After premiering earlier today, the embargo lifted earlier and reviews are starting to pour in for The Predator. And if the early reaction tweets weren’t a good enough indication, the film is generally being received as quite mixed with scores around the 3 out of 5 mark.
As of publishing (but we’ll try to keep this updated as we update with new reviews) The Predator is currently sitting at 64% on Rotten Tomatoes. Update: Now up to 86% from 67%. Update 2: Now down to 64% from 86%. Update 3: Now down again to 41% from 64%.
Positive
- Mr_H Reviews
- JoBlo (7/10)
- The Playlist (B+)
- Roger Ebert (3/4)
Mixed
- /SlashFilm – 6.5/10
- Digital Spy (3/5)
- Games Radar (3/5)
- Hollywood Reporter
- IGN (6.5/10)
- ComiConverse (3/5)
- AvP Galaxy (6/10)
- Collider (C+)
Negative
- Splash Report (C-)
- Variety
- Den of Geek (1/5)
- Dread Central
- SciFi Now (2/5)
- Nerdist (2/5)
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In a way i'm glad the movie was as bad as it was otherwise we wouldnt have Decker Shados going absolute ape-shit review and this cracker to enjoy also, when this guy breaks it down the way he does it really makes you face-palm.
Pitty
Busey was used to reference some connection with the past movies, sadly it didn't make any difference due to how short it was, they should have made him take Traeger place or something.
Yeah, the kid was a plot device and Munn (what was her name character again? besides "sunshine") was a Mary Sue that just could do everything. And Busey character had no reason to be there. I could make a long list of flaws but it is pointless.
The shortest The Predator review on YouTube!
Jar Jar vs Predator, you know you want to see it.
as long lucasfilm stays out of it.
No doubt about it, Fox basically did an Alien 3 again.
Maybe if Disney decide to carry on the Alien and Predator franchises, they might do a better job because it would be hard to treat worse than what Fox have.
This guy made some good points. If you're gonna hire Shane Black, you gotta let him do his thing. I think this movie really suffered from studio meddling.
He definitely should be in the sequel if there is one.
If this is it though, it should have been him in that ending scene with the suit or they should have at least cut him in half like his dad, when Fugitives escapes from Stargazer.
Good to know
I really liked Busy in this, too. It was cool how they made him seem chill and pretty grounded, basically opposite of Keyes in P2. He definitely didn't die.
The funny thing is, for such a small role that he had, I really enjoyed what I saw. There was something about his jovial enthusiasm that just made me smile. I don’t think he died, right?
i have to agree with you the dog that got shot in the face was extremly pointless
This
And if this is new to you in 2018, you're fresh of the boat to this fandom.
OK that's interesting . So Cameron had a hand in the predator design.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/09/13/predator-shane-black-mctiernan-movie
Absolutely. No-brainer.
Yeah, you can tell he's truly passionate about movies.
TFA is actively made worse by how TLJ handled the new era and it's characters.
The "it's different so it's good" argument doesn't wash with me, I've seen more than several divisive films that were good or outright masterpieces.
TLJ doesn't even make it to mediocre.
Rey not being related to old characters (unless they alter that in the next one, but that would be cliché, so hopefully that sticks) Leia using The Force, Snoke dying out of nowhere, Kylo and Rey vs the Praetorian Guards, so awesome and then Luke trolling kylo at the end was genius.