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Good, but not the sequel I would have made
PostedJuly 10, 2010
Tyrant
from Phoenix, AZ
It's a fun way to kill an afternoon at the movies, and there is some cool stuff in there...but it needed something more. It's set on an alien planet, so in the wake of "Avatar", I wanted MORE creatures (I was pleased, however, to see a cameo by the original prototype creature for the Pretador). I wanted MORE screen time for the fabulously ugly Danny Trejo, and I'm fed up with movies where he is killed off so quickly. "Predators" , for being a Robert Rodriguez-produced project, sadly keeps up that tradition. Thirdly, no one utters the franchise's signature catchphrase, "You are one ugly [mickeyfickey]!", which is the "Yippie-ki-yay, [mickeyfickey]!" of this franchise.(Incidentally the original "Predator" and "Die Hard" were both directed by John McTiernan).
The main problem with the story, is that all the protagonists are hardcore killers. That's why they're placed on this alien game preserve planet. So we have unsympathetic characters confined to a locale in which their sole purpose is to be bumped off by these hunters. Not a whole lotta suspense there...the deaths can be phoned in. All the suspense of shooting deer from a blind, or fish in a barrel.
I would have set "Predator 3" in Iraq or Afghanistan (Heat and conflict draws the Predators), so at least some heroic characters could be caught up in the killing spree. It would be a huge epic sequel ON EARTH that raises the game from the first two films.
Still..."Predators" is probably a much better time at the movies than that chick-bait film with Zac Efron in it.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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