Review – Predators

This could have been a cool Predator riff on The Most Dangerous Game. Unfortunately it turns into a muddled mess. The Predators kidnap eight of the Earth’s most vicious killers and drop them on a distant planet set up as a giant game preserve. As Adrian Brody is the only big-name star in the lot, his character swiftly takes command as the band tries to figure out what’s going on. The Predators begin their assault, displaying the usual movie monster aplomb for killing Hispanic and black characters first. So far standard stuff. But then the unnecessary plot complications start to rain down. I’m not sure if the filmmakers had an affection for useless twists or if the running time needed beefing up or what, but the monkeying around seriously screwed with the story. And the “surprise” character development toward the end was so well telegraphed and so poorly masked that it was almost a disappointment when they finally got around to it. Overall the Predator thing has taken worse turns, but this was nowhere near as good as it could have been. Mildly amusing