Sunday, June 20, 2010

'Predators' Produced by Robert Rodriguez, directed By Nimród Antal



First up I think the Predator 1 ( movie) made back in 1985 is a popular culture masterpiece, the whole human condition under tension theme, nature against man, rather than man against nature. With the metaphors of nature, being the beings that blend in with nature, I guess you could say if animals could hunt and kill like we do (in a premeditated 'blood lust'), which is a represention via popular culture that the 'hillbilly' living off the land, as in Deliverance, and of course the alien predator seem perfectly suited to a nature raw environment. As the Predator looks like a tribal or indigenous being who doesn't seem out of place as he (she?) hunts humans, which in the case of the Predator franchise, are military personal; who look out of place in environment (natural) where they have to fight to survive. As it turns out, the modern weaponry (humans) seem ineffective, so it's down to a one on one, hand to hand, physical death match. Great stuff.

So we have what many feel is a reboot from the (Director: John McTiernan) Predator 1985 classic, although Rodriguez (who is an incredibly smart director/producer) and directed by Nimród Antal, who I don't know that much about. Appear to have created a twist on the Predator theme, in the sense that it is that the Predators that have picked a bunch of 'killers' (human) and dropped then on a 'safari' planet.
Looking forward to seeing this one.

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