Predator: Badlands

(12A) 106 mins
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Mike Homik, Rohinal Nayaran
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Dek is a young Predator considered the runt of his family and too weak to survive. When Dek’s father orders his brother to kill him, his brother instead helps Dek escape to the dangerous planet Genna.

Stranded on Genna, Dek must do everything he can to survive the hostile environment. He comes across Thia, a Weyland-Yutani Corporation synthetic badly damaged from trying to hunt the Kalisk, a legendary apex predator. Dek teams up with Thia to defeat the Kalisk, knowing success will gain his father’s approval. But as they begin their search, Dek learns that in this hunt he is the prey.

From the director of Prey comes this thrilling sci-fi action film. Packed with humour and frenetic sequences, it’s a clever reinvention of the series that turns one of cinema’s most fearsome villains into a worthy hero.

“big popcorn fun, a geeky commingling of lurid sci-fi, comedy and rowdy action that gets high off its own supply” Empire

“a consistently entertaining action-thriller filled with propulsive set pieces” Screen International

“The strongest film with “Predator” in the title since the 1987 original” The Wrap

12A: moderate violence, threat, injury detail