The Predator
Director Shane Black (Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys) oversees the Predators' return to Earth - genetically enhanced this time around. The cast includes Boyd Holbrook (Logan), Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight), Keegan-Michael Key (Keanu), Olivia Munn (X-Men: Apocalypse), Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Room's Jacob Tremblay - and Jake Busey as Sean Keyes, the son of Peter Keyes, the character his dad Gary played in Predator 2.
When a young boy (Tremblay) accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
Black played Hawkins in 1987's Predator and provided script touch-ups as well.
- Director:
- Shane Black ('The Nice Guys', 'Iron Man 3', 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang')
- Writer:
- Shane BlackFred DekkerJim ThomasJohn Thomas
- Cast:
- Jacob TremblayBoyd HolbrookTrevante RhodesKeegan-Michael KeyOlivia MunnSterling K. BrownAlfie AllenThomas JaneAugusto AguileraJake BuseyYvonne Strahovski
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Luke Buckmaster
flicksHomages to the 1980s are a dime a dozen these days, but here’s a film that salutes the decade in sentiment as much as aesthetic. Fifty-six year-old writer/director Shane Black, who had a small on-screen role in the original 1987 Predator (released the same year his first film as a writer, Lethal Weapon, became a hit) is a kind of trash-talking Peter Pan auteur: the action junkie and banter-maker who never grew up, and whose style is synonymous with the era he professionally came of age.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksWriter-director Shane Black has seemingly set out to make the biggest, loudest, popcorn-munching-est, most audience-friendly (while still R-rated) Predator film he possibly could. To do so, he’s stuffed it full—too full—of Black-ian quips and gags, a potentially confusing number of characters, intersecting narratives, and callbacks to 1987’s Predator, many of which fall right on the line between cheer-inducing and groan-causing.
Doesn't 'stick around'!
The Geets (greats): I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Shane Black, star of the original Predator movie, was directing this movie. As such, I was expecting elements from the original that made it an action-packed and gore-filled success, and these were definitely evident in this movie. The amount of gore was jaw-dropping, bringing us back to a time...
Variety
pressIt's an exhaustingly energetic mess in which a coherent plot and credible characters aren't even on the cluttered menu.
Total Film
pressWhat Black's movie really has going for it is pace. It starts with a crash, followed swiftly by a bang and vast swathes of wallop. The relentlessness doesn't allow you any time to catch a yawn, but it's also not too conducive to tension or suspense.
Time Out
pressIt's aggressively pacey, overloaded with smug one-liners, gore-laden and unlikely to have much of a future.
The New York Times
pressThe frat house atmosphere eventually gives way to tedious bloodletting. In that regard, "The Predator" hasn't evolved at all.
The Guardian
pressBlack populates his film with recognisable tropes and character types as well a grand throwback score, and there's a certain charm in his ability to conjure up the past without resorting to pastiche.
Stuff
pressThe Predator is a lesson in exactly how to trash the memory of a risible, but loveable original.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBlack's movie is so cleverly over-the-top that it's easy and pleasurable enough to watch, though never exactly scary or suspenseful.
Collider
pressThere are sparks of Shane Black's humour and style lining up with the brutality and bite of the 1987 original, but they are few and far between because the end product feels misguided, and like it's been sliced and diced to the point of semi-incoherence.
Flicks, Luke Buckmaster
flicksHomages to the 1980s are a dime a dozen these days, but here’s a film that salutes the decade in sentiment as much as aesthetic. Fifty-six year-old writer/director Shane Black, who had a small on-screen role in the original 1987 Predator (released the same year his first film as a writer, Lethal Weapon, became a hit) is a kind of trash-talking Peter Pan auteur: the action junkie and banter-maker who never grew up, and whose style is synonymous with the era he professionally came of age.
Flicks, Steve Newall
flicksWriter-director Shane Black has seemingly set out to make the biggest, loudest, popcorn-munching-est, most audience-friendly (while still R-rated) Predator film he possibly could. To do so, he’s stuffed it full—too full—of Black-ian quips and gags, a potentially confusing number of characters, intersecting narratives, and callbacks to 1987’s Predator, many of which fall right on the line between cheer-inducing and groan-causing.
Variety
pressIt's an exhaustingly energetic mess in which a coherent plot and credible characters aren't even on the cluttered menu.
Total Film
pressWhat Black's movie really has going for it is pace. It starts with a crash, followed swiftly by a bang and vast swathes of wallop. The relentlessness doesn't allow you any time to catch a yawn, but it's also not too conducive to tension or suspense.
Time Out
pressIt's aggressively pacey, overloaded with smug one-liners, gore-laden and unlikely to have much of a future.
The New York Times
pressThe frat house atmosphere eventually gives way to tedious bloodletting. In that regard, "The Predator" hasn't evolved at all.
The Guardian
pressBlack populates his film with recognisable tropes and character types as well a grand throwback score, and there's a certain charm in his ability to conjure up the past without resorting to pastiche.
Stuff
pressThe Predator is a lesson in exactly how to trash the memory of a risible, but loveable original.
Hollywood Reporter
pressBlack's movie is so cleverly over-the-top that it's easy and pleasurable enough to watch, though never exactly scary or suspenseful.
Collider
pressThere are sparks of Shane Black's humour and style lining up with the brutality and bite of the 1987 original, but they are few and far between because the end product feels misguided, and like it's been sliced and diced to the point of semi-incoherence.
Doesn't 'stick around'!
The Geets (greats): I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Shane Black, star of the original Predator movie, was directing this movie. As such, I was expecting elements from the original that made it an action-packed and gore-filled success, and these were definitely evident in this movie. The amount of gore was jaw-dropping, bringing us back to a time...
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