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Predator Badlands Spoiler Free Review

Predator Badlands Genre: Action/adventure Director: Dan Trachtenberg Released 2025      Predator Badlands is not a bad movie, but it's almost certainly not the movie you're expecting. Tension, horror, and a protracted contest between hunter and hunted have all been either stripped out or drastically scaled back to make way for a movie that is aimed less at the franchise faithful and more at the general audience of young, Marvel-reared filmgoers in search of the next big thing. Now, I don't mean to be dismissive; franchises are gonna franchise, and a new twist on an old formula is something I welcome in principle. In practice, however, it all comes down to the execution, and while there is plenty to enjoy about Badlands, its worst aspects are undoubtedly all the gloss, gleam, and irreverent humor grafted onto the film to broaden its appeal.       Badlands starts out incredibly  strong. There's a simple but effective setup, a clear motivation for ou...