Predator: Badlands
Family FavoritePG-13

Predator: Badlands

First hunt. Last chance.

2025 • 107 min • Action · Science Fiction · Adventure

Synopsis

Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.

Our family guide

Best from age 13
81
Movie Knight Score
3448 reviews
  • 82 Reviewers · 11 · 75%
  • 78 Audience · 3437 · 25%

A young Predator, exiled from its clan, forms an unexpected bond with a damaged android. Together, they navigate a hostile alien wilderness on a perilous quest to find the ultimate adversary. This sci-fi adventure features relentless hunting and intense creature combat.

Violence & peril
7/10
Language
4/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
6/10

Heads up

  • Frequent creature violence and combat
  • Some scenes of alien gore and injuries

What it models well

  • Overcoming adversity
  • Unlikely friendships
  • Resourcefulness

Talk about it after

  • What does it mean to be an "outcast"?
  • The consequences of revenge or a relentless pursuit.
  • The balance of nature and technology.

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Top billed cast

Director: Dan Trachtenberg • Crew: Patrick Aison, Dan Trachtenberg, Patrick Aison

Trailers & clips

Hulu Trailer

On Digital January 6 and Blu-ray February 17

Threat

Mother Review

A Deadly Haul

Bud

Pick Your Own Ritual

Battle In The Badlands

Reviewer notes

Recommended

If you crossed the Brothers Grimm's classic 1819 short story ***The Bremen Town Musicians*** with a Klingon Warrior's rite of passage, and set that within the Predator universe -- you end up with writer and director Dan Trachtenberg's **PREDATOR: BADLANDS**.…

Recommended

This is how you build That Predator and Alien are part of the same shared universe is a thing since the Dark Horse Comics books in the 90s, and there have been mentions here and there, but this is the first time we see how this integration of two intellectual properties can synergize well.…

Not recommended

LOL...I mean, serously. What is the term the braindead woke zombie goose stepping morons use everytime they trash an IP? Subverting expectations? Something like that? Well, they did it again. Once more they subverted audiance expetations by making a predator movie that's not a predator movie, which, honestly, isn't very shocking.…

Recommended

Predator: Badlands is a masterclass in subverting expectations while staying fiercely loyal to the primal roots of the franchise. By shifting the narrative lens directly onto the Predator, the film achieves a level of intimacy and world-building we have never experienced in previous installments.…

Recommended

"What time is it? It's !@#$% r@ping time!" Wrong movie in the franchise, I know, but I can't help it. I like me some Walton Goggins! I really like this movie for finally giving us a different perspective. I was concerned that this movie would irritate me after Prey (2022)'s ending irritated me, but I was pleasantly surprised, and I am now looking forward to the next entry from this director. I hope he doesn't !…

Recommended

I thought it was a great idea, telling the story of the Predators and their culture! In fact I was hoping for more of that from when "Predators" came out. Loved how they tied it in with the "Alien" franchise also loved that when they first did it with AVP. But there were a few niggles that killed it for me.…

Not recommended

"Predator Soy Boy" shows us all that no matter how wimpy you are, the power of diversity, equality and inclusion, is on your side. Biology be damned. Suffice to say, this is a rather ridiculous take on the Predator universe. Weird looking Dik oops I mean Dek, is the wussiest of the predators. Dad who dresses like a demonic deer, wants to croak Dek, for this very reason.…

Recommended

> Director of his 3rd Predator project, I think…3 times a charm…Dan Trachtenburg , obviously understands Alien. I think he brought the “aliens” in Cameron style to this pg13 Disney + friendly film. So maybe for a newer audience that wants to understand and identify with the originals. Movies now get “universe” in comic book format is how we lay film work. New normal.…

Recommended

“Dek” is the runt of the “Yautja” clan so his militaristic father has asked his elder brother “Kwei” to get rid of him. Luckily, his brother isn’t so brutal and so with an impossible task on his hands to prove his worth, “Dek” manages to escape to a planet where he seeks to make a trophy from the menacing “Kalisk”.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Predator: Badlands is the first Predator film since 2022’s Prey. It is also the second Predator-related media released this year. Hulu’s animated anthology film, Predator: Killer of Killers, is now streaming. All three titles were directed and/or written by Dan Trachtenberg.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/predator-badlands-movie-review-dan-trachtenberg-earns-the-franchise-keys-by-flipping-the-hunt/ "Predator: Badlands is an audacious exercise in reinvention that takes a risk and triumphs. The movie excels in every technical department, featuring a spectacle of creature design and sound work, and offering a new thematic vision for the saga's longevity.…

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