Saw it last night & also thought it was just OK. Definitely not the 4 star & "great" movie people are calling it but certainly entertaining, however I liked Predator 2 better than this. If this was a direct sequel when it was originally conceived & had Arnold leading the team with a better cast it would have been an awesome film.

My biggest problems were what I figured they would be going in. The cast was just so weak, I just couldn't get past Brody, I can't accept the guy as this supposed bad-ass mercenary. He looks like such a wuss, there is absolutely nothing "soldier"-like about him. Topher cast in that role made it way too obvious where they were going with the character & the murderer guy was annoying as shit & the only decent guy in Trejo wasn't utilized at all.

Two, I think someone else mentioned it, it just felt like a PG-13 film. The Predators just didn't seem as menacing to me as they should have been.

Three, the Fishburn character was awful & kind of grinded the movie to a hault.

This was alright, better than I expected. I gave it 3 1/2 stars. I was also confused with the whole revelation of Topher Grace's character at the end. That and I agree, Laurence Fishburn's character was a letdown. The CGI blood made it feel PG-13. Speaking of CGI blood, I don't care for it...practical fake blood all the way. Some horrible dialogue as well, but that's to be expected from this kind of movie. Brody's Christian "Batman" Bale impression was lame at times.
What I liked? I was never bored, it was entertaining. I really liked the idea of the

I dunno about it feeling like a PG-13 film. It wasn't non-stop bloodletting, but come on.

Yeah, I don't think it should have had anymore gore.

I'm really surprised that everyone here is liking the movie. I went in yesterday wanting to love it. But I just didn't.

For me, it only ranks better than AVP-R, but that's not saying much.

The setup was great and the one thing I was dreading (the predator dogs) turned out to be the best, freshest scene in the movie. I think the movie derails when Lawrence Fishburn shows up and it never quite recovers. I'm going to watch it again before I rate it. Maybe I was in a bad mood. But it just sucked (and I didn't even pay to see it).

For now, some observations/questions:



Some things that bugged me:

1. Danny Trejo dies too quickly.
2. The LF scene was 100% useless. I'll be skipping right over it if I ever rent this.
3. These predators weren't very menacing because they weren't very "hands-on." They seemed ok staying in their camp and sending out dogs or robot-birds. Then when they do attack, its mostly with their cannons.
4. I didn't see any predator using the double blades from all the other movies.
5. The tusks or jawbones they used to decorate their masks were lame.
6. Brody pretending to be Arnold at the end, with the mud and the dialogue was also completely lame.
7. Why is it that the predator mandibles only worked well in the first Predator? In all the sequels, the mandibles just flail around like the operator is drunk.

1. A place they use for hunting
2. Most likely for the Predator dogs
3. Alien megafauna, possibly dropped there
4. Looked like a crashed ship from eons ago
5. I thought he served a different purpose; it was lame
6. Yep, 4
7. I'm guessing he did to ensure that Royce got killed, since he prob thought he was on board

1. Agreed
2. Agreed
3. Agreed, and there wasn't nearly enough of any of them
4. They did on the Russian guy and Topher at the end
5. Disagree, part of Predator lore
6. Very lame
7. Not sure, but they didn't bother me enough to notice

I feel asleep. Very boring for an action movie. Went in with no expectations and left knowing i would never watch this movie again.

What? He was soldier like. No offense but...most soldiers don't look like Carl Weathers, Arnold, and Jesse Ventura. I love the shit out of the 1st one. A lot of us do. BUT realistically..the cast all looked as real as could be. The Russian was big and that's fine...he'd have to be to carry that damn gun.

I think we all agree about Trejo's small use of in the film. I didn't mind Grace's role in it. I already knew what he was before but the way he revealed himself could've been better.

Yeah I agree, and as much as I love Arnold, and the action hero's from the 80's, special forces soldiers would actually look more like Grace even... But then of course there wouldnt be too many attractive female special forces soldiers either, but Im not complaining.

I like Braga. She's more average in a way, not that that's bad but...I could believe her to be who she was. I did enjoy how they don't have a romance. Just a level of respect in their hell. I really want to see what happens in the sequel. cuz...RR is interested in a sequel...

via Wikipedia:

If Noland is their idea for a sequel, I hope they never make one.

