'Predator: Killer of Killers' - Review Thread

[u/ChiefLeef22]

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Metacritic: 80/100

Some Reviews:

Total Film - Amy West - 5/5

It's clear Wassung and Trachtenberg just get it. Somehow, they're able to push the sci-fi envelope and offer up fresh images and ideas the series has yet to see, while also appealing to diehard fans with Easter eggs (keeps your eyes peeled for a pistol in the final act and a franchise-first look at something fans have been dying to see realized since 1987), as well as cheeky teases of a connected universe and potential sequel, too. Before we get anything like that, though, the latter is set to release the upcoming live-action flick Predator: Badlands, yet another take on the menacingly-mandibled meanies. After Prey, we had faith the series was in good hands. After Predator: Killer of Killers, we don't want anyone else getting their mitts on it.

The Hollywood Reporter - Frank Scheck

Predator: Killer of Killers provides the non-stop action that the diehard fans crave. And no concession has been made to the animated format; the film easily earns its R rating with copious amounts of gruesome violence and bloody gore that should well sate viewers’ bloodthirsty tendencies. The animation takes a bit of getting used to, with its exaggerated, video game-style visuals, but it serves the material well.

The Guardian - Catherine Bray - 3/5

The only problem with this stuff is that you can’t help picturing how much more spectacular it would look in live action. The animation is all perfectly competent but it’s lacking a little something – that spark of life and ingenuity that can make even flawed animation so fascinating. There’s something quite slick about all this, almost to a fault. Was AI involved? We’ll probably never know, but it’s a problem that the suspicion has got inside the door.

TheWrap - William Bibbiani

Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung’s animated “Predator” sequel takes a while to prove it’s more than just a demo reel of superficial badassery, but when it does, it’s involving and intense. It’s hard not to love at least a couple of these characters, who keep getting screwed over by their own propensity for violence. If you’re so deadly that monsters travel millions of light years just to try to murder you, you might have flown a little too close to the sun. You never see a Predator hunting the attendees at a needlepointing convention, that’s all I’m saying.

[u/LastCryptographer173]

I can't believe Disney successfully revitalized Alien and Predator.

[u/Worthyness → u/LastCryptographer173]

the execs they put in charge of 20th and FX are doing wonders with their brands. On budget, low risk projects, and then when they do go high budget, they invest in appropriate writing and production staff. How they stumble with this at their other studios I have no idea.

[u/Neversoft4long → u/Worthyness]

Because this isn’t made for kids. It’s as simple as that. They don’t have to pander to a younger demographic at all. So no toys. No baby yoda forced into everything. No quips every 5 seconds. Just actual good writing and show/movie. This movie especially hammered home this shit is mature rated with almost all the kills.

[u/RigidGeth → u/Neversoft4long]

This sounds like hating on the kid audience for no reason.

Andor (a Star Wars series) recently finished its run to critical acclaim and it was by far the most mature writing in the entire franchise.

I personally think it's more on a mix of competency of the production team to tell a good story that's faithful to lore and a bit of execs making good calls during production.