20 Most WTF Movie Moments Of 2018

16. The Ultimate Predator Wants Weaponised Autism - The Predator

The Predator Jacob Tremblay
Fox

As if it wasn't shocking enough that Shane Black delivered a terrible Predator reboot-quel, he also decided to grab the idiot ball and run with it for added measure.

In what's sure to be an all-timer "What were they thinking?" moment of tentpole cinema, Black decides to reveal that the Ultimate Predator hasn't been hunting hardened soldier Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook) in order to harvest his DNA, but actually that of his autistic son Rory (Jacob Tremblay).

Rory's suffering with Asperger's is noted early in the movie, and ahead of the big reveal, scientist Casey (Olivia Munn) even makes the eyebrow-raising remark that "many" consider autism to simply be the next stage in human evolution. Right.

The final implication is that if the Upgrade gets Rory's DNA, it can become a smarter and more efficient hunter, while long-suffering Predator fans were simply left scratching their heads in slack-jawed amazement.

And let's not even get started on that damn Iron Man-esque "Predator Killer" suit at the end. Jeez.

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