![]() ![]() This alien game preserve is where the beasts test their skills, hunting not only humans but also creatures from other planets at one point, we see one of these alien creatures, its design based on the original design of the Predator.Īs it’s explained to us by Laurence Fishburne‘s Nolan, the sole survivor of a testing group who’s been hiding out on the planet for some time, the Predators evolve their skills and weaponry as they hunt and dispatch both humans and aliens alike in this controlled environment, becoming better, faster and stronger. The highly intriguing premise of Predators, one that wonderfully crystallizes the Yautja mythology, is that the human characters have been intentionally brought to what turns out to be a planet far beyond the reaches of Earth, which the titular monsters have turned into their own hunting grounds. And this particular jungle, well, it’s not of this Earth. But unlike the characters in Predator, Royce and company have no idea how they got there, several of them only recalling a flash of light before waking up in free fall. Soon, several other unsavory types (along with a seemingly out of place doctor) parachute from the skies as well, all of them into a very familiar looking jungle. ![]() The action begins with immediacy when we meet Adrien Brody‘s Royce, a mercenary who is violently free falling from the sky at the start of the film. Presented as a sequel to the original classic while never addressing the events of Predator 2, Antal’s film was essentially designed to be the Aliens to the 1987 film’s Alien, not just pluralizing the title but also delivering on it by unleashing multiple different beasts for a sequel both familiar and entirely new. If we didn’t respect it back then, it’s time we do now.Īt the time it was released, director Nimród Antal‘s Robert Rodriguez-produced Predators was the franchise’s first solo film since 1990’s Predator 2, coming in the wake of spinoff mashups Alien vs. New concepts? Not exactly, as they were all present in 2010’s Predators. This year’s Shane Black-directed The Predator will bring the Yautja clan back to the big screen for the first time in eight years, with the direct sequel to the original two films promising everything from “Predator Hounds” to multiple different Predators, some of which have been freshly upgraded. ![]() Laurence Fishburne disguised as a Predator isn’t even the coolest thing about this film. ![]()
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