Review: First two stories are pretty, next two are trash.
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 25, 2025 10:42 AM)
If you like your Predators to be overpowered, not into fair sport and fully into diversity, equity and inclusion then this might be the movie for you.
A brief non-spoilery summary of the movie.
Story 1 (Shield)
A Slavic woman around the year 800 AD hunts down a tribal leader who has moved into their area in the icy North of what is now known as Europe. There is much fighting with a Predator who just seems like a Tommy gun wielder against puppies.
Story 2 (Sword)
Japan, autumn 1629. Two brothers with a bone to pick with each other get entangled in a feudal dispute during the early Edo period. Predator is around and makes light work of everyone.
Story 3 (Bullet)
Hispanic engineer who lives in Florida ends up working with the US Airforce in North West Africa during World War 2. General Chang cosplaying as Crispin from Xenon 2: Megablast plays a game of Stop That Pigeon with him and Kyle Reese/Dwayne Hicks. Much hilarity ensues.
Story 4 (Killer of Killers)
Our aforementioned heroes show up to the Thunderdome with a Hellraiser/Firefly kink. Can they defeat one another to then take on the ultimate Predator?
Overall
Artwork is very good, stops working as fresh come the third story and by the final it's still impressive but nauseating. Pace is peppy enough to kill some time with, but plot isn't sharpened enough for fans of the series and the characterisation of the Predators falls into comical (In an overly gruesome manner).
On a par with the first AvP for enjoyability. But like that it should be ditched from canon.
Meh, but with a smile for the first two stories
Ding Dong
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 25, 2025 10:59 AM)
A lot of those types of story came out with a decade Bobby, including Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator
It all started with Batman vs Predator (I think) and the first of those 3 stories was pretty good. Excellent panel at the end of the second comic of the first story
I think all of that can be scraped from the Predator canon. Fun but monster mash stuff
Ding Dong
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 25, 2025 11:05 AM)
You have to see the first Predator on original VHS Bobby
Much of the beauty of that movie was butchered when they brought it to DVD
Then see Predator 2 (However you want).
And that's it
No other Predator movies
If you get drunk and feel a bit lonely you can watch Prey, but it isn't up to scratch with either of the proper Predator movies
Ding Dong
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 25, 2025 12:22 PM)
I don't have an issue with cartoon violence being cartoon-like Hep
I do take issue with the Predator gloriously overdoing it against people who aren't anywhere near its level of violence with OP weapons and godlike abilities
Ding Dong
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h45h45h455h45h — 9 months ago(June 29, 2025 01:24 PM)
The bullet one was stupid. They should have used an actual sharpshooter or something. That kid was not a killer of killers. He's just a clumsy and lucky moron plus the weapon he got at the end made no sense.
But this was still on of the best Predator movies since Predator 1. The Prey easter egg at the end was pretty cool too. -
Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 29, 2025 01:31 PM)
The Prey cameo should have been dropped. It lessened the weight of that story.
Predator and Predator 2 are still the only stories I recognise from that fictional universe.
Maybe Batman versus Predator too
Ding Dong
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Phaenon — 9 months ago(June 29, 2025 01:46 PM)
Predator is the best of the range by a good mile Tickles
But Glover and Busey meeting up again (In LA of all places!) firmly cements Predator 2 above the rest
But, we can agree to disagree on that if you want.
Shit happens
Ding Dong
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