Prey aka Predator 5 (Dan Trachtenberg)

Yeah the guy has the tech to come to Earth from another planet but not to blow away a bunch of 18th century Red Indians (if the new one follows the pattern)...

I know

but doesn't there have to be an internal logic...

It's out! It's good! Just fresh from finishing and the end is done well so I might be skewed.

Currently placing it top three along with Predator and Predators.

They built up the world, the characters, what was going on and the Predator storyline just fine. Then..

Right at the end, I was like.. I'm gonna need to listen to the Predator end music.. for the vibe

but then they had their own end music and it worked!

Sarah Schachner - The Hunter

The end credits has an animated storyline. It ends at the mid-credits point. The ending of that animation has a tease.

I've only seen the first Predator (with Arnie). Was going to watch this and give the others a miss.

Would I be missing anything i.e. could it be a stand-alone movie, not having watched the ones that came beforehand.

This was very enjoyable. I would put it alongside the second one which I always liked. The slow burn aspect of it worked; building the world, main character sensing something is off etc., and the story being more simple and lean really helped. There were also some good horror aspects, but I think it was let down by over reliance on splatter type CGI.

I think I liked it more than you, but not as much as I'd hoped given the hype (mostly in this thread!)

It is it really well shot and, something I think is rare these days, brilliantly lit. Even the nighttime scenes are clear

I don't know how to do spoiler tags on my phone, so I won't add anymore. Overall a very solid 7/10 for me I think

Pleasant surprise and much better than the last one.

I think this would have worked as a non Predator film, something like a Wendigo or some Native American mythic creature (obviously just dial back the hunter/prey theme a bit).

Quite enjoyable the movie and liked the nod to predator 2. Laser sights got upgraded after this 😊

Not great, not terrible.

Would have been improved immensely if the whole thing had been actually shot in the Comanche language, but the English yap didn't interfere too much. There's a Comanche overdub, but it's not very comfortable to watch as it's clearly not the actors voices. The lead is decent enough, but there's a bit of Hollywood "strong female character" nonsense going on here and there, but it isn't as tiresome as it is elsewhere and, over all, it comes off as OK?

Predator, like Alien, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park, is just one of those IPs that really needs to be buried. Its had its time and that time was well and truly over long ago.

I think what is noticeable with the English is the accent is just a generic American accent so it seems a bit odd.

I was thinking theres an element of strong female character there but was pretty well developed. Starts off weak and learns from mistakes. Anybody of that size, male or female, taking on the predator in close quarters means you have to park your reasonableness for the sake of the action.

Theres only two characters developed in any meaningful way with the rest being canon fodder.

Not a classic but an easy watch.

I did initially but I assume that was deliberate so that we were disorientated by it, the same way she was