Saturday, 10 July 2010

Predators. A review.

WARNING. THE FOLLOWING CONTENT WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS.


Predators is an amazing sequel to the original 1987 Predator movie ignoring the events of Predator 2 and AVP plus AVPR.

The story is similar to the original in the sense of a group of military types in a jungle getting picked off one by one and as long as you don't expect the story to get much more detailed then that you'll enjoy yourself.

The script and story are basic but fun. It is missing the one-liners famous from the original or maybe they're there just not pulled off as well.

The Predator dogs are a great new addition and the Predator camp is amazing. There were a few moments which made me jump, and some grim deaths.

I was surprised by the number of negative comments that arose from announcement of the casting of Adrien Brody. He impressed me greatly in King Kong, true not the same role but still a role which he managed to surprise many people with and I knew he would be able to step that up again for this and he did. He was the highlight of the film for me, truly amazing! The rest of the cast were also great, each one different in character and style. Topher Grace always impresses me when he's not doing a Rom-Com and again is great here. Lawrence Fishburne's Nolan also makes an interesting cameo.

In regards to the end and a possible sequel I personally am excited about the idea, how will Royce get off the planet and were will it take him? I can picture him giving a spine-chilling recollection of what happened and how he escaped to a new group of scared and hunted individuals. Finger's crossed we get one!

Alexander Jones.