Ep1175: Predator: Badlands (2025) - Live Roundtable Review
Earth's Mightiest Critics have scoured the galaxy for a worthy Predator sequel.
Will Badlands prove a worthy trophy? Co-writer/director Dan Trachtenberg follows up Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers with a future-set adventure involving the unlikely pairing of a young Yautja warrior-in-training and a damaged Weyland-Yutani synthetic. Together, they must traverse a hostile alien world in search of the ultimate kill--without falling victim to the monster themselves!
The new sequel has garnered enough positive buzz to paper over early concerns about dodgy Predator makeup, a gore-restricting PG-13 rating, and an irksome performance by Elle Fanning. But now that Badlands has been unleashed on the world...is it actually one of the series' best entries?
Join us as we hunt down an answer to the question, "Is the Predator franchise dead--or just getting started?" We'll also take your questions, comments, and SuperChats!
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