Fear is Reborn.
Director: Nimród Antal
Release Date: 9 July 2010 (USA)
Runtime: 106 min
That tag line fits pretty well if i do say so myself. The Predator franchise was dragged in the mud for the past few years with the Craptastic take that was Aliens vs Predator. Making our Ugly Mother's look like weak little has beens.
The film has a very solid eighties feel to it without having the over dose of cheesy-ness that some films may look to exploit(The Expendables looks to do that later this year) but unlike most crazy Action packed movies, this one does not star a huge muscle headed freak as the leading man, Instead we have Adrien Brody jumping into a very fitting pair of military boots.
The cast did a very good job with the limited time they did to build any type of character, but being that this is a action film I wasnt expecting too much.
Topher Grace actually shocked me as i had no clue he was in the movie until he magically fell out of the sky. He was a perfect fit to be the odd man out of the group.
But if i have to bring up anyones role in the film it would have to be Laurence Fishburne as I honestly forgot that he was in the film, His role played a solid part in the movie and his acting was the best part of the Human race in this film.
Otherwise, the cast did a fine job meshing together, the script didnt give us much in the way of backgrounds other then what they had been doing before they magically appeared in the jungle.
The jungle has that creepy and freaky undertone that the first film made so famous back in the eighties. The whole scenery felt very right for this planet, The waterfall scene and the area that they shot it in was just really pretty for a movie that is about An alien hunting down humans and collecting prizes from the fallen.
With that said the plot is basically that, Humans are dropped in and then hunted by the Predators, But the humans are of course the best at what they do. Killing. Our team of badasses need to group together and figure out where they are and what is going on.
We are introduced to multiple versions of the Predators(which some people may already know from the other media they appear in) to other little surprises.
The film is on the short side of time running in at just a bit over 105 minutes. But for the most part you are dropped inside the jungle and are expected to stand side by side with Adrian Brody and fight to survive.
I would say it was a bit on the fast pace of things, as i never found my self to be bored. But it was also pretty short so that does help matters.
The special effects seemed to be pretty solid updates from the first film, With the classic "predator vision" to the Cloaking system and the weapons they fight with. The gore didnt really seem to have as Hard of an R feel to it as i would have expected but it didnt let me down either, it felt right.
Robert Rodriguez and Crew did not let me down with this refreshing, retelling of the ugly alien known simple as... The Predator.
If you liked the first Predator, or Action adventure movies with a chunk of Sci Fi and thrill of the hunt type of films, then i really think you should give this movie a view on the big screen.
Seeing the Green blood again made everything feel alright.
The film has a very solid eighties feel to it without having the over dose of cheesy-ness that some films may look to exploit(The Expendables looks to do that later this year) but unlike most crazy Action packed movies, this one does not star a huge muscle headed freak as the leading man, Instead we have Adrien Brody jumping into a very fitting pair of military boots.
The cast did a very good job with the limited time they did to build any type of character, but being that this is a action film I wasnt expecting too much.
Topher Grace actually shocked me as i had no clue he was in the movie until he magically fell out of the sky. He was a perfect fit to be the odd man out of the group.
But if i have to bring up anyones role in the film it would have to be Laurence Fishburne as I honestly forgot that he was in the film, His role played a solid part in the movie and his acting was the best part of the Human race in this film.
Otherwise, the cast did a fine job meshing together, the script didnt give us much in the way of backgrounds other then what they had been doing before they magically appeared in the jungle.
The jungle has that creepy and freaky undertone that the first film made so famous back in the eighties. The whole scenery felt very right for this planet, The waterfall scene and the area that they shot it in was just really pretty for a movie that is about An alien hunting down humans and collecting prizes from the fallen.
With that said the plot is basically that, Humans are dropped in and then hunted by the Predators, But the humans are of course the best at what they do. Killing. Our team of badasses need to group together and figure out where they are and what is going on.
We are introduced to multiple versions of the Predators(which some people may already know from the other media they appear in) to other little surprises.
The film is on the short side of time running in at just a bit over 105 minutes. But for the most part you are dropped inside the jungle and are expected to stand side by side with Adrian Brody and fight to survive.
I would say it was a bit on the fast pace of things, as i never found my self to be bored. But it was also pretty short so that does help matters.
The special effects seemed to be pretty solid updates from the first film, With the classic "predator vision" to the Cloaking system and the weapons they fight with. The gore didnt really seem to have as Hard of an R feel to it as i would have expected but it didnt let me down either, it felt right.
Robert Rodriguez and Crew did not let me down with this refreshing, retelling of the ugly alien known simple as... The Predator.
If you liked the first Predator, or Action adventure movies with a chunk of Sci Fi and thrill of the hunt type of films, then i really think you should give this movie a view on the big screen.
Seeing the Green blood again made everything feel alright.
Can't really agree. I wasn't grabbed by the movie as you were. Many things are set up in this movie as if we'll get a huge awesome pay off, but most of the times it results in nothing. Most disappointing were that there were no new "toys" used by the Predators, and even some old ones that never make an appearance, like the disc blade. I wasn't a fan of the new Pred race, as it felt like Nimrod was spitting on what I remembered as badass Preds, and saying "Hey! Your Preds suck, mine are so much better!" Not everything was bad though. Cast scenery were great. Overall I left the theater with a feeling of being slightly disappointed.
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