Comments on: Movie Review: Predators (2010)

By: MurderousmooD

MurderousmooD — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:25:32 +0000

"I mean, the film is called Predators, it would've been nice to see some."

*dead* Now that was a good line.

Your comment covers my take on the film and I appreciate that you didn't insult P2 (I don't get why there's so much disdain for that film). I enjoy P2. It's got a lot of cheesiness, but I like the grimy L.A.ness of it and how it goes (or appears to go) all over the city. It even had sex in it, lol. It reminds me of "They Live" and a slew of movies of various genres set in L.A. It works for me and Danny Glover worked as an overwrought, over-the-hill, over-the-edge protagonist.

I still can't believe the Predator didn't kill Maria Conchita Alonso, lol. She did have a gun after all, haha. That "mercy" was a cop-out.

With the new setting and the idea (not truly new since it was the basic premise of AVP), I was interested to see what Predators was going to be. It turned out badly, imo.

I thought that last AVP film was a hard pill to swallow, but this movie was just wack.

By: MurderousmooD

MurderousmooD — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:38:56 +0000

"the moment you stop belittling everything around your orbit, you'll discover moments in time that are actually pleasurable."

I like your quote, but "Predators" is not a pleasurable moment in time, lmao.

By: MurderousmooD

MurderousmooD — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:35:11 +0000

"the moment you stop belittling everything around your orbit, you'll discover moments in time that are actually pleasurable."

I like what your quote, but "Predators" is not a pleasurable moment in time, lmao.

By: MurderousmooD

MurderousmooD — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:26:01 +0000

Aj was probably saying that the original had its' own "classic" one-liners and this film does not.

"Yeah… Bitch-raping time," isn't likely to rate as a "classic" quotable. Well, at least not for the right reasons.

By: Craig Sveska

Craig Sveska — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:28:39 +0000

After reading the posts here, I will watch this film.

I am an original Predator fan. Who can ever forget the over-the-top, unbelievable moment when Jesse Ventura revealed his man-portable mini-gun! When I first saw that, it was the only time I had an outburst in a theater, "godalmighty, he's got a man-portable mini-gun". Anyway, I have seen the Directv 5 minute PredatorS preview, and there is a mini-gun!

Who could have known in 1987 that the film featured two future governators!

PS I highly recommend Ventura's book "American Conspiracies".

By: welshchris

welshchris — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:56:10 +0000

Predators was complete rubbish. It added nothing new, the bigger predator was completely pointless and so were the predator hounds. The movie was a remake of the first film and not a very good one. Please Hollywood start coming up with new ideas and stop this revisioning, remaking, reimagining, rehashing of things that have gone before. They say you can judge a society by the stories it tells. Maybe this is a sign of the downfall of civilisation as we know it. Oh wait a minute that was 2012, and that was pants as well, which means the end of the world might not be as bad as we thought. That's what hype does, it never lives up to expectations.

By: Homicidal Maniac

Homicidal Maniac — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:48:10 +0000

i will give this review: F

being Predator fan from the 90's- i had no complain abt the film. i guess u wanted predators to fight decepticons or something and finish the movie swimming with the great white from Jaws. stop writing reviews. please.

By: jd

jd — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:40:06 +0000

thats the problem with people know adays ……….always complaining about something…….i mean get over yourselfs…..always saying this is bad or this is bad if your b****ing so much about it why dont you get your a** up and make a better movie then…..do you really have to listen to a critic to be happy with yourself thats like listen to those morons who say the world is going to end, nobody listens to those a**h***….and what do you expect from this generation today to say if its a good movie, you would be surprised if they quick texting or got off facebookt to go see a movie…and the ones that do complain…all im saying is quit complaining and enjoy what people make or you because i know for a fact you cant make anything better

By: Winchester

Winchester — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:00:19 +0000

I just wanted to come in late and agree with Brad'd review.

Except I wouldn't be as kind. This movies sucked in every conceivable way and it deserves to be flopping in it's second weekend.

Dull action, unlikeable characters, bad twists and bad acting from everyone (especially the wholly miscast Adrien Brody – whose never been good in any film anyway, don't even bring up the Oscar he won) involved.

This was abysmal film-making at it's very worst.

By: dee

dee — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:59:42 +0000

i just saw predator….the movie is decent…but at the very beginning…i picked out the survivors and was dead on….this left me with a bitter taste in my mouth as i knew the survivors would be most definitely the girl the 2 youngest…and so called straight people out of the whole crew….the rest of the crew did not make it for obvious reasons….they were either too old…a minority or a criminal…it just hits head on and tells so much about the way this world really is…..the movie would have been so much better if the criminal would have survived…which is really a good possiblility…or a minority would have made it…because it would have not been expected…so sad the movie was so predictable.

