REVIEW: 'Predators' casts big names, rehashes same ol' story.
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 2:08PM ;)
Photo credit: 20th Century FoxAs a sci-fi fan, it is easy to get all excited about another Predator movie. The franchise has been around awhile, and definitely appeals to a niche group who enjoys watching humans fight to survive while being hunted by an overpowering species who collects their skulls as trophies. And most of these fans reminisce about the first Predator movie that featured a buff Arnold Schwarzenegger (representing the human race at its physical best) take on a single Predator (representing the alien species at its worst). Unfortunately, Predators gives us a replay of exactly what made the series appealing in the first place, but fails to introduce enough new material to keep the movie interesting.
If we take the first Predator movie and replace Schwarzenegger with Adrien Brody, and then change the setting from a jungle on Earth to a similar looking jungle environment on an alien game reserve, then you have an idea of what Predators is about. Granted, a few things have changed. Such as the introduction of alien "dogs" that engage in the hunt, and some additional details about a clan battle within the Predator species. But these few changes seem like a desperate attempt to convince people that the film makers really didn't rehash the same ol' story from the first Predator movie. And just like the first movie, this film relies on a high profile cast (for the most part) to carry the movie. But any avid film fan knows that throwing a group of well-known actors into a film with a script that does not take advantage of their talents just leads to disappointment.
