Predator

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 14 September 2018

Director: Shane Black
Writer: Fred Dekker and Shane Black
Running Time: 1 Hour and 47 Minutes

Staring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Thomas Jane and Alfie Allen

Rating? R

SPOILERS? Not Really, hints, not Spoilers

REVIEWS

IMDB: 6 of 10

MY RATING: 5

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.

MY REVIEW

You know what? This was a fun movie. When you take out the things that were not realistic and JUST look at the movie for what it is.. a Predator movie, it's okay. There were definitely some things that I just sat there and shook my head through and a few bits that as a prior military member, I absolutely could not get past. All in all, it was good.

Would I pay to see it in the theaters? Not really. Wait until it comes out on Netflix or HBO and watch there.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• GET TO THE CHOPPER! Oh my goodness, when you hear and see this in the movie, you will laugh at the homage to the original. It was pretty dumb, but it was awesome!
• LARGER PREDATOR- Yes please. I did quite enjoy the idea of a predator hierarchy in the world where they live. It was an interesting plot device. Quite possibly the only one that made sense.
• HUMAN DNA? It was pretty obvious in the story so it's not much of a spoiler. It makes sense since they are supposedly hunting here on earth for the last 30+ years. It's a good idea for a future story. I'd watch that movie.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• HUMOR- I get it, the writer/director Shane Black was best known for Lethal Weapon, the Nice Guys, Iron Man 3 and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. It's Predator. It's not supposed to be that humorous.
• MILITARY CONSULTANT? Seriously, as a prior service member, I just lost it a few times with some of the ridiculous things. Please PLEASE hire a military specialist next time you want  to make a movie Mr. Black? The basics- (1) No hats inside buildings. (2) Military guys cannot have shaggy hair. (3) If a bunch of military guys are murdered by a supposed crazy person, there WILL be an investigation. (4) Who the hell was firing at the good guys? Storm Troopers? They missed every shot!
• THE BASICS- You could have spent the money you saved on a military consultant to hire an acting coach.
• STORY- The story was unrealistic and the plot seemed to be lacking any consistent thematic decision making. I think I've seen this movie before, but it was called RoboCop 3.
• THE PREDATOR- When did it become so easy to defeat a predator? I remember it took Arnie and like 8 others to beat one back in the day. Now he can be defeated in 2 hours by a mental patient and a few of his buddies?
• PREDATOR DOGS? Okay, please tell me that I am not the only one who thought this was going to be freaking awesome? I had good feels when I saw the  trailer. But what I ended up with was a really bad CGI morphed dog that was intensely overdone. All II could see while they were on screen were the stupid demon dogs from Ghostbusters, you know.. Zuul the Gatekeeper and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster, loyal minions of Gozer the Gozerian.  

What QUESTIONS do I now have?

• Why was the kid working for the Client/Space Force/Military? Isn't he like 10? Shouldn't he be in school instead of working?
• I don't understand Olivia Munn's character? So, she wrote a letter about aliens and now she's a biologist that they picked to help understand alien tech?  
• Why was the interior light on in the military bus while they were driving?
• Why were the crazies in the bus in civvies and not in uniform? I've got some inside information that YOU STILL HAVE TO WEAR a uniform while you are in psych hold.

On a more personal note..... 

Worked on a new piece of art, Finished Friday night after the movie. Rocket and Isabella were absolutely adorable!