Predator: Badlands (2025)

This is how you build That Predator and Alien are part of the same shared universe is a thing since the Dark Horse Comics books in the 90s, and there have been mentions here and there, but this is the first time we see how this integration of two intellectual properties can synergize well. The story is decidedly predator-focused, with the "human" element mostly there as a point of view, but the vision is realized well, the effects, shot-composition, sound and directing works well, and the overall impression is really good. An absolute must for any fan…

If you crossed the Brothers Grimm's classic 1819 short story The Bremen Town Musicians with a Klingon Warrior's rite of passage, and set that within the Predator universe -- you end up with writer and director Dan Trachtenberg's PREDATOR: BADLANDS. One cannot argue that Trachtenberg, who is single-handedly ushering in a Predator renaissance beginning with his 2022 PREY, followed by this year's animated, gory actioner PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS has pulled off a brilliant