AvP Spectrum Reviews Predators
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- By Chris P | July 9, 2010
Predators, as a film, really brought back the feel of 1987′s original
Predator. The film features loads of action and classic gore, balanced with decent acting and a fair amount of story development. Read on and see why
Predators lives up to its predecessors:
Characters
All the characters seem to play off the characters from Predator. Royce, being like Arnold; Mombasa, being like Billy; etc. … Isabelle even seems a bit like Anna with her knowledge of the Predators and her instinctual thoughts, as well as her overall appearance. Only Isabelle carried weapons and was not a hostage. But enough said, you can probably see the similarities yourself if you have seen the film.
Some other interesting aspects of the film is the fact that the team of humans are not the only creatures being hunted on this planet. We are introduced to an almost “bird-like” alien. Not much is known about these creatures, but what we do know is that they didn’t last very long. They were found skinned and tied up at the Predators base camp shortly after their appearance.
The team find themselves free-falling to the hard ground below and have no knowlege of how they got there. All they remember was being in combat before a ‘bright light’ overtook them. Then, one by one, each member wakes up as they’re falling. Royce is the first to be shown free-falling in the opening scene of the film. It would seem that his parachute is either time-activated or activated by remote, because no matter how hard he tries, he cannot get it to open. Unfortunately, the chute opens a tad late, and Royce makes a rough landing. Some other captives are not so lucky and hit the ground without their parachutes ever opening at all.
As the team assembles and we are introduced to all the characters, there’s a sense of comedy about it. I laughed at a few parts. A good balance I would think. But we very quickly learn everyone’s personalities and who the ‘bad guys’ are. Not a whole lot of character development in my opinion, but enough to get a good feel for everyone.
The Predators
The Predators in Predators are different from our classic ‘Predator’. These Predators operate on a different level of hunting practices. Honor does not seem to be the focus for this trio. They hunt to learn, rather than to gain respect. Some classic values still hold true, mind you: they still stalk their prey and put them in situations to test themselves. But a lot of the ‘game’ I found was missing, or replaced with just a walk and slaughter.
The tactics used by these Predators were interesting in themselves: using dogs to flush the team out of hiding; using the falcon to scout ahead. A lot different from what we’re used to – where the Predators would stalk their prey by themselves. The ‘pack mentality’ also came into effect with these Predators. The ‘classes’ of Predators were easily distinguishable: the Falconer being the lighter, more agile Predator; the Berserker Predator (or Super Black Predator) being the leader, brute, and overall bad-ass; and then we have the Tracker, or ‘Mr. Tusks’, who is the big, tough guy who commands the dogs. Not much is really known about these Predators, and the only one we really see develop is the Berserker. View more information on the Predator characters here.
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This article was posted Saturday, July 10th, 2010 at 3:34 am by: Chris P
