“Predator: Badlands” Set to Roar Into Theaters With Rave Reviews, Making the Villain a Hero With a Plucky Sidekick

Director Dan Trachtenberg is in a serious role. After wowing audiences with his tightly constrained 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and again with his nifty, beautifully shot Predator prequel Prey (2021), and now this year, his animated Predator: Killers of Killers, which enjoys a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. All this leads us to his current film, the live-action follow-up to Predator,