ok wtf is this sh!t?
A GARBAGE AND WASTE OF TIME
This is ok. The action is decent. The jokes don't always work but the ones that do are funny. The story makes no sense and people seem to fast travel instantly. Most of the characters are completely forgettable. It feels like it trying to be raunchy just for the sake of being raunchy. But I still had some fun with it.
From the first shot, I felt as though I were watching a Netflix original on my phone in the toilets.
I am finding it difficult to say one nice thing about the movie amidst the ridiculous story, laughable WTFs, absurd special effects, and sets dating back to the original Star Trek. Perhaps the best thing that can be said about this film is that the actors didn't make it worse.
The Predator should take a cue from its namesake and remain unseen.
Not a predator movie that we are expected. The worst among all predator movies. Very badly written.
I genuinely enjoyed this movie and it was better than expected! I really enjoyed the cast and the interaction between them. It wasn't the forced "we're men so we should behave bad-ass 24/7" BS, it was a much more funny yet realistic group!
The plot regarding the Predators themselves in this movie tended to be a little bit brushed off, but I still liked it nonetheless.
Bingo!! Nailed it. Great addition to the franchise.
Horrible movie, insult to the old ones, this film is more like a predator parody.
I went into the movie with zero expectations and left having a good time. Things that I liked: they gave a nod to the previous movies yet didn't try to capitalize on anything in them; the characters were fun and not your typical copies of every action film out there. What made the movie less than stellar: too many locations for the characters that felt contrived and non-linear for the viewer. Best advice on viewing: shut your brain off and just enjoy the fun.
There was a phase of about 5 or 6 minutes when I really enjoyed the movie. It was the only moment when the events and humor somehow made sense and did fit together. And the characters were somewhat likeable.
But the complete rest is just idiotic trash.
Can't we get Olivia Munn into something better?
I hope to never watch this movie again
Really?Is this the best you can do???
Okay so what we have here. Stupid story, group of retards that are surprisingly funny (but not that much), a woman (of course that type which is so f♥cking brave and strong because if she was not feminist can accuse this movie), kiddo oh and yes - Predator. I really enjoyed bloody scenes and Predator itself. The second Predator too. Yeah that bigger one with exoskeleton as part of his body. Pretty good looking handsome Predator. It is not suprise for me that story in this movies sucks... but I was quite satisfied with what I saw. I always had big passion for Predator as character so actually I do not care that much that plot was stupid. It had Predator and awesome scenes with him and I am satisfied.
This is how you fuck up a franchise...
I wasn't expecting much & I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought. Others are crapping all over it but as an over the top action B-movie, it's great!
Rated R as it should be; plenty of on-screen gore. The predator has a lot of on-screen time and it's a guy in a suit rather than CGI.
There's plenty of humor and the action doesn't stop for the entire duration of the film. Felt a lot like the classic popcorn flicks of old but with fancier technological effects.
It may not be a very good movie but it was definitely highly entertaining. Loved the nods to the old Predator films.
I just don't understand why people didn't like it, it was great.
Not only did this movie stink, but the social justice warriors had to add in their nonsense. Can't they just leave movies alone? Maybe it's just Olivia Munn and her crappy acting. Humans will be extinct in one generation due to global warming? Pedal that nonsense somewhere else.
Okay. I see why people badmouth this. It’s silly. The story is all over the place. There are multiple small story errors and ridiculous plot points. Buuuuut, it’s still fun. I enjoyed the majority of it and stayed focused throughout. There’s some pretty funny lines, good casting and lots of action. It’s far from perfect and not the new Predator film I was hoping for, but I hope it’s just a placeholder until the next one.
A fantastic movie to watch after a long day at the office and you just want to zone out and switch off your brain (or at least the critical thinking side of it). As one commenter stated, the plot is ridiculous, the continuity is broken, and the acting is relatively subpar with a few exceptions. But there is explosions, decent jokes, an asshole blowing his own head off on accident, and Olivia Munn. Worth the watch, but don't expect an Oscar-winning movie...
Shane WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is blasphemy...
