Predator: Killer Of Killers Film Review

This year seems to be a good year to be a lover of the Predator franchise as going into the year we all knew that we'd be getting one live action film. However it would later turn out that we are infact getting two Predator films one animated and the other live action with the animated one to be released a few months before the released of the live action and well that very animated film has just now been released and well you all just knew that I had to check this film out the very chance that I got and so then me as I review the film that is the very first animated film in the Predator franchise with the film in question being called simply just "Predator: Killer Of Killers" enjoy.

This film really doesn't have a plot to speak of as this is an anthology film with each of the films three stories telling their own unique story. This is something that does work well enough for this franchise as it shows us the audience that these creatures had been coming to earth and hunting us humans for far more longer then we ever realized that they had done but at the same time tho each of the films four stories are each telling a different version of the same story which is something that makes you wonder why the makers of this film thought it was a good idea to have this be an anthology film as while yes granted the very idea of doing an anthology film set in this universe is a good idea as there are alot of stories that you can tell with this character you still need to have a verity of stories in order to justify it being an anthology story which is something that this film just doesn't have with the one thing that helps to set up this film apart from other anthology films out there is the fact that this film does have kind of an ongoing plot featuring the survivors of their own stories which again is a good idea but it's something that would have worked alot more better if this was a four episode animated anthology show instead of a three part movie with this not being helped by the fact that all of the stories in this film do follow the exact same plot beats and have the exact same setup just in a different time and location with that being the main thing that let's down this film from a plot point of view as it makes all three stories feel repetitive whereas if you did this film as a four episode show then each of the stories would have the chance to show us the audience just what it is that makes them different and unique with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Lindsay LaVanchy as Ursa , Cherami Leigh as Young Ursa and Lauren Holt as Freya. Also starring in this film is Doug Cockle as Einar , Jeff Leach as Ivar , Damien Haas as Anders , Piotr Michael as Gunnar , Andrew Morgado as Chief Zoran , Louis Ozawa Changchien as Kenji and Kyoshi , Rick Gonzalez as Torres , Michael Biehn as Vandy , Felix Solis as Torres's father and Britton Watkins as The Warlord Predator.

Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this films actors turning in some really good performances in their own right which was something that was both shocking yet at the exact same time not all that surprising ether as this films co-director and producer Dan Trachtenberg has had good acting in alot of his movies and here for it does make sense that this film would also follow suite but at the same time tho it's still very surprising as nearly all of this films actors are a bunch of unknown actors which is a smart thing that that it makes it alot more easier for us the audience to see the characters alot more then then just just hearing the actor which is something that very easily couldn't have worked if the film had more well known actors starring in this film and with alot of this films actors being either unknown or very little known actors it would have been quite foolish of anyone to expect good acting in this film and yet that's exactly what we got in this film with all of this films actors being alot better then what anyone would have thought that they would have been with it being made quite clear that the makers of this film were treating this film like they were making a live action film as the good acting that we get in this movie is the also the same kind of good acting that we'd get in a live action movie as well with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this film script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them more often which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at The Third Floor, Inc.. Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us n this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad as while yes the graphics do look like they belong in an indie video game cutscene then they do a movie the film does also have some really stunning visuals that help to compliment the films art style and while yes granted the films animation can be seen as being choppy at times that could be because of the fact that they are trying to emulate the style seen in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse without realizing just what it was that made that style perfect for that film in the first place it could also be argued that the films more choppy looking animation does suit this film as well as the film is telling four different stories with a different main character each time and therefor the animation is changing to suit the new story being told but what would have helped this films animation out by quite alot was if they changed the style of animation for each story instead of keeping the same 3D CGI style animation which is great for consistency but at the same time it does also give us a lack of verity with the kinds of animation that are in this very film as well.

In what was a rather shocking move was the fact that this move was made in secret with no one really knowing about this film until late 2024. Which even then we have no idea that it was going to be animated just that another Predator movie outside of Predator: Badlands was being released it was only until a few months ago that we not only saw that it was an animated film but was also an anthology film as well with it being great that the makers of this film were able to make this film un secret as these days it's hard to make any kind of movie without someone somewhere spilling the beans and yet with this film everyone involved wit making it managed to keep it a secret with this being even more shocking when you take into that this films co-director and producer Dan Trachtenberg would have been bust developing and filming Predator: Badlands at the time that this movie was being made hence why he's co-directing this movie with Joshua Wassung so this way someone can give this movie there full attention from a directing point of view while he's off giving the next movie in this franchise his full attention with this movie proving that people do like to be surprised as this film wouldn't have caught fire the way that it did do if people already knew about it as then people would be expecting it but because nobody really knew anything about and even the films trailers didn't give away all that much about the film in the first place it all but guaranteed that people would have to watch the film in order to fully get just what the film was about which was a great marketing choice as it kept an air of mystery surrounding the film.

