Whether the violence and blood is practical or CGI (unfortunately, good chance a lot of the blood splatter would be CGI) I do hope it's not silly and over-the-top like in The Predator. They amped up the gore in that one, but it just looked cartoon-ish, especially when the characters look weightless due to the CGI and how the Predator is interacting with them.
May 18, 2022, 01:10:51 PM
I think the Predator enjoys a good "fair" and "honorable" fight with an opponent he'd at least consider worthy enough to give them even the slightest chance, such as Dutch, Billy or King Willie, while the rest, even though they're probably worthy opponents in their own right, are more or less just easy trophies on the side. So what we perceive as honorable, they have a more twisted view of it.
But they're not stupid either when it comes to firepower by humans. I like to think that the Jungle Predator ambushed Blaine from behind while cloak because of the Mini-gun alone and the risks of being fatally wounded going toe-to-toe. The same goes with Mac when the Predator was caught off guard by him and almost mowed down by the Mini-gun. He knows Mac is capable and one of the few who wounded him and couldn't risk another chance of him getting the upper hand, so he took him out swiftly, even if it seemed cowardly killing him while cloaked.