Well, that was a ride but unfortunately in a bad direction. First Predator movie was greate, second one was more or less OK but this one... I can't even subscribe my feelings. It's stupid, non-logical with non-interesting characters at all. You don't care who dies or lives. And the best of all is a bilogy doctor (Olivia Munn) that promotes herself within an afternoon from doctor to the Elite Commando killer :-D She pursuits Predator, she shoots, she is always in the place she needs to be (looks like she mastered teleportation as well :-)). Really, you have to take this one as a fun or a commedy otherwise you will very soon hear yourself saying "what the hell", "what the f**k" and "how the hell" :-D If you need something where you can totally turn off your brain and you have to somehow spend 90 minutes, go for it, otherwise save your precious time for something else.
Disgrace to the Predator franchise. So cartoonish and ridiculous at the same time. What is the kid doing in it anyways? How a scientist girl is such a juggernaut?? Forced jokes. Forced lines. One of the worst movies in recent times that I've seen...
If you’re into a lot of testosterone and no brain, this is your movie.
Thomas Jane is the only good thing in this. Great work!
Goddamn, this was a really fun movie except for all the parts with the kid in it. Why Hollywood insists on ruining hard R action movies with children is beyond me.
Now it turns out that there are good Predators who want to help humanity against bad Predators. On the other hand, the tacos in the dialogues seem to give them away and you have to see how well the automatic rifles handle the biologists.
Not such a bad action movie as viewers say. I enjoyed it. Worth a watch.
What a waste of time! Worse than predators and waaay worse than the original, this totally unnecessary movie butchers the name of one of the best (at its time) action movies!!!
Interesting ideas, but a bad implementation
I couldn't even finish it.
What is it with Shane Black's need to turn everything into a snarky, cynical comedy...? It gets a little too cartooney and over-the-top at times, and tries too hard to deliver zinger after zinger and the score was completely misplaced, making it feel more like Saturday morning adventure. Also did not like the design of the Super Predator. All that said, it's an entertaining as hell movie, and does not deserve the amount of hate it's getting. Tons of cartoonish hardcore violence, and hilarious beats throughout. Only problem is, I don't go into a Predator movie expecting a Deadpool type of movie. Stick to your established franchise man...
Garbage. as well as the cast and acting. they made predator soft. a few laughs, hardly enjoyed the action. was most annoyed with the kids role. really had no direction with the movie. not even worth to buy
I really like Predator franchise, but this might as well be the wors movie I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot. Ridiculous acting, directing is a joke and the story is so bad that it is almost funny. Skip this piece of sh**t.
This is an insult to the original.
I've seen people giving 10, 9, 8, 7 to this piece of garbage, that gotta be a joke!!
Well out of all the predator movies this has to be my second best. This film has got some decent action, a funny script, a cool cast and not a bad plot but along with It's ending It could of been better.
I had some hope that they might be able to turn out a good one, but this one is sort of a disappointment. This movie uses the same tired formula, by having a lame storyline involving a kid; it aims to reach a wide audience, and not go dark and action-packed like the original. The ensemble cast is almost too big for its own good - it doesn't give you the chance to grow attached to certain characters. Overall, this feels like a watered-down version of Predator.
Terrible film. Please don’t make any more.
Worst one yet... Shane Black diluted this movie so much that the predator lost its menace.
Worst predator movie, so much expectation for this... :(
The Predator should have killed Shane Black first in this one too...right before he yelled Action
Fun but also kind of cheesy. When they over use the kid and there’s a Predator dog. It’s almost as if despite all the violence, Shane Black was trying to make it family friendly.
Black goes for laughs so much that he makes the Predator more goofy than the other ones.
While the end reminded me of the Independence Day Resurgence ending. Which also isn’t a good thing.
However despite not being perfect I wouldn’t say the film didn’t entertain me. I just felt like it was the A-Team but with the Predator. Which doesn’t totally work. The original was more like a war movie but with a game hunting alien.
Why is a kid in it though ? This isn't Jurassic Park lol.
This stunk. Had some fun parts sure, but a real misfire and disappointment. So many missteps and jokes that do not land.
Makes the previous films look like masterpieces and that's saying volumes.
Ahh, you've thought the last one was bad? You ain't seen sh!t son...
I'm so embarassed. I actually enjoyed this.
Maybe, after seeing some terrible Predator movies, I had really low expectations.
