I am not sure if I have mentioned it in any of my reviews, maybe when I was talking about Alien Romulus, but the Alien franchise is one of my favourite franchises of all time. The Predator franchise takes me back to being a child and watching the Arnold Swarzenegger film with my cousin, and I've also watched all the Predator films bar Predators (only because it didn't look that good) and now, with this Predator Badlands movie, with a Weyland Yutani android, it has only just occurred to me that this movie might be a "backdoor" invite for an Alien vs Predator movie, or in this case, Predator vs Aliens, because from this trailer at least, that is at least, what is actually happening and isn't the xenomorph the ultimate killing weapon?
So the trailer starts with the android and immediately, I am thinking of 'Aliens', the franchise, because in the Alien franchise, there is always something (and usually long) going into some kind of orifice and somewhat violently as well. Yeah, I get this android needs to hook up to the machine, but yeah...always uncomfortable to watch. Then we see our "protagonist" getting his weapons together while we hear that it is his first hunt, and he has come to the most dangerous planet in the universe. Come on, he has to fight a Xenomorph, right? Anyway, the android has a little introduction, the Predator picks her up and dashes her back down, only to realise they need to work together to defeat/kill a definitive apex predator. Come on, I'm calling it now. I will say the "good luck with your journey", acting and delivery were excellent, and it made me laugh. So, throughout the rest of the trailer, the Predator is fighting all these different types of creatures (aliens), and at one point, maybe his own species. But I will say, if the final boss is not a Xenomorph, I will be gutted. I didn't like the Predator Prey comment, as to me, it felt forced, but other than that, this Predator vs Aliens film or prequel looks really good, and I'm fully on board. Let us just hope it is as good as Prey and maybe do justice to the Alien vs Predator franchise, because as cool as they kinda were, sorta, they were still cheesy and sucked.
