Unfortunately, the pyramid rests as a breeding ground for Xenomorphs, and the structure's activation has drawn Predators to it from off-world for a good old-fashioned bug hunt.
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Adapted partially from the comic book series of the same name, watchers follow a group of scientists who investigate a strange heat bloom emanating from a pyramid in Antarctica. The story, like Requiem, takes place on Earth. While one could argue this adds to the mood, it doesn't exactly help when it comes to seeing what's going on during action scenes. Beautifully-produced sets that include sprawling pyramids and chambers are obscured significantly by the dense darkness. Anderson's clash of sci-fi titans is still hamstrung by many of the same problems its sequel retained. There are a few scenes that can be discomforting or otherwise eerie, but by and large, this film is a visual and narrative mess that throws out any real story intrigue in the interest of having fights between its two titular monsters. Huge swaths of the second and third act take place at night in a thunderstorm, and very little is even visible, including the final battle between the Predalien and Wolf. There are also incredibly head-scratching editing and production choices, including the aforementioned lack of lighting. The human characters seem to go through the motions as the situation worsens in their town, leading to an attack on the town's hospital and the military deciding to level the town with a ballistic missile strike. Sadly, the majority of the film's cast doesn't add much to the narrative or the emotional stakes. As the creature continues on from the first AVP and begins a Xenomorph infestation in a small town in Colorado, a Predator named Wolf receives a distress signal from one of its dying comrades and heads to Earth to eliminate the Xenomorph threat. Its antagonist, the Xeno/Yautja hybrid known as the Predalien, is an awesome idea, but that's roughly the best thing this film has going for it.
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Predator, Requiem might have had more redeeming qualities if watchers could make out the back half of the movie with any clarity. RELATED: 'Predator' Prequel Movie Reveals Title, Release Window Across the film franchises, the Predators have taken on more than a few worthy adversaries toe-to-toe, including the Xenomorphs themselves.īefore Prey brings us back to the Predator franchise in earnest, let's take a look back at the best (and worst) films featuring the relentless headhunters. Where the Xenomorph aims to reproduce and protect the hive, the Predators seek worthy challengers. The Predator is intelligent, technologically apt, and seeks out worthy prey to make trophies of.
The Predator has found its way into various locales much like the Xenomorph of Alien, but this star-traveling killer has different ambitions in mind. Today, the Predator franchise and its titular creature (also known as Yautja) are going strong, with a new prequel film known as Prey slated to release in 2022. Where Alien spent much of its tenure in the realm of creeping horror, Predator began as an unabashed action franchise that evolved significantly over time to include elements of horror and even comedy. 20th Century Fox's prime rival to its popular Alienfranchise, the Predator franchise took the same premise of a murderous extraterrestrial threat in a much different direction.
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