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Predator: Badlands Opens to Strong Reviews With PG-13, Predator-Led Reinvention

Critics praise a future-set pivot that makes the series more accessible, centering a Predator protagonist with minimal Alien links.

Elle Fanning as Thia and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek in "Predator: Badlands"
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Overview

  • Dan Trachtenberg’s film is now in theaters, rolling out on IMAX and other premium formats after wide release on November 7.
  • For the first time in the franchise, a Yautja is the lead character, there are no human characters, and the movie carries a PG-13 rating.
  • The story follows outcast hunter Dek and Weyland-Yutani android Thia on a perilous quest across the death world Genna.
  • The timeline jumps centuries ahead to avoid continuity conflicts, nodding to Alien via Weyland-Yutani without featuring Xenomorphs.
  • Early reviews highlight vivid worldbuilding, a constructed Yautja language, practical-and-VFX creature work by Weta FX, and a lighter, more family-friendly tone.