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By Bobby D. Lux
Yooouuuuu son of a bitch!
If that line instantly reverberates in your mind (a Total Recall, if you will), then you know it’s from 1987’s Predator and is immediately followed by the single greatest handshake in film history. You also may or may not know that Predators is scheduled for release in July. The cast of premier alien blasters includes Oscar winner Adrian Brody, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, MMA legend Oleg Taktarov, and… Topher Grace? The film is produced by Robert Rodriguez and is directed by Nimród Antal (Armored, Vacancy). This time, it looks like it’s the humans who are on the alien planet, and are hunted by multiple predators, as opposed to the traditional lone Predator. The humans in question are cold-blooded killers from different corners of the Earth, including former black ops members, a Yakuza hit man, a deranged serial killer and various mercenaries (predators evidently love variety). The film also promises a new breed of super predator that apparently is more intimidating and deadly than regular predators. The film is intended to be a sequel to the 1987 film, ignoring Predator 2 and Aliens vs. Predator.
Okay, now that we have the who, what, when, and so on and so forth out of the way, there’s something huge that’s missing and it’s obviously Arnold Schwarzenegger. As cool and as badass as the predator was and as I’m sure these new ones are, what made the original a classic was because it was Arnold blowing them up at the height of his 1980s larger-than-life, limb-removing, one-liner nailing, onscreen persona. And while Predators has some huge shoes to fill (Arnold, Jesse The Body and Apollo Creed!), if anyone has the resume to outdo, outgun, and out-ass-kick the original, it’s Robert Rodriguez, the director/producer responsible for unleashing From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Planet Terror, and El Mariachi.
Son of a bitch, indeed!
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