Predator: Badlands

Inhuman though it may be, this is far-and-away the most humane of “Predators,” expanding rather than skimping on the series’ blood hunt fundamentals. That kind of daring and intelligence makes “Badlands” the coolest science fiction adventure seen in eons.

This is not just a cheap rehash of the story beats of an earlier film. It is not a legacyquel that trots out a few beloved old characters to bestow their blessing on a new generation. It takes the core elements of this concept and reconfigures them into something new.

In the end, “Badlands” is about the value of teamwork and learning that “alpha” and “apex” don’t mean the same thing where Predators are concerned.

In an odd way, Predator: Badlands is a date-night movie posing as merely a sci-fi killing jamboree. All of those lovable lummoxes out there with their hyper-verbal lady friends will learn a little about cooperation.

The lack of genuine slaughter in Badlands isn’t the film’s only problem. While it flips the franchise’s history by making the Yautja a hero instead of a villain . . . there is not nearly enough tension or world-building on display to become invested in this particular game of kill-or-be-killed.

A solid outing for the series with plenty of satisfying thrills, all of which is sold by the terrific pairing of Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.

The sheer pointlessness of everything that happens subtracts the oxygen and even Fanning’s imperishable star quality can’t save it.

Literally the best action movie i have seen in a very long time! If you have and oled and surround sound nothing can beat it. Full of action kept me glued to the screen. Not just a remake but a full on new movie it is so bad***

Well, both good and bad reviews are right. 10/10 are fake, one review accounts. And i'm glad people start to see those and AI produced material, that has been used for quite some time in entertainment business. So.. Predator Badlands is obviously AI produced, and unfortunately not reworked enough by humans to be good. The 'borrowed' and recombined ideas are pretty obvious and crude, and there are a lot of incoherences. But overall it works, it's exotic, a lot of action, cgi are good. Watchable

Hard to engage with initially as it’s hard to understand their characters. It’s very far from Predator (1987) which they tried already to unsuccessfully imitate with Predators (2010) so maybe it’s good that it’s different. Action heavy, lots of CGI, cool predator costume. Some funny moments. Quite charming and engaging but a bit too sci-fi to be a favourite. There are some touching moments between the alien and the robot. The action is really exciting and some of the moments between are fun, it’s just not that memorable, Prey (2022) was more memorable but probably not as entertaining. Everyone had a journey which was cool, I think it’s just the setting that I struggled to engage with.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Hollywood can't accept that the yautja are non sympathetic hunters. Brutal beings. And they just can't help but to humanize them and make them weaker for a weaker audience. Pathetic.