Review of The Predator (2018) by Unreelreviews — 22 Sep 2018

As a big predator fan I was extremely looking forward to this new predator film, when I think of a perfect summer action movie, I think the predator, that film is perfect to me in every way. And unfortunately I have not enjoyed a single predator sequel or spin off since then.

Now before I went to see this movie I really tried to go into the film open minded and tried not to get my hopes to high. However I still don't think this is a good film, whether you want to view this as a dumb action movie or not I found myself medley entertained at some points.

For starts I loved the cast, I'm a particular fan of Boyd Holbrook as an actor and I would love to see him more often in other films. The look of the predator is really good, the costume and production design is really good and this film had some really cool bloody predator kills.

Besides that, I didn't find much else entertainment. This film has an extremely messy story and lots of events happen more based on coincidence. There also isn't any emotion put into any of the characters, people kill for the first time and almost don't seem to care, there isn't ever a sense of tension or fear.

In that first film, there were very tense moments, there were quips and jokes but they weren't depended on, this film relies a lot on jokes and quips and doesn't offer any tension or actual stakes. So overall I'm very disappointed and hope that some better sequels come along.