I was pretty stoked…
On Monday I was to screen the new PREDATOR movie.
It had been 31 years since Arnold Schwarzenegger took on a faceless, ferocious fiend in South America. The original was a solid action thriller that picked you up and grabbed you by the…and did so until the very end.
Sadly, I can’t be as enthusiastic about this week’s new fourth installment in the iconic PREDATOR alien-hunter franchise.
To be honest, for my taste it plays like a cheesy B-movie, reminiscent of the old American-International sci-fi thrillers of the 50’s and 60’s.
On top of that the story line isn’t the easiest to follow, and some of the special effects sport the look of much earlier (and lesser) CGI creativity.
Granted PREDATOR 2 in 1990 already disappointed when compared to the original.
But this latest opus sure doesn’t do much to foster another the return of the series.
If there’s one thing I have to applaud it’s director Shane Black’s use of dark humor throughout the film.
Lots of cynical, witty one-liners and comedic throwaways competing with an unusually heavy, gory, bloody body count. But even here my critique lies with many of the funnies delivered in a seemingly forced style.
And so the hunt evolves when a young boy accidentally triggers the universe’s most lethal hunters return to earth.
But beware!
They’ve genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other alien species!
They’re now stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever—about an hour and forty seven minutes worth……..
Gamers, fans and purists will be the target audience for this 20th Century Fox sci-fi saga
But even they could leave the theater scratching their heads at some of the stuff they’ve just seen.
THE PREDATOR co-starring Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn and Jacob Tremblay grades a: C.
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You’re right it sucked
Hollywood and it’s populace of degenerate scumbag perverts have been out of original ideas for a long time. As such, we get constant reboots of old successful movies. I refuse to attend any of them.