To give this film some credit it does show us some setting that we really hadn't seen before in a Predator movie. As things like the jungle and even a major city have been featured quite alot in this franchise and yet here we get see snowy mountain tops , World War 2 and Feudal Japan all of which are either settings and times that hadn't been shown before in the movies and while it was nice to see these locations in this film the film really doesn't take that much advantage of them as we the film doesn't do anything knew with them with the film instead just playing it safe with those locations and those settings which does hurt the film quite a bit as now the have the chance to show us something new and do something different but they don't which is odd as this films directors previous film Prey not only did something different by having a new and fresh location but it also fully fleshed it out as well something which due to the time constraints this film just can't do which again adds to the fact that this is a film that really should have been a four episode anthology series as then all of the locations and all of the characters can be fully fleshed out and while yes granted each episode would basically have the exact same plot as the other what would help to set it apart is how likable the characters are and how well thought out the locations of the film are and while the characters are indeed still likable as the ones that your meant to be like you do end up liking by the end of the film the films locations and times have nothing to them and instead just feel plain and boring because of it where as if the film took the time to make it's locations and time setting more fully developed it would have the add on effect of making the world of the film feel all the more lived in because of it.

Without going into two much spoilers as this is a film that really does deserve to be seen unspoiled there is an on going plot arc running inbetween the first three stories which does lead us to something that we really haven't seen before in one of these movies. With that one being something that was actually cool and different to see as it expanded upon the Predator race by adding to their lore and to their backstory as well which was something that granted alot of films had tried to do but nearly all of them had failed to do because of the fact that they didn't feel all that well thought out where as here it's the opposite that's true as everything in that fourth story is all about paying off things that were set up in the previous three stories with this being something that really does show you that even when he's not putting all of his energy into this film Dan Trachtenberg can still turn out something that is pretty creative with it being evident not only from Prey but from this film as well that this is director that knows what needs to be changed to make the Predator franchise not only relevant again but also good again as well as while Prey might have divided some people there's no denying the fact that the things that he brought to the table did help to improve upon certain aspects of these films and that's something that he's done again by basically doing an anthology film but by tipping it all of his head by having one underlying plot running throughout it and heck it could even be argued that giving each of three main characters there own short story before the fourth story is a good way to make sure that we really get to know alot of those characters and it's something that does work really well in the context of this film but weather or not or these characters will be in Predator: Badlands does of course remain to be seen.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and twenty four minuets and forty seven seconds. Which t be fair to this film is pretty much the exact grand total running time that you'd expect a film like this one to have with the film even having more then enough plot there to cover that amount of running time the issues is tho is that this film doesn't fully use it's running time all that wisely as due to the nature of this film the film really can't develop any of it's first three stories all that well with all three of them just basically being a different variation of each other with the only thing new added to them is the year that they all take place in and that's really it which isn't enough to make all of them worth while as you can watch the first one and not watch the other two and you'll know exactly what went down in the fourth because of how similar that all three of those stories are with alot of that coming down to the fact that this film has to fit four short stories in such a short amount of time and therefor it does mean that the first three of them do come across as being very undercooked with the fourth one being slightly better with the other thing being the fact that this film really can't develop it's characters either as the film has to rush along to the next plot point where as if the film was an anthology series and not a film then the makers of this film could have taken the time that they really did need to in order to flesh out not only the plot of the first three stories but also the films characters as well but I really will it that this film really does gave some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well the in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. With this film having some really good looking action in it as while the films animation doesn't really do this films action really any kind of favors it kind of doesn't need to either as this film does have alot of really cool looking action scenes in it regardless of it's quality of animation with it actually being really hard to say just what the best action scene s in this film not because all of the others are so good which they are but it's also because that all of this films action scenes could be seen as being a spoiler but without giving away two much there is a scene in the first story where one of the characters enters a small kingdom in Viking-era Scandinavia and goes on a rampage killing all of the guards in there using their shield in really unique and very gory ways which is something that was really cool to see as it gave us the chance to see some action that really hadn't seen before now with the only story in this film to top that one from an action point of view being in the final story where we get to see four characters all working together which does result in alot of blood and gore and while yes the Predator's do indeed get some cool things to do as well there not as cool as either of those two moments which is something that you don't really expect to see in a Predator film and yet in this film it's something that does help the films action standout as does all of the films really unique and at times really cool looking Predator designs in it as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall if you hate or just straight up really can't handle films that have alot of over the top gore in them then don't watch this film but if that is something that you do like and can handle then this is the film as this film really is a surprisingly good film that will really more then get you in mood for Predator: Badlands in November in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that re in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , Tenor . the official Xenopedia fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being the official Xenopedia fandom wiki page simply because the official Xenopedia fandom wiki page actually has images from this film really are up and on the official Xenopedia fandom wiki page and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on the official Xenopedia fandom wiki page were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.