10 Reasons Why The Predator Is Better Than You Think

10. The Loonies

The film is anchored by this crew of misfits, comprised of great performances from lovable actors, filled with genuine emotion and chemistry.

One of the key ingredients to the first Predator film's success was the chemistry of the characters. Dutch and his team were real, living, breathing characters that the film took time to let the audience fall in love with. Thus, when they started getting picked off one by one, viewers felt it all the more.

While other sequels have doubled down on the Predator himself, none have been able to recapture this group character dynamic until now. From the moment Boyd Holbrook's Quinn McKenna steps onto the prison bus in the first act, the chemistry and camaraderie between these characters are palpable.

Whereas the relationships between Dutch and his crew in the first film were testosterone-fueled in a more muscular sense, Black's writing here imbues the Loonies dissects close male relationships in a way that is reminiscent of Chuck Palahniuk's writing in Fight Club.

Notable highlights are Trevante Rhodes as the ever-endearing (and enduring) Nebraska Williams, whose relationship with Quinn becomes one of the film's strongest aspects, and the relationship between Keegan-Michael Key's Coyle and Thomas Jane's Baxley.