Friday, September 21, 2018

The Predator (2018)

Director: Shane Black. Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahovski. 107 min. Rated R. Canada/USA. Sci-fi/Horror.

Sad how they try to polish every Predator installment (all titled the same!) by adding a new aspect - only for them to never get off the ground. This time they satirize the absurdity by trying a comedic approach, using a who's-who of actors you've seen before and not sure where - but ... hello? This is a Predator movie, and quite difficult to laugh at one-liners in the midst of the extreme violence the franchise has become notorious for. You just feel embarrassed to giggle. And the producers are so self-assured, they end this in sequel preparation mode.

Trivia: Shane Black, the director, is the soldier who ended up gutted and hanging from a tree in the original 1987 movie.

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