By: GARA

GARA — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:40:56 +0000

I am a big fan of predator and alien movies,I am from Belgrade and i cant wait to see this film.
But i just cant find the release date!!!
Does anyone knows anything about it??
Plus i read the critics and i dont know what are this people expecting?? This movie is suposed to be an action a good old fun hard action!!!
No one should look it like a sequal,the first was new and unexpected no one knew what to expect from it and it turn out to be one of the best action adventure sci fi movie of all time!!!!
I love all predators first and the second,and i also loved the AVP 1 and 2,its fun to watch it!!
Hell you just give me the movie where you have predator or alien and it cant miss!!!! :) :) :)
cant wait to watch it!!!
bye!!!!
pozdrav svim fanovima!!!! :) :)

By: AJAY

AJAY — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:43:21 +0000

I saw lots of comments from fans saying that they are super predetors and how easily this crew killed them all blah blah blah. Well first of all you cant say something stupid about the first predetor kill, you can argue about the second one where the yakuza guy killed him 1 on 1 using sharp sword, but its a sharp sword hello it can cut any human into 2 halves, these predetors are not made from steal think about it. I liked this movie and some notes i wanted to see that it could have made it than the first movie :

1- more soldiers and less convicts .
2- the battle between 2 predetors should have been epic but it was a C- kick ass.
3- The doctor guy could have killed one of his crew members and made it look like the predetors did it and that adds more suspense.

All in all, I gave it a solid 'B' or 3/4

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:48:34 +0000

I'm a fan of the original film, and I saw the new one yesterday. That being said I don't know what movie you saw, but Predators was FULL of lines from the original. I mean the ending with Adrian fighting the Predator had some dead on quotes from Predator. Not trying to be rude to you or anything I just found alot of lines from the original. I agree with you, there were alot of classic lines in Predator. I thought it was an over all good movie though.

By: TS

TS — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:25:31 +0000

thanks, i got back from a 1:45 showing and i loved it.

I am a BIG fan of the Predator series. I loved the first, hated the second, and loved this one.

Adrian Brody did a very good job, and i actually thought Topher Grace wasn't terrible. Alice Braga was good. I think the real standout was the guy who played the convict. He was funny and likable.

The gore and violence was just the right amount, the best two deaths being either the spine rip and lawrence fishburne exploding.

By: AJAY

AJAY — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:29:51 +0000

Pick this movie, I gave it 3/4 it is cool enough to let you feel that your watching the first peredtor movie, It starts strong and intense then slows down and then it finishes strong. It has its moments and as I said its way better than kinght and day.

By: TS

TS — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:42:44 +0000

I'm either seeing this or Knight and Day tonight. I live in boston and my newspaper gave it a 3 and a half star review, that is as good as the avatar review, and knight and day got two and a half. I really want to see both, but i'm not sure which one to see.

What should i pick?

By: angel

angel — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:32:48 +0000

I walked into this movie expecting to hate it, and ended up liking it. This is coming from a girl who normally hates these kind of movies. But I genuinely liked it, and I think a lot of it has to do with the actors. I liked Brody as an action hero. Who knew he had it in him? And Alice Braga did great as the killer with the heart of gold. Topher Grace didn't add or detract. The Japanese fellow was cool, and unlike the reviewer, I really liked the scene when he fights Samurai-style with the Predator. It was fun. And I think Lawrence Fishburn was a nice addition.
I actually like the fact that there isn't a whole bunch of mindless killing. I'm sorry Brad, but I think this is one of its strongest points. It doesn't have to rely on the gore to be entertaining. Even though there is plenty of gore. So all in all, I say it deserves a B at least.

By: Anonymous' Friend

Anonymous' Friend — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:06:48 +0000

Yeah tell me about it. SATC 2 actually got a B-.

By: Carson Dyle

Carson Dyle — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:05:50 +0000

So… Brad isn't allowed to have a divergent or individual opinion? What's the point of even looking at review sites if that's your mindset? Why not just go to RT, look at the tomatometer, and be satisfied with that if you're not interested in actual critical writing?

By: Anonymous' Friend

Anonymous' Friend — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:02:31 +0000

This was a much better movie than this review makes it out to be. I was pleasantly surprised by the performances, granted I walked into the theater expecting something a little better than the AVP debacles. There definitely was suspense and you knew a lot of people were going to die, but didn't know how and who would ultimately survive. The Predators were shown plenty in this movie, and I understand why they waited a while to show them; because most people in the audience probably never saw the 1987 classic, and were only subjected to the aforementioned travesties. But I'd say the young audience enjoyed the gore, plot, and the overall movie.