Maybe it was because if felt quite different view of the same old stuff.
Maybe because it was a little more comedic than others. It feels a lot more light hearted than the others.
Don't get me wrong, this is a sh*t movie - but if you are a Predator fan, you need to add this to your list.
I was only 38 minutes in and I went to check Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB to see if this movie was a stupid as it seems or if I was just missing something. You know you're in trouble when you're shouting back at the screen "no, that's not how that works." I paused the film and sighed, wondering if I should even finish it. It's too bad--I actually liked his "Iron Man 3" and "The Nice Guys." Maybe Shane Black just can't handle action. Also, using the "F" word in every sentence doesn't make a movie edgy. It's a big dumb movie that makes my brain hurt. And it feels like they wrote the script on set during filming. Few things are foreshadowed, things are set up and never paid off, and it's 1:40 minutes and even that feels padded.
The script feels like a rough first draft before anyone read it and said "um, okay. Nice effort. Now let's have this polished several times." It's all a weird mix of quips and dumb puns combined with relentless CGI action and blood spraying everywhere. It feels like a poor man's Deadpool without the heart or the humor. Buckets of blood combined with dumb jokes does not automatically create a masterpiece.
And the plot is incoherent, coincidences just happen because they're required to advance the plot, and dumb things happen over and over. Characters do things that don't make sense over and over. For example, in the opening spaceship crash, a sniper is observing a hostage situation. For no reason, he shoots one of the kidnappers but runs away before rescuing the hostages or taking out the other kidnappers. He runs into the woods to find the spaceship and yells loudly for his friends. If you're doing covert operations, you're not yelling. He finds some parts of the predator's suit (a helmet and arm thingy) and a friend joins him and he says "give me the backpack" and the guy happens to be carrying a big EMPTY backpack. The predator--who took the time to kill another human and string him up from a tree - don't ask--attacks and the sniper fights back, failing to hurt the predator until the predator's OWN arm thingy fires, hurting him and cutting the hanging human in half. His blood and guts drip all over the fallen predator and the human's intestines are all hanging out. Funny, right? That's just in the first ten minutes. If I were to make a list of all the logic problems in this "movie," I'd be here all day, but here are some of the major script fixes I would have made. SPOILERS.
3:40 - the ship isn't even going to crash near the sniper, so there's no reason for him to get up and run away, fall down a mountain, and find the crashed ship
5:20 - "Comms aren't working" isn't explained
5:25 - "give me the pack" who carries an empty backpack through the forest?
5:30 - "ain't nobody gonna believe this one" and "it's above our pay grade"
5:45 - clandestine military team shouting loudly into their radios
6:10 - predator is already there? The ship crashed in one location and his escape pod ejected WAY far away. He had time to cover all that ground AND kill a human AND string him up just to scare these folks?
7:00 - predator arm weapon hits predator, cuts human in half, dripping blood and entrails. Yummy!
8:25 - character mainlining Nicorette gum. Never mentioned again
8:45 - sniper clears out a bar by showing his gun to ONE old man. Everyone else just gets up and leaves without seeing the gun
9:05 - sniper uses alien marble to turn invisible to impress a Mexican bar owner. If you can turn invisible, why DRINK THE MARBLE in the next scene? Also I don't think you can do that.
8:50 - sniper actually asks the bar owner to mail the helmet and arm thingy TO HIS SON in the US. This is an actual plot point. Okay, so customs?
9:24 - sniper says "mail what's in the pack, not the backpack." Why does that matter? The bar owner's just going to throw it away and the backpack would help cushion the item in transport. Seems like an odd line to make it into the final script when there's no point
10:30 - autistic kid watches others play chess. Doesn't like loud sounds. Bullies come to beat him up, decide not to, knocks over chess pieces. Autistic kid REMEMBERS how the board was set up and puts the pieces back. WHOA. So cliched.
10:47 - bullies converstation: "looky, looky, loo," "I'm hungry for an ass-burger," "sounds delicious" and "A nice big juicy ass-burger." Sorkin-level dialogue this is not.
12:30 - creepy expository conversation about the autistic kid's father with a post office worker. Turns out the sniper is the kid's dad and he's got a package! The kid says "he kills people so you can be a mailman." Get the oscar for best screenplay ready!!
