The Predator
Predator sequel as Marvel movie. Not much sign of the clever, snappy dialogue that peppered <PERSON>’s early writing career (see Lethal Weapon), but the lazy, misogynist jokes remain. No sign, either, of any meaningful level of suspense, so critical in the original and reprised to a satisfactory degree in 2010’s Predators. 909
Instead we get a tepid, violent, imagination-free caper in a mostly urban setting that feels a lot like a third-rate superhero-franchise entry. There’s some good chemistry between some of the leads, but the kid savant, comedy-relief hounds and over-reliance on pretty average CGI effects all contribute to a film that can’t fully commit to its darker ambitions. Cool poster though. 796