Topher Grace was horrible, as he is in every movie, but perhaps he was meant to be so. I wanted more action but this played out more like a thriller. The ending was a cliffhanger-type setup for sequels, but I expect that from almost every goddamned Hollywood movie nowadays. Fishburne was in here as a plot-moving character, and believe it or not, when he came on screen, there was actually a small smattering of applause. Brody and Braga acted well in the movie, although I liked seeing Brody as a wiry and cut-up mercenary rather than the Vin Diesel/Ah-nuld types.

But since you're a girl (or perhaps a 45 y/o fat guy {shudder}), you'd probably enjoy this as a date movie. Otherwise, see Despicable Me. I've heard good WOM for it AND support Steve Carrell so he finally moves out of THE OFFICE.

Overall a 7/10 or B.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:02:21 +0000

This movie let me down BIG time… I don't even want to get into saying anything about it. The only cool things in this movie was some of the locations. I've actually been to both places that were filmed in the movie(I'm from Austin). Some of the forest scenes I couldn't really tell, but the first part when they were hiking in the rocks(the spinning leaf part) was actually a camp site(McKinney Falls). The second place was after they fell down the waterfall. That place was called Hamilton Pool. A very nice little cove/lake area with some pretty cold water even during the summer.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:12:42 +0000

Just came back from seeing this and I'll say that it makes a valid entry in the Predator's universe.

Predator
Predators
Predator 2

^In that order – in terms of flow.

I will say that they make a SHITLOAD of references to the first film. Some of the music is the same. For a minute there I thought I was watching a remake or reboot rather than a sequel. Even some of the character arcs resemble the first film.

The violence is great and I enjoyed the story. I will buy this on blu-ray when it comes out and hope that it will be a director's cut or at least fully loaded.

By: The Check Spot

The Check Spot — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:48:55 +0000

So far, this is the most disappointing film of the summer. The problem is that it's massively slow and boring. I'm fine with a film that takes its time and builds toward the finale, but Predators does nothing with the downtime. No real character development, no suspense. I mean, the film is called Predators, it would've been nice to see some. What made the original great was that there was a rapport between the characters which gave us some great lines and made us totally care for the heroes. Here, they don't know each other, so we lose that comfort with the ensemble that the first and the second had. Then, it takes an hour to see our villains which isn't shocking since we already have a familiarity with the villains. We get a ridiculous, non-sensical twist at the end. The movie only comes alive when Fishburne shows up and then the final fight between Brody (he's been working out) and the Predator. I guess I was hoping for a throwback to 80's films, but it doesn't have the humor or the violence. Overall, it's a movie I wish had more to it. I have a feeling The Beast wouldn't call this bit here a critique either. Oh, well.

By: Sampson

Sampson — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:34:47 +0000

You gave it a C-, reviews are saying its a B, and overall everyone that has seen it has said its pretty good for an action film. I really love this site but the reviews have been so off this year its kinda disappointing.

By: mfan

mfan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:58:18 +0000

I'm on the fence about seeing Predators, but can't agree a good sequel can't be made. It will just take a director and maybe some writers who are enthusiastic enough about it to put some thought into it for a couple of years. The director of Pride and Predjudice, with Kiera Knightly, said he thought about the project for two years solid. Because he was remaking a historic classic of literature and would get lots of criticism if he bolloxed it up. My favorite moment in AVP, was when the Predator detected that a ship containing an Alien(s) was about to fall to earth, and his decision? To handle it all by himself! Classic. All a good Predators movie needs is more of those moments.

By: ddurden33

ddurden33 — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:34:24 +0000

it would have been better had they casted michelle rodriguez instead of braga lolz.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:26:07 +0000

Haters gonna hate.

By: The beast

The beast — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:53:22 +0000

Talk about a bitter and one eyed point of view. give the film some credit mate. I stumble across a link about a " review" on Predators, and all I get is some windbag saying nothing but winy superficial criticisms on a film that should be based on it's merits. Not the mood or piss poor attitude of a reviewer clearly not enthusiastic enough for the task bested upon him/her or whatever you call yourself. Here's a word of advice from someone in the real world: the moment you stop belittling everything around your orbit, you'll discover moments in time that are actually pleasurable. Maybe then you so called "critics" might find the time to produce something positive.

By: Adriano

Adriano — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:47:03 +0000

"Vacancy" was a very pleasant surprise. I'm curious about seeing this "Predators". Plus, I really like Alice Braga.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:28:31 +0000

I really enjoyed as a one-time watch. Absolutely no desire to watch it again, but it was an entertaining and intense action movie with fine characters and Brody pwning in the role.