13:07 - Olivia Munn is Dr. Brackett. She's walking her dog when a government dude who looks like a generic version of Willem Defoe recruits her to investigate the alien. "
16:15 - The helmet is really-well packed when it arrives. The kid find it encased in bubble wrap and a dozen ziplock bags full of white rice. Maybe the bar owner should open a shipping store.
19:30 - clunky scene on the bus to introduce all the PTSD group members. Each gets a line and a thumbnail description
21:00 - "Is it just your imagination, or is this haunted room ACTUALLY stretching?" Okay, the first joke of the movie to actually make me laugh out loud. Too bad they got the line from The Haunted Mansion wrong and added in the word "haunted."
21:20 - second pleasant surprise - Jake Busey as a scientist. Funny
22:00 - oh, good, the Predator's alive. Couldn't tell from the earlier scene. Didn't he get shot? Looks fine now. Oh, and I can tell you right now those restraints aren't gonna hold him down.
22:30 - overly-explained back story for how Oliva Munn got recruited. People probably thought that was boring so, at the same time, she's taking off her clothes to be "decontaminated." Jake Busey's ALSO taking his clothes off to be "decontaminated" even though HE WORKS THERE and has presumably been there for weeks. Why is he getting naked too?
23:15 - Traeger, the main doctor, explains why they call it the Predator and Olivia Munn says he sounds more like a game hunter or "bass fisherman." Yup, that's in the script. Traeger replies that "we voted and Predator just sounds cooler." Right.
26:45 - Alien #2 arrives but the autistic kid, who's playing with the alien helmet, apparently has already figured out their language the second ship can turn invisible but the kid figures out how to turn it off. Kid is just doing random things but manages to help the military.
28:30 - Predator #1 breaks free. I told you those restraints wouldn't work. Edited scene happens too fast, no tension as things jump around and we don't see anything except random killing. Here's a thought: SHOW the Predator holding the knife BEFORE he throws it and kills a guy. It's easy. Set-up, pay-off. Guards start to shoot at the Predator, he grabs a woman and holds her up as a human shield. Set-up, pay-off. Take your time. This scene ends up feeling like it took no effort for the Predator to get loose versus him actually using the environment and the people around him to earn his escape. Jake Busey gets shot and we don't see what happens to him. Olivia Munn grabs a gun--she has a military background? Not mentioned beforehand. Stuff just happens, people run around, no tension. She grabs some kind of yellow goo in a test tube that hasn't been mentioned or explained before and runs away. Why did she grab that? What is it? Is it important? Does it matter?
29:15 - everyone else in the room gets killed. To escape, Olivia Munn has to pass through the "decontamination" area and get naked AGAIN. Predator finds her but doesn't kill her.
31:45 - oh, Jake Busey's NOT dead? Okay, good. "Don't let him get away." "Not my space animal," she says.
32:20 - busload of PTSD guys and our sniper see the alien. Good scene as they take control of the bus and chase the alien. Olivia Munn also chases the alien across the rooftop, then jumps on the bus. Sure. Then falls off the bus after SHOOTING HERSELF in the foot with a tranquilizer gun. So the random white gun she grabbed earlier and has been carrying this whole time was a tranq gun? Gotcha.
35:40 - Predator #2 fights human fighter planes. Human ejects from plane before plane is hit
36:20 - Dude sees a group of motorcycles to steal and yells "Get to the choppers!" Get it? It's a call-back to the first movie when Arnold says "get to the chopper." Get it? GET IT??????
37:30 - Predator #1 jumps into the back of a truck and kills everyone. Driver says "everything okay back there?" Predator holds up the severed arm of one soldier and GIVES THE DRIVER A THUMB'S UP with the arm. Driver says "You f-ing guys." SEE IT'S FUNNY RIGHT!! But how does the Predator know that a thumb's up means "Okay everything's fine?"
37:45 - the Predator has dogs! Sweet.
I got 38 minutes in and gave up tracking this by scenes. Here are the remaining highlights:
The wife knows EVERY detail of the sniper's record-wouldn't that all be classified?
The autistic kid wears the Predator stuff as a Halloween costume.
