"Predator: Badlands, the newest entry into the 38-year-old franchise and the third movie directed by Dan Trachtenberg, is a PG-13 story about a young alien named Dek, who's rejected by his father for being a runt. The story, as in many Predator movies over the years, is about a less-powerful warrior overcoming inherent disadvantage to prevail over enemies. But in this case, it's a Yautja-in other words, one of the Predators himself-who's doing it, not a special forces guy,"
"Partway through, you see that Badlands is also an Alien movie, but there's no xenomorph-just the top half of a curious and sweet synthetic human, made by the Weyland-Yutani corporation and named Thia (Elle Fanning)-and characters from the two franchises will work together, instead of battling one another. In the attention to detail in the design of the flora and fauna of the alien planet where it takes place-"
A young Yautja named Dek, shunned by his father for being a runt, seeks to prove himself by hunting a fearsome creature called the Kalisk. The protagonist is a Predator rather than a human warrior, and the cast contains no special forces figures. A synthetic human called Thia, created by Weyland-Yutani, appears and teams with Yautja characters rather than opposing them. The alien planet features detailed flora and fauna reminiscent of Avatar, including hazardous but often humorous lifeforms. Violence is restrained and largely inflicted on aliens and synthetics, with comic relief from a baby alien named Bud.
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