Review of The Predator (2018) by Matthew R — 15 Sep 2018

It's been a formula where a film looks great, sounds great, but it never tries as hard as it should. In fact, with this film, it comes off as lazy. Laziness comes in the unorganized plot points of the film that are poorly tied together, mixing in so many story cliches that even I could predict, like when the predator is tied down I thought to myself "Of course, he's gonna break through and kill everyone.

" And that's exactly what happens. They even through in a few pointless three-act scenes that nobody would really need to care about since the characters aren't engaging. In fact, I couldn't even make out not only their names, but even what the characters were saying for nearly a third of the time! I swear it was like the actors all did this on a late Sunday night while chugging down a cup of coffee.

The film ends so abruptly, and the title I feel was put onto screen too early(and too carelessly). Plus, something I don't understand in these movies is that when a predator loses his arm, how come he doesn't agonize in pain? Are they just resistant to pain in this area? There are genuine scenes I find both funny and clever, like the predator using the arm to give a thumbs up, and with two of the annoying and offensive side characters helping to end their suffering at the end by shooting each other.

Outside of that, it's a cliched and annoying predator movie that honestly makes me want to see the amount of time on the human characters flip with the predators themselves. Why can't they get the spotlight?