Predator: Badlands (Theatrical) 2025
PREDATOR BADLANDS is just what the hunter ordered to breathe new life into a franchise whose movies had, frankly, gotten stale. There is only so many times you can rehash the same formula of badass modern warriors being hunted by a superior alien enemy, the titular Predator, and one of said warriors has to reconnect with unorthodox traditional methods to fight back. This movie flips the perspective and places a Predator as our protagonist. It opens on the homeworld of the Yautja, the species name of the Predators, as we bear witness to the events that land our protagonist Dek (played by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) on the planet Genna. Genna is a death world. Its plants and animals all highly dangerous and regard Dek as prey. Fighting for survival against the savage flora and fauna, Dek crosses path with a damaged female synthetic human named Thia (played by Elle Fanning). Or at least her upper half. Dek intends to kill a monster known as the Kalisk in order to restore h...