The Predator

The Predator (2018) doesn’t know what makes this franchise tick — presumably because when it did tick, it wasn’t yet a franchise. One of the reasons the original Predator works is that it is deadly serious about itself, or at least it looks that way. Both the shooting of the film and its plot come down to an alpha male pissing contest. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s and Jesse Ventura’s egos alone ensu...

This movie is **definitely** not in touch with the other entries in the Predator series. The pacing is very fast. There is a lot of comedy and corny acting. The CGI is good at least. Honestly painful to watch. I think the target radiance was kids? If not for the gore and the 3 swear words.

Geronimo1967

3y ago

5.0

Boyd Holbrook - a sort of love child of Mel Gibson and Michael Biehn - is the army sniper hero ("McKenna") who finds himself on the wrong end of the law after he and his team encounter the eponymous killing machine in the forest. Lucky to escape with his life, and a few souvenirs from the wreckage, he makes his way to a cantina where he posts his trophies to his wife and son before being taken int...