Predators
United States
2010
106 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Shot under the creative auspices of Robert Rodriguez, [Predators] stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet…as prey. With the notable exception of a disgraced physician, they are all coldblooded killers–mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members—human “predators” who that are now being systematically hunted and eliminated by a new bread of alien Predators. —official synopsis
Director
Nimród Antal
Nimród E. Antal (pronounced: Neemrode; born November 30, 1973) is a Hungarian American film director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career
Antal was born in Los Angeles to parents of Hungarian ancestry. In 1991, following his father’s advice, Antal moved to Hungary to study at the Hungarian Film Academy. After graduating he began work in the film and television industry; in 2005, he returned to Los Angeles and continued to work in the film and television industry in Hollywood.
Directing
He is best known for writing and directing the Hungarian-language film Kontroll (2003), which won numerous awards, including the Award of the Youth at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Hugo (main prize) at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as a European Film Award nomination for Best Director. The backdrop of the film is the Budapest Metro subway system. Kontroll, refers to the act of ticket inspectors checking to ensure a rider has paid their… read more
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Lights in the Dusk
5Aug12
Although it's wholly derivative of McTiernan's original, borrowing entire scenes and most of the soundtrack, I'd still say this is worth seeing just for the Predator vs. Predator face-off, and for some of the most evocative jungle/forest photography this side of John Boorman. The red mists, the firelight, the shadows between the trees - especially during the last thirty minutes - reminded me of Excalibur, though I suspect the filmmakers were really trying for Apocalypse Now.
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Lights in the Dusk
5Aug12
I'd like Shyamalan's forthcoming 'After Earth' project to come close to this in terms of its use of location and its imagery, although hopefully with a less derivative script.
Cremildo
9Jul12
Spoiler alert. Hollywood, please either stop hiring Topher Grace as a villain or just shut everything down. Thanks.
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10Jun12
There are so many holes in the plot that the film swiftly becomes a fascinating piece to critique. When you're done finding the countless problems with the film's verisimilitude, you can have a chuckle at Adrien Brody's comically over-dramatized shirtless scene, or at Lawrence Fishburne's outrageous cameo role [if only we too could bail on the film as quickly as his character does].
underyourstars
18Apr12
Absolutely loved everything involving the alien predators and could have given a shit less about anything involving the humans. This is purely just nice to look at and nothing more.
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Now in theaters: "Predators" (Nimród Antal, USA)
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky on July 9, 2010
Nimród Antal is a B-film classicist whose sensibilties belong to a time before pervasive special effects and whose skills have little to do
Now in theaters: "Predators" (Nimród Antal, USA)
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky on July 9, 2010
Nimród Antal is a B-film classicist whose sensibilties belong to a time before pervasive special effects and whose skills have little to do
"Despicable Me," "The Girl Who Played with Fire," "Predators," "Winnebago Man," More
By David Hudson on July 8, 2010
We've already got entries going on the two most interesting films opening today, Jacques Rivette's Around a Small Mountain (here) and
Adrien Brody to be hunted by 'Predators'!
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Adrien Brody would appear to have been bitten by the genre bug as of late. While we won’t have to wait too long for Vincenzo Natali’s Splice Brody has just jumped on Nimrod Antal’s [Kontroll and Vacancy
PREDATORS review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
After doing near-permanent damage to their under-utilized sci-fi/thriller franchise “Predator” with a couple of horrid films pairing the blood-thirsty cosmic hunters against the even-more-popular creatures
PREDATORS Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
When Robert Rodriguez agreed to produce a new chapter in the PREDATOR series, he vowed to deliver something that audiences had never seen, not to be bound by what had gone before, but to create a whole
Predators (2010) Blu-ray Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
The response to the Nimrod Antal-directed Predators was pretty tepid around these parts, with our own James Marsh and Jim Tudor giving it a resounding, “eh.” Having had a chance to watch the recent blu
Fresh Trailer For Nimrod Antal's PREDATORS
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
It’s a holiday weekend here in Canada so apologies if I’m a touch behind on this but a new trailer for Nimrod Antal’s Predators, featuring a load of fresh footage, is freshly arrived online. Yeah, I’d
Predators website up and running
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
With a special sneak peek footage showing at SXSW the other day the Predators propaganda machine is up and running with the official website popping up yesterday.The website features a behind the scenes
Larry Gives Bad Advice In The PREDATORS Japanese TV Spot.
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
It is my sincere hope that someone smacks Lawrence Fishburne for being stupid and generally unhelpful when he tells them to kill their marauding alien hunters “However you can” in Nimrod Antal’s Predators
The New International PREDATORS Trailer Declares "You Didn't Need That Spine Anyway."
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
It took them a while but the marketing team responsible for Nimrod Antal’s Predators have finally figured it out. Forget the names on the poster, the creatures are the stars of this movie and we want to
Do Not Feed The Predator. He Will Bite You.
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Leave it to a good old fashioned leak to raise excitement for Nimrod Antal’s upcoming Predators to levels that the heavily processed and bland as hell studio released EPK materials never could. A massive
Adrien Brody to be hunted by 'Predators'!
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Adrien Brody would appear to have been bitten by the genre bug as of late. While we won’t have to wait too long for Vincenzo Natali’s Splice Brody has just jumped on Nimrod Antal’s [Kontroll and Vacancy
Do Not Feed The Predator. He Will Bite You.
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Leave it to a good old fashioned leak to raise excitement for Nimrod Antal’s upcoming Predators to levels that the heavily processed and bland as hell studio released EPK materials never could. A massive
Larry Gives Bad Advice In The PREDATORS Japanese TV Spot.
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
It is my sincere hope that someone smacks Lawrence Fishburne for being stupid and generally unhelpful when he tells them to kill their marauding alien hunters “However you can” in Nimrod Antal’s Predators
Predators website up and running
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
With a special sneak peek footage showing at SXSW the other day the Predators propaganda machine is up and running with the official website popping up yesterday.The website features a behind the scenes
Fresh Trailer For Nimrod Antal's PREDATORS
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
It’s a holiday weekend here in Canada so apologies if I’m a touch behind on this but a new trailer for Nimrod Antal’s Predators, featuring a load of fresh footage, is freshly arrived online. Yeah, I’d
The New International PREDATORS Trailer Declares "You Didn't Need That Spine Anyway."
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
It took them a while but the marketing team responsible for Nimrod Antal’s Predators have finally figured it out. Forget the names on the poster, the creatures are the stars of this movie and we want to
PREDATORS Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
When Robert Rodriguez agreed to produce a new chapter in the PREDATOR series, he vowed to deliver something that audiences had never seen, not to be bound by what had gone before, but to create a whole
PREDATORS review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
After doing near-permanent damage to their under-utilized sci-fi/thriller franchise “Predator” with a couple of horrid films pairing the blood-thirsty cosmic hunters against the even-more-popular creatures
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Predate
By Seth Farmer on July 24, 2010
PREDATE
Predators feels more like the hunted than the hunter. Where the original Predator was the story of a soldier forced to reinvigorate his primal side, to tap into what had… read review
eh...
By Marcus WP on July 16, 2010
I’m sorry, but I don’t share the same enthusiasm that most people have with the Predator re-boot. I mean it’s better than the one with Danny Glover or any of those Alien vs. Predator movies, but it… read review
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