Review of The Predator (2018) by Aaron H — 15 Sep 2018

The first Predator film maybe one of the most enjoyable Sc-fi Action Horrors of all time. Maybe Arnie's best film or at least one of them. So let's be honest trying to make the fans boys of the original happy ain't gonna be easy.

Shane Black as penned some great screenplays, including Lethal Weapon which is one of my all time favourite films. He usually as films with strong characters, great dialogue and humour. So with him at the helm of a new Predator movie its a winning formula right?

What we got in the end was a somewhat bonkers crazy film with lots of pace, action, gore and violence. Lots of humour that hits and miss. A plot that makes no fuckin sense, plenty of moments that are good and plenty of moments that don't really work. The screenplay seems like it was written by a few guys who were high on cocaine. Frantic and all over the place but still the film was weirdly enjoyable, good but not great.

The final act apparently was reshot and it's pretty messy. How can a Dr jump on buses and have soldier like skills? The first Predator comes back to help us yet ends up killing fifty people in the process? Can people hang on to a flying space ship? How the fuck does the Predator see bodyheat with no helmet? The Predators intends to weaponise autism? What the fuck happened to the government guy in the final act? Looked like he blew his own head off? Did Ironman turn up at the end?

Anyways ..... Enjoyable B movie Sc-fi action film that just about works, too many ideas and bit messy may have been better. But I'll give Shane Black credit for least going slightly different route.