Random RV with a police radio that's a "reverse clown car."
Space dogs have dreadlocks too. Predator #2 is twice as big as Predator #1.
The high school has a sign that reads "Welcome Parents and STDS" - has anyone ever shortened "students" as STDs? A seven-year-old kid says "Sorry I didn't grow up the way you wanted."
Bad guys find good guys with no explanation. Space dog is suddenly friendly. They call the Predators "Thing #1" and "Thing #2."
All the aliens are visiting Earth because of climate change--good one. The Predators using the same "falling letters" screensaver as they do in the Matrix but it's in red.
Predator #2 uses child drawings TWICE to find the kid and a missing spaceship. Space dog rescues woman because the plot requires it.
Hiding from the bad guys when you have an orb that turns you invisible. Random translator machine that never worked before now translates Predator speech into English, who gives them a 7:31 minute head-start before he's going to hunt them all down.
Predator randomly "hacked the vehicles" so everyone has to flee on foot. (I swear to God it's like they made this plot up on set.) "You and me are gonna dance." "I got my shoes all picked out."
They lock the space dog in a van for no reason but he gets out. Bad CGI Predator bites a soldier's head off. Predator gun/vest shoots the head off the guy wearing it with no explanation and he's the MAIN BAD HUMAN. Shooting at the alien spaceship with three of your friends in the way. When he needs to communicate with this father, the kid suddenly has a phone. Force field forms slowly so they have time to avoid it.
Olivia Munn--and the dog--run miles through the forest in five minutes to attack the Predator. Sudden knowledge of how to use tech--and the space dog--lets them defeat Predator #2. Kid gets a job working with the Predator research teams.
Alien space pod was gift to humankind. Guess what it is? A Predator Killer. Oh SNAP! Another even bigger monster? No, it's a suit a human wears--to kill Predators. SEQUEL!!!!
Things I liked: stealing a news helicopter, "is this room stretching," Jake Busey, Keegan-Michael Key, the Greyjoy kid, "Don't look at the dead guy," space dogs with dreadlocks. I guess if you throw enough random crap at the screen, something will pay off, right?
This was just terrible. Feels like the whole movie has been edited to fit, as if the dialogue was stitched together in the editing room. Added on top of that a total train wreck to the Predator franchise and the only thing Shane Black has ensured with this movie, is that there will be generations before a studio will touch the predator franchise with a ten foot pole.
Ok, what did I just watch? This movie is plain ridiculously awful. What just happened with the whole predator franchise? Who approved this movie? Shane Black who was in the original movie, just hit the self-destruct button with this one. The dialogs are cringingly bad and the movie is mostly based on stupid one liners. It is not the 80’s anymore. A space dog with dreadlocks and middle parting? Really?
The Predator franchise has hit another devastating bottom. Such an iconic movie and alien creature ruined by bad acting and stupid storytelling. Make a movie about the Yautjas and their culture instead of trying to follow the same story structure every time. There is a huge fan following behind the Yautjas and their way of living.
Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very BAD! UTTER SHITE
Loud, dumb but with some good wit and decent set pieces, The Predator offers a modern interpretation of an 80's action movie made with contemporary bells and whistles, but struggles to find a story or purpose to fit the fireworks.
Saw it yesterday (in 3D and German). It was an R rated blast. Liked every minute. If I was pressed to say something negativ I would say I could go without dogs and sometime it feels like the directory could not decide if it should be a buddy movie ar a splatter fest. Go in, don't overanalyze and have fun... It's better than Predator 2 and a bit "worse" than the original Predator. IMHO.
Waiting forward to see it in English... Can't wait for my Ass Burger ;-)
we will See. but nothing tops the first with arni so far.
I really didn't expect to like this. The unintentional comedy from the first movie was made intentional, and it worked. It gave several characters different personalities to get attached to. The story was easy but not basic. In other words, there was a lot happening. It kind of got repetative at the hour mark, but the action kept me invested. The visual side to this was great, but it needed a little more predator. There should have been a lot more practicality because the cgi did not look right in afew scenes. I'm glad they kept it R rated. It's how I'd imagine a modern-day predator film.
just a bunch of guys being dudes
Bad plot, bad cgi, bad acting, bad movie. Big pred was the only redeeming part of the movie. Do yourself a favor and skip this one.
