The Predator (2018)

When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

Director:

Shane Black

Writers:

Fred Dekker, Shane Black

Stars:

Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Boyd Holbrook	...	Quinn McKenna
Trevante Rhodes	...	Nebraska Williams
Jacob Tremblay	...	Rory McKenna
Keegan-Michael Key	...	Coyle
Olivia Munn	...	Casey Brackett
Sterling K. Brown	...	Traeger
Thomas Jane	...	Baxley
Alfie Allen	...	Lynch
Augusto Aguilera	...	Nettles
Jake Busey	...	Keyes
Yvonne Strahovski	...	Emily
Brian A. Prince	...	Predator (as Brian Prince)
Mike Dopud	...	Dupree
Niall Matter	...	Sapir
Javier Lacroix	...	Cantina Bartender

Storyline

From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.

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Plot Keywords:

the predator character | black comedy | hunter | gore | prequel | 

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Taglines:

You'll never see him coming.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout, and crude sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

The high school is named after the Predator producer Lawrence Gordon.

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Goofs

Emily refers to the Frankenstein Monster incorrectly as "Frankenstein", the name of the scientist who created him, not the monster himself. This is a very common mistake.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Haines: [on radio] Picket One, copy. Do you got eyes on hostages?
Quinn McKenna: Still negative.
Dupree: [on radio] 20 bucks says they don't show.
Quinn McKenna: You two morons really making bets on whether a drug cartel has executed hostages?
Dupree: Abso-fucking-lutely.
Haines: I believe that was implied.
Dupree: Just checking. I'm in for 20.

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Crazy Credits

In the trailers, the 20th Century Fox logo appears through the Predator's thermal vision. The movie itself sticks with the usual Fanfare intro with no Predator embellishments.

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Connections

Referenced in Most Craved: Predator Reboot and the New TMNT Trailer! (2014)

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Soundtracks

El Rumbero
Performed by George Balmaseda
Written by Jonathan Merkel and Danny Osuna (as Danny Richard Osuna)
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User Reviews

A crushing disappointment.

The hopes were high for this latest Predator rebirth, not because Shane Black starred in the great first Predator film, so therefore he surely must care about the project? But because he's an excellent writer and director. Shane Black can count Lethal Weapon(S), The Last Boy Scout and The Long Kiss Goodnight on his CV, he was the man who put Iron Man back on track after the sag of part 2. Plus he is the creator of two of the best buddy buddy neo-noirs this millennium (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang/The Nice Guys), So how come The Predator stinks of lazy cash cow manure?

Plot in a nutshell sees the universe's most lethal hunters unleashed on Earth due to the meddling of a soldiers kid and some nosey scientist types. The fate of mankind rests with a group of damaged ex-soldiers and a rather cheesed off female scientist.

We have a rehash mishmash of what we have seen before in Predator 87 and Predators 2010. A group dynamic fighting a seemingly invincible foe. The subsequent science aspects such as human DNA inference/reasoning etc never really add up to much, serving only for a bunch of standard actors shouting, swearing and spouting hopelessly weak jokes and series re-treads. When you think the pic is about to up a gear, get rivetingly dramatic, a poor slice of humour comes our way either by vocal spillage or visual drivel (puppy pet Predator dog, really?). There's a bunch of plot threads that just dangle never to be pulled (PTSD/our hero's family strife et al), and the Predators loose on Earth - with different agendas - are confusingly shifted about by a screenplay not sure where it wants to land.

Plus points? Well the cinematography is superb (Larry Fong), and you can't fault this for action quotas, there's plenty of it and it's bloody (both red and green type). The score is the traditional one we had from Alan Silvestri back in the 87 film, in fact it hardly deviates from it and yet Henry Jackman gets the credit. Of course some of the jokes will work for some folk (I would be lying if I said a Whoopi Goldberg gag didn't make me laugh), but the terror has gone, these Predators are no longer scary creatures. This reeks of a troubled production going hand in hand with a cash cow that not only narratively adds up to nothing really, but of a franchise death knell. Shame. 3.5/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

14 September 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Predator 4

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$88,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,632,284, 16 September 2018

Gross USA:

$51,024,708

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$160,542,134

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, TSG Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos Dolby (Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1