLY: Wow. You are so big. KELLY: Hey. Hey. MOLLY: Mom, did you bring me something?

KELLY: Maybe I have Something else. MOLLY: Wow. So cool. What is it? KELLY: That’s the ATN - PVS7. MOLLY: Mom, I don’t speak Rambo.

MOLLY: What’s this mean? F...L...1I...R. KELLY: Forward looking infrared. It makes everything green. I’11 show you how they work later. MOLLY: How far do they see? KELLY: A thousand yards. That’s ten football fields.

KELLY: Yeah...I saw things. KELLY: You’re really good. MOLLY: Want me to show you how to play? KELLY: Yeah, I’d like that.

KELLY: She’s not losing her parents. It’1ll just be different. Molly, honey, come eat. CARRIE: How’s the job hunt going?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 33 are women's.

178 lines from women, 369 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

15 women and 36 men in the cast. 7 women and 26 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 44 of 578. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 50 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 27% of the words (1,260), men 73% (3,376). Women have 33% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Colin Strause (man), Greg Strause (man)
Written by: Shane Salerno (man)
Produced by: John Davis (man), David Giler (man), Walter Hill (man)
Shot by: Daniel Pearl (man)
Edited by: Dan Zimmerman (man)
Music by: Brian Tyler (man)
Production design by: Andrew Neskoromny (man)
Costumes by: Angus Strathie (man)
Cast by: Mindy Marin (woman), Heike Brandstatter (woman), Coreen Mayrs (woman)