This is the less Predator from all Predator movies. I have been watching the whole saga recently, and this one sticks out as the weird one. Even tho it's in the "same universe", the action, CGI, acting and writing feels cheaper than any of the previous ones. And the high humour content feels off to the Predator setting. A lot of cheap jokes and quick grins that in other action movies may work; here they do more harm than good. Also, having recently watched the Alien saga, i think that one of the main issues with Predator is the lack of continuity besides a random mention here and there. You have esentially no connection between movies. Yes, i know, i just a fucking alien hunter killing people, not a big deal; but Alien was the same at its core, but at least for 4 movies you have a unified "timeline" (although besides Ripley you have all new cast in each one). And even the prequels, although bad, they expanded on the same lines. The Predator movies feel like scattered pieces in a explosion: yes, they belong to the same thing, but not sure how quite they fit each other.
This is the worst Predator movie I've seen so far with the greatest opening sequence. The first 9 minutes of the movie hyped me up SO MUCH and then it went to shit pretty badly. It had a good idea but REALLY badly executed. It had a good casting but got completely wasted on this sad writing. Nothing made sense throughout the whole movie. Really disappointed. I hope Prey won't let me down.
Olivia Munn is a retard and made this movie that much worse. If she would have just kept her mouth shut about the co-workers she didn't want to work with, Hollywood would probably still cast her... aka dumb bitch. Jacob Tremblay plays an autistic boy as believably as Brad Pitt played Benjamin Button. Steer clear, just skip this one and go straight to Prey which isn't really that much better.
Theres a reason they went back in time for the next movie. This movie ruined the future predators by adding that stupid "Predator Killer" humanoid machine at the end of the movie. Seriously, fuck this movie. Why the fuck would the predators gift us that machine? This is beyond dumb.
Hands down the worst predator movie
F--k I wished the predator killed everyone in the 1st five minutes, that would've been entertaining, not this 1.5 hr shite...
Go and watch Arnie and avoid every other one
Imagine if a sequel of Predator was directed by the guy who told vagina jokes in the first film. That character was useless for the development of the plot and was the weakest in combat compared to the other mercenaries, his only quality was make people laugh with his silly jokes.
The Predator is directed by the actor who played that guy and it is exactly like that character.
The plot is weak, the action is not good enough but the comedy is good (if you like black humour and silly jokes). I give 6\10 only for this, because the jokes are funny and the soldiers likeable but actually this is the worst film of the franchise (i've not watched Prey yet though).
0/10
Never ever should have been made.
106 F-BOMBS
Throughout the entire movie, now don't get me wrong I drop them myself, but to use them to make up the bulk of the conversation over and over and over and a 106 times again is just plain ridiculous and annoying and definitely showd lack of intelligence and imagination something this Garbage movie had nothing of. Oh and the only reason this movie was an 18 was because of a
106 F-BOMBS not because it was Awesome and gory and made for adults. This movie is utter nonsense and insulted my intelligence and is definitely up there for one of the worst movies ever made. Every single thing about this is stupid and pointless and pathetic.
The story, the motives, the characters, the kid,
the cgi all sucked and Sucked really really
Really Bad, the jokes didn’t land and just wasn't funny in the slightest, all the cast thought they were
so cool like uber cool and they absolutely
was not and never will be.
This abomination should have never been made and quite frankly the hole terrible, horrible, god awful movie was utter BS from start to finish.
This made Predators
look like it was
"Avengers EndGame"
(Best movie ever made ever),
In fact this movie made
Wonder Woman84
Look like a god damn Masterpiece.
Verdict: Two Thumbs Down, complete and utter Trash,
and a stain on the franchise. Avoid this Garbage at all cost. Rots all braincells and removes the Will
to live on contact.
-0/10
It’s worse than Predators! It makes Predators look like great and Predator 2 like a masterpiece! My god this was excruciating. Remember how the machoism and wry ‘ha ha we’re so badass and above this’ humor of Predator 1 was there specifically to die a whimpering death in the face of something beyond them? Well here’s an entire movie with the same energy as Shane Black’s jokes in the original, just obnoxious and nonstop. Remember how the original Predator was masterful practical effects and costume design, and a elegant simplicity of concept? Well prepare to have the Predators be given the stupidest goal, have it over explained, and have the CGI and designs look absolutely dogshit. And for the film to drop the mic with the absolute antithesis of that original Predator design and costuming and think it’s the raddest shit ever.
