Predators (2010)
★½ — Predators (2010)
Robert Rodriguez had been circling a Predators revival since the early 1990s, when he wrote an original script for 20th Century Fox that was shelved in favour of the sequel route. Nearly two decades later, Fox finally greenlit a version of that concept, with Rodriguez producing and Nimród Antal (the Hungarian-born director who had made the well-received Vacancy and Armoured) taking the chair. The film was positioned as a soft reset rather than a direct sequel, sidelining the continuity baggage of the two Alien vs. Predator entries and returning to the jungle-hunt premise of John McTiernan's 1987 original. Adrien Brody, coming off serious prestige work, was a notably unconventional choice for a muscled action lead, and his casting generated some pre-release scepticism.
The worst of the Predator franchise (and I include AVP in that) This should’ve been a slam dunk. Drop a bunch of hardened killers on an alien planet and let the Predators hunt them down. Easy, right? But somehow, it just ends up feeling like a limp retread with none of the suspense, grit, or charisma of the original. Adrien Brody as the action lead is… baffling. He tries his best with the gravelly voice and tough guy act, but it never really lands. The rest of the cast is a mixed bag of clichés and each one feels more like a video game character class than an actual person. The setting’s cool in theory, and there are a few decent action beats, but it never fully delivers. The Predators themselves aren’t scary anymore, they’re just there, going through the motions. There’s no tension, no real sense of dread. Just loud noises and muddy visuals. A couple of interesting ideas buried under a whole lot of wasted potential. It's not unwatchable, but it's a far cry from what a proper Predator sequel should’ve been.
Rating: ★½ | Year: 2010 | Watched: 2025-04-09
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