LuckyWillPREDATORS – Prey for Mercy
September 15th 2010 15:48
The story follows the adventures of a collection of murderers, soldiers, gangsters and cons who are literally thrown into an alien game preserve to be hunted down by a new breed of predators. From what I understand, these predators have very little in common with those we know and love from previous films and the two species don’t particularly get along either. While they look similar, one breed is bigger and better designed for hunting than the other; lucky for us this Predator2.0 species is the one running the preserve just to make things that little bit harder. Teams of these predators scour the universe in search of its greatest hunters and warriors and bring them here to not only test their skills against them but also to learn their styles and adopt the most useful strategies. The humans’ mission is a simple one, survive, but that in itself is made as difficult as possible by their hosts resulting in an epic guerrilla style war.
Now I honestly thought that a Predator film without Arnie would just be a terrible flop; I mean, if Arnie struggled to defeat just one, who else would even stand a chance against a whole squad of them? Arnie had muscles so big that each one required its own gym membership and he was still weak in comparison with the ugly assassins. But there is more to fighting than just strength as heir to the Predator empire, Adrien Brody, proves. At first glance his spindly physique appears no match for his ferocious adversaries but as the film wears on his actions reveal him to be far more ruthless and dangerous than first thought and one of his final shirtless scenes reveals that the man packs quite a lot of muscle beneath his unflattering attire. Unlike Schwarzenegger’s bulky, powerful approach, however, Brody is much trimmer and ripped. He even throws in a little shot at the critics, acknowledging that he may not be THAT strong “but I am fast” he says.
The effects, the suspense, the characters and the flow of the film are awesome. It has a great ending with a surprising twist and best of all it actually tries to match the style of the first instalment. We spend half the film just waiting to see the predators and when we do finally see them they do not disappoint. As I said earlier, we even meet a new species and learn a little more about these mysterious invaders.
It has that same familiar feel of the original only, I think, better. I hesitate to give it 5/5 simply because I know I have seen better films than this but at the same time I had no problems with it either. It was fun, engaging, suspenseful; the characters were interesting; the story made sense; it looked fantastic and the twist was completely unexpected. On that not I give it 4.5 ugly mother f’ers/ 5.
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