Oh, hey, do you like South Parl Tourette’s jokes? They’re here! And a whoooole lot of weird stuff about autism! With the most cliched and hackneyed scenes with soaring inspirational strings! And how we’re the next step in human evolution??? We’re just people, dog??? Trevante Rhodes is doing his best, and Sterling K Brown is the only and I mean ONLY fun part of this movie but it is nowhere NEAR enough. They can’t even get the death of the human bad guy right! Instead of it being the cathartic karma for the smug asshole and proof that the monster is more dangerous and more than they ever could’ve handled, he dies in the most anticlimactic, lackluster, blink and you miss it moment. It loves to make a joke of the mentally I’ll while never shutting up about how great soldiers are, just incessant valorization.
And oh! Shane Black is a twit who stood up for his sex predator- oh I’m sorry I guess as this movie will take painstakingly unfunny measures to remind you Predator isn’t an accurate term, sex hunter- friend and got him a role in this perving on Olivia Munn without telling anyone of his prior history. This movie is unsalvageable, irredeemable, and devoid of value. And it’s not even fun. Prey better be worth it after this, please god.
Grossly misunderstands conditions such as autism, Tourette's, and PTSD. The second half of the plot is about a Predator kidnapping a neurodivergent child to literally "weaponise autism" as if the script was written by 4chan... the clashing of comedy/horror tones is almost as bad as when Joss Whedon wrote 'Alien Resurrection'.
Of all the possible movies to make in this franchise, this is one of the worst. Heavy military propaganda, poor representation of autistic people, and enough call-backs to the first movie to count as plagiarism. The CG is cheesy and the story doesn't make any sense.
This could have been an absolutely fantastic entry into the Predator franchise, the best after the original even, but instead of making the whole movie like they made the last 3rd of it, they went out of their way to be actually stupid.
Focusing so much on that kid who adds basically nothing to the story (oh yeah, and that he's a "true warrior" in the Predators eyes because he has autism which is "the next evolutionary step") having so much forced and stupid banter which really just amounts to insulting people with mental conditions. The whole thing with the Predator dog they give brain damage to. The human villain, he is simply weak and they could have done so much more with him. He even just straight up disappears at the end of the movie with no explantation as if the writers forgot about him.
This is a movie of great ideas which they seem to have deliberately executed poorly.
"You are one beautiful motherfucker".
Wow, this was embarrassing to watch.
‘The Predator’ is a mishmash of tones with a potty mouth. Really abusing that ‘R’ rating with every chance they get. You know it’s a bad sign when Arnold Schwarzenegger himself turned down the role to star in this movie. I mean, Arnold does not make the boldest choices, but he made the right decision with this one.
Not to say it doesn't have any entertaining moments and colorful characters, who are cartoonish enough to be enjoyable. On a film making side however, it fails to be a movie. The story, editing, and writing is atrocious - Especially the ridiculous story line surrounding the autistic kid and the Predator. Also, the portrayal of disability here is really inaccurate and comes across insulting. Weirdly enough, Shane Black has tourette's.
To be honest, I can’t believe Shane Black directed this. How could you go from “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” and ‘The Nice Guys’, then something like this. I can’t fully grasp what Black’s main vision was or what he’s going for. Completely misses the point of the original.
The awesome score is gone and John McTiernan magic touch is needed. Olivia Munn as a scientist? What a joke. Boyd Holbrook is such a boring lead; he just plays tough guy with a gun. Predator Hounds are so useless and a wasted opportunity. ‘Mega Predator’ is just whatever. Not threatening at all.
Overall rating: “You're one ugly motherfucker!“
It was going to be an excellent film...
But then Nebraska Williams shot it in the head, accidentally lobotomizing it.
