Can a film decrease your intelligence? Hopefully not as I’m sure I left The Predator down a few.
It shouldn’t be this way. Writer and director Shane Black can write great films! Plus he was a cast member in the original film. He was perfectly placed to give us a great sequel.
Instead he’s produced a product of such poor quality that it makes me think there should be no more Predator films. If this is the best they can do then no thanks.
The title screen had barely disappeared before a bad feeling formed in my gut. So many questions. Who are they? What are they doing? Why the fuck are they doing it? There is no story. Instead you’ll find a turgid blob of a thing that barely hangs together in any cohesive form.
Even basic levels of scrutiny exposes gaping holes. Try explaining the story and you’ll sound like an idiot. Then try discussing any character without touching upon how flat and boring they are. Someone mistook ‘offensive and loud’ for ‘sharp and funny’. Just so you know, I’m shaking my head as I write this.
There is an over-reliance on poor CGI. The Predator’s facial proportions are off (a long running problem with every sequel). The editing is all over the place, perfectly encapsulated by me not knowing that someone had died!
I haven’t even discussed the ending, which could only be described as the wet-dream of a ten year old. I half expected it to all to actually be a dream it was such nonsense.
Comfortably the worst film of 2018, The Predator is a bloated, ill-considered and generally offensive film that doesn’t deserve your time or money.
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