Those three movies show remarkable action-movie versatility between them - and that versatility is on display within Predator itself, too.
Here’s a guide to the good stuff in (almost) every entry, almost all of which are currently available on Hulu.ĭirector John McTiernan kicked off a ridiculous hot streak with the original Predator, which he followed with Die Hard and The Hunt for Red October. In their modest and low-stakes way, they’ve become a model of what a dependable yet varied franchise should look like, and it’s a relief that this remnant of 20th Century Fox as a purveyor of R-rated sci-fi and horror survives into its menacing acquisition by content-farming Disney. The Predator movies aren’t high-minded they also aren’t burdened with early entry near-perfection like the Alien, Terminator, or RoboCop series. Although you could cynically see most of these movies as failed attempts to reignite a stalled franchise, the lack of normal sequels in the Predator cycle only makes the movies more fun each one starts over and gives a different filmmaker a chance to play around with the concept of an 8-foot alien race whose entire life cycle is seemingly dedicated to the hunting of other species for sport. Maybe this time, they’ve made a worthwhile sequel to Predator.īut what if I told you that, as with the Alien series, every Predator movie was worth watching? And, further, that these movies are worth watching for much the same reasons as their distant Alien cousins: because each one shows off the style, skill sets, and preoccupations of its director. The newest movie, Prey, is now on Hulu like several other latter-day Predator movies, its reviews suggest that maybe this time they’ve actually done it. It seems to be considered something of an also-ran - one of those unkillable franchises still chasing the glory of the classic original. The Predator series carries no such prestige. After all, any filmmaker taking on an Alien movie is placing themselves alongside Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This contributes to the sense that, however uneven it can be, the Alien franchise is a premier destination for sci-fi-horror authorship. Predator side series) has been subsequently nominated for at least one Academy Award. Though it hasn’t always been a box-office gold mine, every director of an Alien movie (apart from the Alien vs. The movie monsters known as Predators have been pitted against the famous xenomorphs from the Alien franchise in a series of comic books, video games, and films - but by most common cinematic metrics, there isn’t much of a contest.
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