Predators

One of the taglines for this movie: The Most Dangerous Killers On the Planet... But This Is Not Our Planet. Eight people of different backgrounds find themselves on an alien world with no idea how to get they got there. They soon become aware that they are in a game preserve and are being the prey being hunted for sport. It is now a matter of survival of the fittest among these eight strangers against an unseen threat, but could the greater threat be the one they seem to pose to each other?

Royce is an ex-military-soldier turned mercenary whose main concern is becomes finding a way back to Earth. Isabelle is a lack ops sniper with previous knowledge of the aliens whose planet she has found herself on. Edwin is a seemingly innocent doctor who sees the similarities with the dangerous planet life on the planet and those on Earth. Cuchillo is a Los Zetas drug cartel enforcer frustrated by the alien world he is on. Mombasa is Sierra Leone Revolutionary United Front death squad officer who is not afraid of death and never willing to back down. Spetsnaz is a father of two and a Russian commando during the Second Chechen War with a curiosity for the alien planet. Stans is a notorious and deadly death-row inmate from San Quentin state prison who just wants to survive. Hanzo is a Yakuza assassin who has committed yubitsume on the ring and pinkie of his left hand and appears to be looking for an honorable death.

The only word that fits this movie is BADASS. They have taken the franchise back to its R rated roots instead of the PG-13 incarnations that has hampered it in the AVP and AVPR incarnations. With Robert Rodriquez and his Troublemaker Studios producing this film there was no doubt that it would be something to watch. Nimród Antal proves with his fourth film that he is a director to watch when it comes to tense cinematic sequences with an action payoff to rival those that have come before. If I had anything negative to say it is that the Alan Silvestri score used always reminds me of his score from the Back To the Future trilogy which can take me out of the film at times. The actors did a great job of portraying people who were use to being the hunters of their environments stuck in WTF situation. It was interesting that we are introduced to a different breed of Predator and also their alien pets which has helped to flesh out their universe. I rate this movie a Rated T.