Yeah, I'm game for sequel but not for a prequel on Noland. I'm still amazed this film was 38 million. RR knows how to shit on the cheap and make it look good. If I were producing a film for him, I'd for sure love how he'd not make me worry about the budget.

On a more critical note....as I said being too much of a love letter to the original..really has a strong structure like the original. After that blazing scene w/ the Russian. The fight (

again..I loved it, can't wait for the BD.

Interesting news on what could have been as an ending...

Eh, for this kind of movie 38 million seems about right. Was I the only one underwhelmed by the Hanzo vs Predator sword battle? It just didn't seem as epic as I thought it would be. Both Hanzo's and the Predators blade movements were lame, they both looked like they just picked up a sword for the first time. I expected Hanzo to be a lot more bad ass in that scene also. It didn't blend well with the next scene as well, it honestly felt like a deleted scene.

Edit: That ending with Arnold would have been lame. A forced and unneeded cameo. Glade he turned it down.

Saw it. I give it 3 stars. It was decent, but I didn't find it particularly great and doesn't come close to the first movie. As far as summer action movies go, it's far below A-Team as far as fun and enjoyability for me.

I think a lot of it is because of Topher Grace and Laurence Fishburne's characters. I hated both, and they both ended up feeling like a giant waste of time. I thought it was far too rushed for Noland to be introduced and then chalked up as crazy in that period of time, making those 15 minutes or so just silly. And count me in as another guy who was confused at first with Topher's speech and actions at the end.

The action was also a let down for me; I agree that the Yakuza guy's fight ended up being a lot weaker then I expected. I guess it was a lot more "true" to a nobel fight, but taking 3 or 4 quiet swipes at each other and watching both fall came off as weak to me. I was also hoping the other Predator that was freed at the end would do a little more; he kind of went out weakly as well.

The only reason I actually still liked the movie was because of Brody; totally disagree with the negatives about his character. I thought he did a fantastic job, and glad that his lead role was also the most interesting to follow.

The Schwarzenegger cameo ending would have been great and made sense with Danny Glover.

Yeah, Brody deserves major props for his work. He was a believable action hero. I liked him in "King Kong" as well, but was concerned he could never be a convincing badass. He proved me wrong, big time.

Yeah I seem to remember her saying it in the promos but not the actual film. But I could have missed it.


Same here.

Agreed. In the credits

Same here.

I liked it but didn't love it. That said I think it will grow on me with repeated viewings. B+

I loved how the God Damn Hollywood cliches

I liked it. Surprisingly thought it was pretty well done. Adrien Brody did a good job except for that part at the end when he was mimicking Arnie w/ the mud.

Completely agree, to the point that the movie fails because it's not in there.

I liked it, thought it had some great ideas, the cast was great, and it did a pretty good balancing act with the comedy but it really falls apart on it's own standards IMO:



There were also little things that should have been explained a bit more like the differences in Predators vis-a-vis hunting and what-not.

Will definitely be eager to see another film from these guys though, they get the mythos.

It was pretty good, but not nearly as fun as A-Team. I thought it was a bit light on action as well. As others have said, the movie hits a wall once Fishburne's character is introduced. That completely destroys the pacing, which works well outside of those 15 minutes. I liked how the film gets going right away with all the drops. I also liked Brody's character. I didn't mind his Ah-nuld sequence at the end. The chick said mud is effective, so that's what he put on. And I liked how he used the surrounding fires to blind the Predator while making his attacks.

Good to see the classic Predator design and I also liked the new version. It was much better than those awful ones we got in the first AvP movie. I hated those Predator designs. They looked too short and stocky.

The first reveal of the Predators once they enter their camp was a good sequence, but it ended way too quickly.

Someone can fill me in, but did I miss the scene from the trailer where Brody's character has all the little red target dots on him? I thought it was in the movie, but they only showed 1 of them. In the trailer, there's a bunch of targets on him.

That was an embellishment for the trailer. It doesn't exist in the film.

I thought that was just fucking stupid to have in the trailer.