I saw Predators the other night. Being as big a fan as I am of the series, I went into the theater really excited for this film. But I left the theater feeling a little bummed about it.
The first two Predator movies were beyond incredible. I could watch them over and over again. They were filled with tough and badass actors. Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Danny Glover, Jesse Ventura, and Gary Busey. These movies were the heavy hitters of the science fiction / action genre. And after watching the trailer for Predators a couple of times, I thought this movie might have a chance. I obviously thought wrong.
I cannot stand when movies have plot holes. It seems like the film makers just were getting lazy, like they couldn't piece stuff together. This movie was a piece of Swiss cheese. There were more plot holes than I could count. I'll list some:
1. Why are the Predators suddenly kidnapping people, didn't they used to go to other planets to hunt?
2. This planet is a giant game preserve but yet there is a big abandoned drill thing where Lawrence Fishburne lives...uhh what?
3. There's random aliens running around that aren't even explained.
4. The Predators travel in 3's... yet there's a 4th one tied up at their camp.
5. Adrien Brody notices that the sun never moves while they're there but then suddenly it's night time, right.
Minus all of the holes in the movie, there were still a lot of problems. The dialogue just seemed so unnatural at times. No convict is going to say straight out that when he gets home he is going to "rape so many girls." You're joking me right? Or he's not going to scream about not having a gun and use the word "gun" a million times.
Adrien Brody talked like Batman from the Dark Knight the whole time. Maybe we should also talk about how untough he was.
Has anyone seen the Pianist? He was a starving, Jewish piano player in WW2...there is no way he can be a tough and badass mercenary. He is more like a weirdo assassin. Who even thought it would be good to use him? Can you say random? What about Gerard Butler or Sam Worthington, I would have even been happy with an old Bruce Willis. But no, we had to settle for not-so-tough Adrien Brody... he wasn't even that bad until he took his shirt off at the end and then you realized that there is nothing hardcore about him, minus his huge toucan nose.
There were some parts of the movie that I did enjoy. There was a scene where the Yakuza gangster fought the Predator in a field of tall grass with a samurai sword. That was actually an awesome scene. And when psycho Lawrence Fishburne explained the Predators and their methods to the crew...while talking to himself, it came across as quite eerie.
Overall the movie was fun but not great. It didn't stand even close to the titans of the first two movies. I don't even count the AVP's as part of the Predator franchise. This movie was a step up from them but was lacking in a lot of areas. I guess I should have seen this coming when they said that Topher Grace was going to be in the film. Oh well, I guess we'll never get another Predator movie as good as the first two.
What did you think of the new Predator movie?
Recommend
Comments (15)
as the Highlander says "There can only be one." and that one is the original.
Predator movies suck after that.
not that i wasn't SLIGHTLY disappointed as well, since i LOVED the original... but your plot holes are not really plot holes, except for #2. they are all your failure to understand details hahahaha. 3 and 4 were even explicitly explained in the movie, and make complete sense.
Ah damn, I had high hopes for that one!
Oh geez, I saw Predators and I was totally disappointed. I'm way more of an Alien fan, but I've always followed all the Alien and Predator films/comics. Adrian Brody was garbage. He looked like such a wimp and compared to Schwarzenegger, he looked emaciated.
And what kind of Predator is held back by some dinky chain? The Predator tied up at the camp should have been able to bust out of there. The film didn't do justice to the Predators and they should have been way tougher. Like the one who got killed by a cut from a samurai sword? Give me a break. If Schwarzenegger had a difficult time fighting the Predator, there's no way that Adrian Brody and his group of losers could have even come close to killing it. The original is definitely the best one.
I was not expecting much from this movie. Glad to hear it didn't disappoint.
You liked Predator 2? That movie was total ass.
what the fuck it was a great sequel to the other two. just cause you don't like it because it didn't have any dumbass lines in it.
