NEWS: The Film Strain: Predators

CULTURE: The Film Strain: Predators

by Andrew E. Konietzky

What happened to the days of great summer films? Where have they gone, and when can we get them back? The film Predators, tries to give us a brief glimpse back to days of summer blockbusters. Too bad it is a fuzzy and empty look back.

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Maybe we’ve simply seen too many Predator movies. It’s obvious from the beginning what’s going to happen and who is going to do what. We have a group of killers, kidnapped and dropped on an alien planet where they’re hunted for sport. Aside from a single scene in which we see a bunch of weird moons, the alien planet looks exactly like that same old jungle we saw Arnold running around in back in 1987. The film contains more than one Predator, and that should be different and exciting, except you never really see more than two of them on screen at any time. Almost all of the film’s battles still take place between a single Predator and a single human.

The best part of the movie was the use of the original score from the first Predator movie.

Basically the movie is all jungle and no interesting action… literally. The film sets out to pay homage to the original movie by completely xeroxing it. It’s a well made film, and a bit fun, but you won’t be thrilled, excited, or scared by it in the least.

Maybe it’s time we put the Predator to bed, grab a seat on the next spaceship, and head off to newer galaxy.

Whilst I don't think it was the best film evar, I do disagree about not being excited by it.

I mean, consider this: There was a Predator, and there was a Yakuza guy. They had an awesome sword fight. This scene alone gets at least one star. AT LEAST.

It wasn't a "dream" Predator film, but then I don't think many went in expecting that, especially those of us who followed the trailers and pre-release info from Rob Rodriguez. But Predators fought people and other Predators, and they hinted at things like different Predator clans, and hunting their own kind. That was enough to keep me plenty interested and excited.

That battle with the Yakuza and Predator was beautiful.

I'm a dork for Predators, and I'm a dork for Japanese culture/samurai/Yakuza... So yeah. That scene made me almost pee a bit.

I think he failed to acknowledge the

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they were pretty cool.
I dunno I'm all for keeping the franchise alive for a better predator movie .

In my opinion, Predator was pretty cheesy, over macho but a good movie.
Predator 2 wasn't very good.
Alien Vs. Predator was bad
This one, was OK. Given the predator track record I'd say its the 2nd best one yet .

In a bit of google'n; I see that there were Predator movies released that I haven't seen.... and again, they don't look that good. So what are we really expecting from this franchise ^_^