Watched it again in Comanche language, gave it a more authentic feel and the only version I would want to watch. Again listing the positives and negatives:
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PROS:
- Beautifully shot, definitely the film's strongest point.
- Music was not a retread of the original theme but something new and refreshing which was a nice surprise
- Midhunter is definitely not my favorite protagonist in a predator film but she did a serviceable job, learning from her surroundings, constantly trying to improve herself and become a better warrior not just hunter. The other character worth mentioning is Taabe who was actually the best character and deserved to be the main one. The other characters were disposable.
- Some nice action scenes, none were the predator series highlight but overall the bear fight, wolf chase, french trapper massacre and Taabe vs Feral were good scenes.
- Feral had some nice presence, he is dumb as a rock but at least he is determined.
CONS:
- Over-reliance on CGI which was crap in a lot of scenes, the mountain lion was straight out of 2002, just terrible. The bear looked ok in some scenes, very fake in others. Some fake CGI blood also like when Feral kills Naru's friend in the tall grass or when the bear's blood is spilled over him. In some cases the CGI was great like in the Wolf chasing the rabbit scene but this is an exception
- The end fight was kinda meh, Naru suddenly becoming a ninja and jumping all over Feral's back, slicing him all over, making him look like a chump. She seemed too over skilled for me. Also why did Feral spare her life every chance he got? It's said he didn't see her as a threat but that was no reason for him to ignore her like several times.
- Feral was basically a tank not interested in hunting that much, also he wasn't that smart getting tricked by his own equipment twice. This guy will get massacred by Jungle hunter.
- The movie tends to cut away from the violence numerous times, don't know why. The camera pulls away from the more gory bits and cuts some parts that didn't need to be cut. No idea why they chose to go this way but the movie was definitely more tame than I hoped. Only Predators is more tame in the franchise.
Overall a solid 7/10. Third best behind the first two (P2 will probably remain the best sequel forever) but above Predators and miles ahead of the predator which was a travesty apart from some nice violence here and there.
