Review of The Predator (2018) by Jdwicked — 14 Sep 2018

So the terrifying interstellar hunters have been replaced with "super" aliens, that come to earth to abduct autistic kids??? and the only way to stop them is with the interstellar hunter equivalent of an iron man suit?? This movie is insulting to its predecessors, lore, and fans.

They shoot a space dog in the head and it becomes their best friend! The awesome OG predator get 5mins of screen time (in which it get owned twice) and is then replaced with a stupid looking cg "super" predator. The upgrade predator is more of a generic monster than a cunning, intelligent, and honorable advisory. The movies ultimate quest is to dismantle everything that made the predator one of the most legendary figures in all of syfy.

These aren't interstellar tribal hunters anymore. Now they travel through the cosmos to genetical modify themselves with alien DNA, and in order to improve there genetic make up they need to add the human gene for autism. and they gave us an ironman suit...

The plot is terrible. the characters are average, the acting is average, the writing is bad, the cg is bad, the action is average. I love predator, I'm a total fan boy, and I want them to keep making predator movies till the end of time. but fox needs to hit the reset button on this franchise and let someone who is smart, passionate, and a fan take the wheel and get the hell out of the way. there is so much creative freedom to be had in the alien and predator universe, its shameful that this is what they come up with.