Predators

The original was simply a classic 80s summer action flick. I remember seeing it, being enthralled for 2 hours, and walking out loving what was done. My highest honor to any film is to actually buy the DVD which I did a few years back when it came out with a special edition.

Since then the predator franchise has been hit with a bunch of mediocre crap. The sequel was just a blur (remember the sequel to the Highlander, yeah just like that) and painful to watch. Although it did have the greatest easter egg in any film and that was showing the Alien skull in the ship. Because of that teaser we had to settle for two awful Aliens Predators flicks (OK full disclosure, I never saw them).

So finally Predators comes out this summer trying to add some sheen to the franchise and taking the model that work in the 80s as it attempts to assemble a cast of characters to fight the Predators. While overall it is an OK action flick, has elements of excitement, but ultimately gets lost in an ugly script and characters that really can't hold the jock of the original crew. Now that team had comic book size characters. WHAM BOOM POW. So another movie can be added to the junk pile of retreads and sequels...thankfully Empire Strikes Back, T2, and Aliens can let us fans dream that sequels can be better than the original.