PREDATORS: Adrien Brody to get to da choppa

PREDATORS: Adrien Brody to get to da choppa

Nov 30

It’s hard to be surprised any more by the announcement that a movie franchise is being rebooted, so when I first heard several months ago that Predator would be getting a 21st century facelift, I didn’t bat an eyelid. And while I’m a bit annoyed that Robert Rodriguez threw up Shorts instead of Sin City 2, I was actually okay with the maverick master of DIY presiding over the project.

But I don’t know quite what to think about Nimrod Antal, the up-and-coming director assigned to the reboot. The trailer for Armoured looks pretty cool, and I’ll definitely make an effort to go check it out, but seriously, who is this guy?

And then there’s the casting: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo … What the hell is going on? Award-winning capital-A Actor guy, geeky-but-familiar dude from That 70s Show, and hulking Rodriguez-regular / manly moustache-model Trejo, all inhabiting the same screen at the same time–what wonders await us in this film!

 The plot revolves around eight humans–men AND women, we’re getting there, ladies–getting dropped onto the jungle-covered Predator homeworld and finding themselves hunted by (get ready for this) Predator dogs (!), Predator falcons (!!), and something called ‘Black Super Predator’ (?) I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of sick of watching heroes run away from indigenous carnivorous life-forms in movies that are supposed to be about something else–I’m looking at you, Star Wars, and you, Star Trek reboot and you, too, Avatar, you cheeky bugger. Arnie himself could barely handle a single Predator in the original, why throw everything and then the kitchen sink at our new heros?

So, to summarise, this movie is either going to be jaw-droppingly broken and stupid, or some kind of modern-day masterpiece.

Source: ComingSoon