8 Reasons You Should Be Excited For The Predator

4. The Cast

The Predator
20th Century Fox

And what a cast it is.

The line-up includes Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Boyd Holbrook, Keegan-Michael Key, Trevante Rhodes, Sterling K. Brown, Thomas Jane, and Alfie Allen. In other words, a whole lot of some of the biggest rising stars in Hollywood are all here and they all look to bringing their A-game.

Munn and Holbrook have gotten the most screen-time in the trailers thus far, but what makes a great Predator film is its ensemble cast. Notably, this is where every subsequent Predator film since the first has gone wrong. Films like Predators or Alien vs. Predator treated their ensembles as nothing more than lambs for the slaughter.

Compare this to the original film, which carefully took its time in introducing and endearing each character to the audience. As a result, their deaths had much more impact.

With a cast this strong, working off of a script by the incredibly talented team of Black and Dekker, The Predator has the best chance so far of finally pulling off this kind of dynamic again.

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