Predators
2010
Action
Predators comes across as a rehash of the first film with an identical setting (in the jungle) and with a set of characters, who but for the main hero, gets bumped off. Adrian Brody doesn't convince as the lead in an action movie (Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins would be better suited), Topher Grace looks out of place here and he plays a douchebag, the female crew member looks like a cross between Michelle Rodriguez and Vanessa Hudgens & one wonders what Laurence Fishbourne (The Color Purple, Matrix, Boyz N Da Hood, What's Love Got To Do With It?) is doing here. Aliens and Predators have one thing in common: they both end in 'S', but that is all there is to it when the former is the better movie, and the latter isn't. Predators attempts to do the same things as the prequel (jungle setting, the Japanese guy in place of the Native American Indian, Billy as the token ethnic character), and yet it feels nothing like the original Predator and doesn't feel as believable and real. The kills felt scarier in that film than here, it takes up almost half the film's runtime for the action scenes to manifest, and I felt nothing for the characters (who are mercenaries but lack any traits for me to have any sympathy for them when they get attacked). Oh, and it fares well below the much-maligned Predator 2 of 1990 in my book. Gets a half an extra mark for the last 10 mins though.
Is It Worth Watching?
For die-hard Predator fans who enjoy the franchise only
Overall:
2010
Action
Predators comes across as a rehash of the first film with an identical setting (in the jungle) and with a set of characters, who but for the main hero, gets bumped off. Adrian Brody doesn't convince as the lead in an action movie (Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins would be better suited), Topher Grace looks out of place here and he plays a douchebag, the female crew member looks like a cross between Michelle Rodriguez and Vanessa Hudgens & one wonders what Laurence Fishbourne (The Color Purple, Matrix, Boyz N Da Hood, What's Love Got To Do With It?) is doing here. Aliens and Predators have one thing in common: they both end in 'S', but that is all there is to it when the former is the better movie, and the latter isn't. Predators attempts to do the same things as the prequel (jungle setting, the Japanese guy in place of the Native American Indian, Billy as the token ethnic character), and yet it feels nothing like the original Predator and doesn't feel as believable and real. The kills felt scarier in that film than here, it takes up almost half the film's runtime for the action scenes to manifest, and I felt nothing for the characters (who are mercenaries but lack any traits for me to have any sympathy for them when they get attacked). Oh, and it fares well below the much-maligned Predator 2 of 1990 in my book. Gets a half an extra mark for the last 10 mins though.
Is It Worth Watching?
For die-hard Predator fans who enjoy the franchise only
Overall:
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