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<\/a><\/p>\nOther than the title having the letter ‘s,’ tacked on the end, this sequel is not a vast improvement nor a different movie like Aliens<\/em> was. It’s almost the same movie from 1987 but it did suck much less than AVP<\/em>; I never saw AVP 2<\/em> because I was so underwhelmed by the predecessor. This doesn’t mean Predators<\/em> is terrible, it just doesn’t break any new ground regarding the alien game hunters.<\/span><\/p>\n The beginning is awesome as we see the film’s main character Royce suddenly waking up and he’s plummeting to the ground. He has a parachute yet it won’t open, it lacks a rip cord. Then it activates with seconds to go. Royce lands, gets his bearings and teams up with several soldiers, several criminals and a doctor who also have recently landed. They’re a motley bunch from around the world: an IDF sniper, a Zetas enforcer, an RUF member, a death-row inmate, etc. Each one except for the physician, is a dangerous killer\u2026on Earth. Now they’re on a planet the Predators (this race has never had an official name) use as a game preserve and the odds are against them for obvious reasons: the Predators have advanced technology to make themselves invisible namely.<\/span><\/p>\n Seventy percent of the movie then just repeats what happened in the original\u2026the protagonists are eliminated one by one except this time there are three Predators working together as a team. This precedent was established in AVP<\/em>. The only new thing we learn about them is that their race may be divided into two camps based upon size, similar to the differences between wolves and dogs as a survivor of past hunts explains. (Not a spoiler alert, everyone knows Laurence Fishburne is in this.)<\/span><\/p>\n Despite Netflix’s DVD having a couple glitches while it played, I thought the movie was an okay waste of time. My disappointment remains because Rodriguez and his crew failed to pull of what Cameron did 24 years ago; making a different genre flick with the same foe. Alien <\/em>and Aliens<\/em> go together and they’re great, there’s no disconnection. However, the former is Sci-Fi Horror while the latter is Sci-Fi Action. Predator 2<\/em> has more differences than Predators<\/em> did\u00a0and it had the great Bill Paxton as a cast member.<\/span><\/p>\n The problem in my opinion lies in the franchise’s star, the Predator. Besides hunting down humans like they’re animals, is there any other plot one can tell with these creatures? I do have a quick answer of “Yes with a but,” because Dark Horse and DC Comics succeeded in the Nineties through their joint comic miniseries Batman v. Predator<\/em>. Mixing the two genres resulted in a plausible, well-executed story. As for another movie\u2026I’d say Fox should retire the alien until someone can achieved a solution like Cameron did through Aliens<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Other than the title having the letter ‘s,’ tacked on the end, this sequel is not a vast improvement nor a different movie like Aliens was. It’s almost the same movie from 1987 but it did suck much less than … Continue reading