Why watch?

Elle Fanning fighting a Predator alone across Arizona badlands with basically nothing to her name — she's forced to think like a hunter just to survive. Dan Trachtenberg treats the landscape itself as dangerous as the alien, so you've got survival horror baked into every scene. No armies, no futuristic bases, just a girl stripped down to raw ingenuity against something she doesn't understand, and that keeps the tension climbing straight through to the end.

Who is it for?

For someone who wants straightforward sci-fi action without overthinking it — evening watch when you want something that keeps moving. If you liked Alien or Predators, you know the vibe. There's plenty of violence, but it's not gratuitously gory.

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Plakat — Predator: Badlands

Predator: Badlands

2025 · 1h 47min7.7PG-13
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Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.

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Elle Fanning gets dropped into a nightmare scenario where a banished Predator and a human outsider have to work together just to stay alive. Dan Trachtenberg directs this like he's turning the franchise into something closer to a survival thriller than a slasher — you're watching two beings from completely different worlds forced into an alliance in the middle of hostile terrain. The Predator isn't just hunting here; it's being hunted too, which flips the whole dynamic of what you expect from this franchise. If you watched Dune or even Jungle Cruise for that sense of two strangers against impossible odds in a deadly landscape, this lands in similar territory.

Why watch?

Elle Fanning fighting a Predator alone across Arizona badlands with basically nothing to her name — she's forced to think like a hunter just to survive. Dan Trachtenberg treats the…

Who is it for?

For someone who wants straightforward sci-fi action without overthinking it — evening watch when you want something that keeps moving. If you liked Alien or Predators, you know the…

Similar titles

If you dug Predator: Badlands for watching skilled hunters caught in a deadly game on hostile terrain, check out Alien or Extraction — they both nail that feeling of teams pushed i…

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