I liked it, sorry you didn't maybe they explain more abot your "plot holes " in the sequel, you did know there was a sequel being made?right?
Why are any of you guys trying to defend this movie? The action was hardly intense, the acting was pretty crappy, the characters were laughable. And seriously, what's with the graphics? It really only barely looks
better than the original. Let's not even get into the writing. The plot was alright, and the character development was negligible. I don't know if you noticed: the viewer doesn't even find out the two main character's names until the last three minutes of the movie.
Yeah. If you liked that movie you weren't paying attention, or you're not very smart. Take your pick, but I would go for the former if you're looking to maintain some dignity.
The new predator sucks.
This was one step in the right direction. A step away from the last AvP movies that were a travesty to say the least.
I didn't see any of those points listed as very big holes, rather then just more to the Predator story/mythology.
But....I wanted to like it a lot more then I did. I realllllllly wanted to like it. While it did have it's good parts (I thought the yakuza vs predator scene was totally lame, but had the potential to be amazing) I just wasn't satisfied.
For me? I think the next Predator movie would have to be more mindfuck then action. We've seen the action again and again and it continually falls short. That scene in the beginning with Machete (whatever that guys real name is? The mexican guy?) and him being wounded and yelling "Help Me". It was great!! That scene messed me up! I was on edge and borderline frightened!!
If the movie continued on that path, more "disturbing" rather than action/explosions, I think it would really do the Predator movies justice.
A worthy attempt by RR, but give us something new
No one can top awwwnold in anything.
Morgan - funny you didn't like it, as I actually loved it and thought it couldn't be any better.
The problems you listed aren't really all that problematic.
1. Why are the Predators suddenly kidnapping people, didn't they
used to go to other planets to hunt?
Evidently they do both. I think this is something that is acceptable.
2. This planet is a giant
game preserve but yet there is a big abandoned drill thing where
Lawrence Fishburne lives...uhh what?
I'm pretty sure it was a crashed ship he was hiding in.
3. There's random aliens
running around that aren't even explained.
If you noticed the piles of bones, they weren't all human. The Predators are pulling species from many planets, not just Earth. The one Fishburne killed in the film was attacking the group because it thought they were the ones responsible for abducting it.
4. The Predators
travel in 3's... yet there's a 4th one tied up at their camp.
They kind of explained that there was a blood feud between two races in the Predator species - so it's suggested they've taken the 4th prisoner from another group.
5.
Adrien Brody notices that the sun never moves while they're there but
then suddenly it's night time, right.
That was kind of explained in the scene where they realize they're on another planet. The planet was just so big, it would take a lot longer for the sun to actually go down - which is why it takes the whole movie to happen.
The Brody thing: most military Ops guys are thin. Toned and strong - but lean.
The only legit plot hole is where the sniper character tells the
group about how Arnie survived in the first film: by applying mud to
his body to mask his body heat. The characters she's speaking to are at
the side of a lake at this point - yet after hearing the story, they
don't apply any mud to their bodies. That's problematic.
I thought it was shite to be honest. But didnt expect much else.
The serial killer steps in a little bear trap type thing and can't walk so he has to be carried. The second he gets thrown down into that pit though he can suddenly walk.
Fishborne's character could've just blasted them while they were huddled up safely invisible but his "better" plan is to take them to his house and kill them all of smoke inhalation with a TINY fire. And yet he was smart enough to avoid the predators?
Fishborne's character speaks quietly to avoid detection, but has no problems lighting fires even though he knows they detect heat.
After the big predator kills the little one, what does he do while Brody sets up the ring of fire and booby trap on the killer's body? He must've been kicking it for a while and watching since he was, you know, still there.
Since it's established the predators are pretty smart, why didnt the big predator just switch off of thermal vision when hes in a ring of fire?
The mud thing as already stated by others.
This movie was balls which sucks because I like RR. The acting was balls. The plot was balls. Most of all, the script. The smelliest balls ever. Holy shit.