Review of The Predator (2018) by Domino D — 13 Sep 2018

Dreadful.

It is a mess. A true mess. I don't even know where to start.... It actually starts off pretty good but then the "comedy" elements start to kick in and they are genuinely so painfully unfunny and often downright bizarre I just sat there with a bemused look on my face! It was so awkwardly unfunny that at some points, I was expecting Adam Sandler to walk in... I just couldn't believe I was watching a Predator movie.

It is all CGI, crash, bang wallop and the plot is just beyond ridiculous, even for a Predator film. I am a huge fan of the franchise but this is just a horrendous and crude cash in. It throws every cliché in the mix and just doesn't know what it wants to be. Serious action film? Comedy? Sci Fi? Action? CGI showpiece? I had pretty low expectations after seeing Hollywood butcher other amazing franchises such as but nothing could prepare me for this.... The Predator dog, the ridiculous Power ranger suit at the end, the double suicide scene, the spaceship surfing, the "jokes"... I don't know what was worse!?

Apart from Olivia Munn and Sterling K Brown who are both actually really good... the performances are a shambles.

As bad as the AvP films were... I don't remember being THIS horrified by them.

Predators awas a far better reboot and I just wish they continued with that rather than subject the world to this garbage. Worth a watch for fans but I don't think any real fan will see this as being worthy of carrying the "Predator" name in its title.