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Predators, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe, shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez, stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers--mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members--human “predators” that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators in the ultimate battle of survival of kill, or be killed.
Extra Features
Commentary by Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal (1: 46)
Tactics of War: Featurette from Theatrical (3:00)
Fox Movie Channel Presents Making A Scene (6:00)
Motion Comics:
Moments Of Extraction (6 Parts, 9:57)
Crucified (1 Part, 1:04)
Deleted & Extended Scenes (10:51)
Evolution of the Species: Predator Reborn (6 part featurette, 36:00)
The Chosen: Character Featurette (4:33)
Extra Features
Commentary by Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal (1: 46)
Tactics of War: Featurette from Theatrical (3:00)
Fox Movie Channel Presents Making A Scene (6:00)
Motion Comics:
Moments Of Extraction (6 Parts, 9:57)
Crucified (1 Part, 1:04)
Deleted & Extended Scenes (10:51)
Evolution of the Species: Predator Reborn (6 part featurette, 36:00)
The Chosen: Character Featurette (4:33)
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42 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film does exactly what you would want from a predator film. It takes a little while to get going but once it does it goes at a very entertaining pace. It's a 15 rating so its not as blood thirsty as the first 2 predator films but there is plenty of action and enough blood to keep everyone happy. Adrien Brody plays the lead very well, the supporting cast is good and there are plenty of duels, explosions and laser cannons to go around.
The only disappointment for me is that a fight scene with a samurai sword wielding yakuza mumber against a predator was just not long enough, but still great fun. And if that wasn't enough, we even have the legendary predator fighting an even bigger, badder predator. What more could you want? Anyone who enjoyed the first 2 films will definately like this one. The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is because it was never going to be better than the original. GET TO ZE CHOPPER!!
The only disappointment for me is that a fight scene with a samurai sword wielding yakuza mumber against a predator was just not long enough, but still great fun. And if that wasn't enough, we even have the legendary predator fighting an even bigger, badder predator. What more could you want? Anyone who enjoyed the first 2 films will definately like this one. The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is because it was never going to be better than the original. GET TO ZE CHOPPER!!
39 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's always good to see Predators back on the screen as they are so iconic. Recent efforts (AVP, AVP: Requiem) have not been the best films but we all love Predator and the film makers know this so they don't have to try very hard!
Now the new one 'Predators' is trying to redress the balance of being a good film which we should all be happy about!
So the first thing you have to wonder when watching this movie is WHY?? Why try to remake the original so closely?? Predator 2 managed to be a really good film without jungles and soldiers so couldn't they have done the same here? Its hardly an original idea - soldiers running around in the jungle being hunted. Oh. I've seen that before somewhere.... Adrien Brody has been getting all kinds of accolades as being an excellent actor in this film. I'm not sure why as there's not the greatest amount of acting and emotion here. Just American hero bluster as usual. The supporting cast does an OK job but they were never going to be iconic as Blain, Billy, Poncho, et al so why bother trying to do that again?
Another downside is the Predator planet itself. It looks like Earth, has the same gravity, atmosphere, vegetation etc. Couldn't they have at least tried to make it look like an alien planet....just a little?
Those gripes aside, once we finally get into the action, Predator fans do get a treat. The Predators look cool and make short work of the heroes one at a time which is what we want to see. The dark edge and Royce's escape plan finally give the movie some direction and go on to build the tension nicely (even though its not difficult to guess where its all going) towards the end. The ending is where the film finally pays off and it all gets good so its all worth it!
Overall this is a weird film to judge. If you're not familiar with the old Predator, you will love this and wonder where the great ideas came from. For us more familiar people, its hard to complain about the quality of the film....we've just seen it all before. Its like when your favourite band has to rip off its former glories to make a half decent album which is an uncomfortable feeling, despite the fact you want to praise them for giving people what they want. So a decent movie then but by no means a classic.
Now the new one 'Predators' is trying to redress the balance of being a good film which we should all be happy about!
So the first thing you have to wonder when watching this movie is WHY?? Why try to remake the original so closely?? Predator 2 managed to be a really good film without jungles and soldiers so couldn't they have done the same here? Its hardly an original idea - soldiers running around in the jungle being hunted. Oh. I've seen that before somewhere.... Adrien Brody has been getting all kinds of accolades as being an excellent actor in this film. I'm not sure why as there's not the greatest amount of acting and emotion here. Just American hero bluster as usual. The supporting cast does an OK job but they were never going to be iconic as Blain, Billy, Poncho, et al so why bother trying to do that again?
Another downside is the Predator planet itself. It looks like Earth, has the same gravity, atmosphere, vegetation etc. Couldn't they have at least tried to make it look like an alien planet....just a little?
Those gripes aside, once we finally get into the action, Predator fans do get a treat. The Predators look cool and make short work of the heroes one at a time which is what we want to see. The dark edge and Royce's escape plan finally give the movie some direction and go on to build the tension nicely (even though its not difficult to guess where its all going) towards the end. The ending is where the film finally pays off and it all gets good so its all worth it!
Overall this is a weird film to judge. If you're not familiar with the old Predator, you will love this and wonder where the great ideas came from. For us more familiar people, its hard to complain about the quality of the film....we've just seen it all before. Its like when your favourite band has to rip off its former glories to make a half decent album which is an uncomfortable feeling, despite the fact you want to praise them for giving people what they want. So a decent movie then but by no means a classic.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The average rating here for this DVD doesn't really do it justice - there's no way it can be compared with the unholy mess that was Aliens v Predators; the cast are much better, there are actually some reasonably-developed characterisations, the Predators themselves are great, and it's got Larry Fishburne as a crazed survivor - what's not to like?!
I wasn't sure about Adrien Brody initially but he proves to be a strong lead and the chemistry between him and Alice Braga's Israeli sniper is good too. The format, whereby the seemingly disparate bunch are picked-off one by one sticks closely to the original's template, and there is even a fleeting reference to Arnie's character from the 1987 movie.
Overall this isn't a cerebral film or a thoughtful Sci-fi study; it's a wham-bam Hollywood popcorn movie, and with that in mind it certainly ticks all the right boxes.
I wasn't sure about Adrien Brody initially but he proves to be a strong lead and the chemistry between him and Alice Braga's Israeli sniper is good too. The format, whereby the seemingly disparate bunch are picked-off one by one sticks closely to the original's template, and there is even a fleeting reference to Arnie's character from the 1987 movie.
Overall this isn't a cerebral film or a thoughtful Sci-fi study; it's a wham-bam Hollywood popcorn movie, and with that in mind it certainly ticks all the right boxes.
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Better successor to the original than the second film
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Predictable, Cliched Garbage.
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Published 1 month ago by Rory Mcleish
advance predators 3 of
this is remake from arnie one. more advance yea yet they die very easy. unreal. could of been loads better. its average
Published 2 months ago by tango
A decent sequel.
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More effort has gone into this part of the franchise and it shows. No Oscar winning performances but gritty action a plenty. Read more
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