My first thought when I heard about another Predator movie . . . the world doesn’t need another Predator movie. Shane Black wrote and directed it, so I was wrong.
I am embarrassed to admit this, but I had never heard of Shane Black before today. But, a quick search on IMDb reveals he has written some of my favorite films of all time. I am talking about Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, The Last Boy Scout
Black brings an earnest credibility to his characters while keeping the script full of humor and heart and manages to deliver awesome action that is hard to forget. In one of my favorite scenes from The Last Boy Scout, a bad guy played by Jack Kehler uses such profoundly poignant vocabulary while beating up Bruce Willis that he is dubbed Scrabble Man. It’s little fun things like that which give me hope that this Predator film will be something special.
Here’s the cast.
Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, Yvonne Strahovski
I see Boyd Holbrook has been in a lot of things, but he is basically unknown to me. There’s Olivia Munn and Yvonne Strahovski making sure there will be guys lining up to see this one. Jake Busey will be reportedly playing his father’s character’s son. Kinda cool. Keegan-Michael Key is one of the funniest people alive. And the rest of the cast is lined up with the best supporting actors you could dream up in 2018.
SYNOPSIS
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
THE PREDATOR
Release: September 14, 2018
Director: Shane Black
Written by Fred Dekker & Shane Black.
Based on the characters created by Jim Thomas & John Thomas.
Produced by: John Davis
