![]() “Alien 3” leaned into nihilistic melodrama, resulting in a dark installment that hits like a shocking ice bath after the gung-ho, rip-roaring film that preceded it. Two years later, “Alien” was met with its own relative failure. Outfitted with a head-scratching plot featuring voodoo drug lords and a noted lack of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the film is a full-on shlock fest that, while entertaining, doesn’t match up to machismo blow-the-roof-off action of the original. Three years later, “Predator 2” failed to capture its predecessor’s magic - despite it serving as cult classic fodder thanks to its willingness to lean into the outrageous. More people should watch it.Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the iconic hero Dutch in 1987’s “Predator.” Courtesy of 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection ‘Predator 2’ Prey does something similar, but Predators comes with a suite of its own ideas and expands the universe in interesting ways. The movie is dark and visceral in an understated way that reminds me of the original.It's a cool idea, and it's well executed. Instead of visiting Earth, the cast is essentially a group of humans kidnapped and placed on a hunting reserve on the Predator's home planet. I love the whole setting of Predators.In fact, the whole cast - which features Topher Grace, Alice Braga and Laurence Fishburne - is really compelling. ![]() It features a buffed-up Adrien Brody in a really interesting, slightly different type of hero performance. ![]() It feels very nice to have a good, new Predator movie available to watch. Prey has just come out and there's a certain amount of recency bias.Here are my reasons for putting Predators, from 2010, ahead of Prey. I want to say up front that it was very close between Prey and Predators for the coveted No. ![]()
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