‘Predator: Badlands’
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
In cinemas: Nov. 6
The latest installment in the popular sci-fi action franchise is set on “the most dangerous planet in the universe,” where Dek, a young Predator who’s been outcast for being a runt, has decided to take a chance hunting down “the ultimate apex predator” to prove his worth. He’s assisted by Thia, a damaged synth created by Weyland-Yutani (the bad guys of the “Alien” franchise). But she brings her own set of problems into the equation, being opposed by another synth, Tessa. (Fanning plays both Thia and Tessa.) Trachtenberg has cited “Shane,” “Mad Max 2,” Clint Eastwood Westerns, and the seminal video game “Shadow of the Colossus,” among others, as thematic and stylistic influences.
