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Well, I wasn't that sure of what to expect from this film seeing as Alien Vs. Predator didn't really succeed, Alien vs. Predator 2 DEFINITELY didn't succeed and the second Predator wasn't a huge success either. The trailer caught my attention because I thought it looked an awesome action film and that is what it was! I mean, what I really liked about this one is that it goes somewhere rather new like we'd not seen before but it also goes old school like back to the 80s and the first Predator film. Admittedly, I did get bored in the first 20 minutes but when the attacks and suspenseful came alive, I really got into it!
Eight Earth people – mostly professional soldiers and criminals - are abducted and parachuted into a jungle on an alien world. As they try to co-operate to ensure their survival, an unseen enemy stalks them for sport. Adrien Brody didn't really seem like the actor for a film like this but I thought he actually did a good job! Then again, Adrien Brody has been in an action-thriller film set in the jungle before and that was King Kong by Peter Jackson in 2005. After his role in blockbuster Spider-Man 3, Topher Grace enters himself in a new film of a franchise but this time a completely different character and a different kind of film.
Nimród Antal perhaps had a lot of pressure when working on this film seeing as the first Predator film is such a classic and it is loved all over the world and Predators is mostly considered as a sequel to the first one (like replacing Predator 2). However, despite that I thought he was a good director choice. It felt quite epic during intense action scenes especially around the end. As far as the screenplay, it was a bit flat to start with but it was good half way through and towards the end.
Overall, Predators is an intense thrill-ride that I thought was almost as good as the first original Predator film! It'd be a great film to select on a Saturday night and definitely one of the most entertaining films of the year!
8/10
