Well, wouldn't this have been fantastic? Predators, the non-awaited but still somewhat enjoyable sequel to Predator 2 (we have to pretend that all the Alien vs Predator films didn't happen), ended with two survivors of a horrific ordeal on a Predator-covered planet - played by Adrien Brody and Alice Braga - in an ambiguous situation, still vying to escape from certain doom. But things weren't always planned to end that way. In the film's original script, producer Robert Rodriguez wrote a final scene that saw Dutch - Schwarzenegger's character from the original film - landing on the planet next to Brody's Royce in the guise of a Predator, removing his helmet and uttering the '80s-styled line: "Not bad, kid. Not bad at all." That's right: Rodriguez's initial draft for Predators finished with a brilliantly self-referential moment that would have - in all likelihood - increased the box office gross for this sequel, because who wouldn't want to see Arnold Schwarzenegger reprising his role as Dutch in a badass cameo? Especially as the movie enigmatically cuts to black thereafter. Epic! Like this article? What do you think of these alternate sci-fi movie endings? Are they better or worse? Let us know all your thoughts on the matter in the comments section below.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
