'Predator: Badlands' Review: Violent, Funny and a Good Time at the Movies

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Churning out human heroes has been a hallmark of the Predator franchise since its inaugural film in 1987. That film introduced us to Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch, followed by Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover), Royce (Adrien Brody), Quinn (Boyd Holbrook) and Prey's Naru (Amber Midthunder). Even its crossover films with Alien feature human fighters as main characters, something we've come to expect from Predator movies. The extraterrestrial monster has a reputation that precedes it as fearsome, imposing, warlike and ugly as hell.