So, This Is What A Good Predator Movie Looks Like
Warning! SPOILERS for Prey.
The new Predator movie, Prey, directed by Dan Trachtenberg is not just a return to form for the franchise but an excellent Predator movie in its own right. The franchise started in 1987 with John McTiernan's original film, Predator, where a group of commandos, led by Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch, are hunted by an alien for sport in the jungle. The 1990 sequel, Predator 2, moved the action into the «concrete jungle» of 1990s Los Angeles.
The initial lackluster reviews and box-office returns of Predator 2 led to the Predator film franchise laying dormant for 14 years when it crossed over with the Alien franchise for Paul W.S. Anderson's Alien vs. Predator and its reviled 2007 sequel Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. The Predator franchise once again saw positive reviews in 2010 with Nimród Antal's Predators. However, the fourth film in the franchise, The Predator, directed and co-written by Shane Black, who played Hawkins in the original Predator, put the series on ice again with its negative reviews and poor box office performance.
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Prey sets itself apart from the other Predator sequels with its unique setting for a science-fiction film: the 18th-century pre-colonial United States. The setting of Prey also allows the Predator to become a terrifying foe once again with its vast technological superiority over both the Comanche tribe and French trappers. The Predator's redesign in Prey overhauls the sleek armor of the other Predator movies for a scarier animalistic design. On top of this, Prey cuts down on the dialogue in the other Predator movies to center on more visceral action and visual storytelling. Prey also avoids many of the issues of
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