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The Predator Is Back, and Now He’s a Teen
Predator: Badlands is the first film in the franchise to make the titular killer the protagonist.
The film rocketed back in time to show the havoc the creature wreaked on a group of Native Americans in the Great Plains during the 18th century. “He’s still badass, but there’s something there that touches you emotionally, too,” Trachtenberg told Empire magazine, affirming this blogger’s personal theory that the young Predator is way more nerd than jock. In that film, Trachtenberg returns to his Prey roots and sends the Predator (adult) back in time to fight a Viking raider, a samurai, and a World War II pilot.
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