The first installment remains an all-time classic of both the sci-fi and action genres, but no movie featuring the Predator has ever come close to matching the quality of the dreadlocked extra-terrestrial’s maiden big screen outing, despite there being a series of sequels, reboots and crossovers over the last 30+ years.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s testosterone-soaked squad of commandos set a benchmark that the franchise would never realistically be able to top, but that hasn’t stopped countless filmmakers from trying anyway. Predator 2 was a solid-if-unspectacular follow-up that traded the jungle for the city and had Danny Glover’s everyman cop replace Arnie’s shredded super-soldier, the Alien vs. Predator movies are better off forgotten, and Robert Rodriguez’s Predators remains an underrated gem of a genre flick.
Although many fans thought the franchise should have been quietly retired at that point, hopes were nonetheless raised when it was announced that Lethal Weapon creator,...
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s testosterone-soaked squad of commandos set a benchmark that the franchise would never realistically be able to top, but that hasn’t stopped countless filmmakers from trying anyway. Predator 2 was a solid-if-unspectacular follow-up that traded the jungle for the city and had Danny Glover’s everyman cop replace Arnie’s shredded super-soldier, the Alien vs. Predator movies are better off forgotten, and Robert Rodriguez’s Predators remains an underrated gem of a genre flick.
Although many fans thought the franchise should have been quietly retired at that point, hopes were nonetheless raised when it was announced that Lethal Weapon creator,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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