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how to describe this movie? a big cliche!
nothing like old predator, when he was actually interesting. now hes immortal redneck at one point and at the second point hes weak af. no logic here.
while story is awful, CGI in 21st century is biggest LOL i ever saw in modern movies.
simple formula - good actors doesnt guarantee you a good movie, this is almost unwatchable.
if you like old ones, with Arnie, AVOID this at all costs.
Why did they made such a cheesy Predator movie?
the A team meets alien, very disappointing
I really enjoyed this movie can't wait for the new one if they don't make it I'm going to be pissed by far one of the greatest stories in predator history and I can't wait to see where it goes
I was satisfied even though I rated it a 5/10 it was very enjoyable cast.. Sterling K was amazing in his Role!!!
I just gotta say I hope they come out with another predator movie.. This was enjoyable great entertaining cast with some good action scenes
Horrible Writing and Plot
But I enjoyed this movie
Considering the script writing talents of the usually dependable Black, the writing here is pretty thin and lacklustre. I hoped for something more, something better, something far more evolved. Instead I got a Predator movie that is better than the previous sequels, but still a downgrade from the superior original.
Wow. Didn't expect this to be good. Can't wait till the next movie of this.
Wow that was bad! If it wasn’t for Olivia Munn it would have been unwatchable
This movie is awful, great cast even though most acting is really bad probably has to do with the really bad dialogue action is alright but plot isn't anything special character's you don't really care about and the predator is also just something in the movie nothing special.
3/10 only for the music score. As soon as I finished watching it, i dug out and watched the first predator of '87 to recover from shock. Where the hech is cinema going?
Watched this because my son wanted it on , I couldn't work out if it was supposed to be a comedy or not !
horrible, they made a joke out of the predator movie's.
Regrettable attempt to revitalize the saga
Regrettable attempt to revitalize the saga
Foi uma vergonha alheia pra mim assistir esse filme, um dos piores filmes que já assisti.
Um personagem que sempre adorei, poderiam fazer algo muito melhor que essa bomba aí.
Filme Ridículo.
Predator turning to MIB now .. Stupid story, trying to be funny but a big miss .. they're making predator like a superhero movie .. Better reboot this franchise again then start with the PREDATORS ORIGIN in their own planet and introduce other species that they used to hunt or better yet a species who hunts them and far more superior ..
it's the 80s brought back to 2018, love it. Forget Seriousness, it's a movie, enjoy the story.
quality is a 5, lots of inconsistancies and movie only physics. but it was fun m
What a disappointment. man it's predator, anyone using its name have a responsibility to make good movies. the only reason to watch this is for that lunny soldier squad. all the moments with those dudes was a blast. apart from that yeah its utter garbage.
Most of the comments are in negative for this movie. So I decided not to watch it.
1 / 2 directing & technical aspect
0 / 1 story
1 / 1 act I
1 / 1 act II
.5 / 1 act III
1 / 1 acting
.5 / 1 writing
0 / 1 originality
0 / 1 stays with you
1 / 1 misc (fun)
6 out of 10
Action with no brain but at least is better that Venom.
Third best Predator movie.
It has plenty of fun moments and action to satisfy your Predator needs. Sure, it has some dumb moments (stop with the choppa thing) and sometimes is a bit too fun for funs sake but overal I can't say this is the worst Predator film I've seen.
Some notes:
- Olivia Munn is just Olivia Munn but she has her charm as always.
- There's a little bit too much twiddley twiddley pwuuup pwuuup score going on at times... Almost felt like I was watching a Star Wars movie where every second needs to be filled with score.
- Them asperger kids huh.... Fuckin' geniuses amirite?! Good thing the loud noises didn't bother him anymore!
- Bit sad I need to wait a couple of more years to show this movie to my kids. Definately starting with the original first and let them experience the awesomeness that is... The Sportshunter
"He grew an exoskeleton under his skin"
And she's a biologist?
Then some shit about how autism is the 'next human evolution.'
once you´re high it's so corny bad is bad good. But damn did they ruin the franchise! Made "Predators" look good in comparison.
really good I don't know what to say
"I'm a sniper... Just get me close."
What an awful film.
How does the original that is 30+ years old look more realistic than a movie made today. Couldn’t finish, just corny
Shout by Fernando AntunesBlockedParent2018-09-14T02:58:13Z
I love Predator franchise, but this film is simply ridiculous!!