The Big Picture · Discussion · Review · Rankings
November 10, 2025/ 76 min/ Sean Fennessy · Chris Ryan
Sean and a London-based Chris Ryan open with the remake news cycle, review Dan Trachtenberg's PG-13, human-free 'Predator: Badlands,' rank all nine Predator films, and close on Sydney Sweeney's box-office run.
29 films across 4 segments.
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The news: remakes, and where did Mark Wahlberg gothe opening rundown
Ryan Reynolds is eyeing a remake of the Michael Cimino crime movie (Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges) with Amazon MGM. CR notes Reynolds made Mississippi Grind, so the taste isn't a stretch; the worry is a 'glib digital action farce.'
Michael B. Jordan is directing and starring in a remake, script by Drew Pearce.
The Shane Black / Mark Wahlberg / LaKeith Stanfield Amazon MGM streamer. Both suspect it was recut; Sean thought it 'quite poor,' CR had a soft time with the Parker dialogue.
Cited as the last Wahlberg role he seemed to care about, 12-plus years ago.
Occasion of the show's first-ever Hall of Fame, a Wahlberg one.
‘Predator: Badlands’
Dan Trachtenberg's ninth Predator film and a $40M opening. First one told through a Predator's eyes: Deck (Demetrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), the runt outcast, lands on a deadly planet to bag a Kalisk and pairs with Thea, a severed droid torso played by Elle Fanning. PG-13 and human-free, a 'recovering from trauma' movie with Marvel-ish, Buffy-adjacent jokes. CR calls it excellent genre filmmaking; Sean likes it a good deal but not in love, wary of how un-Predator the softness is, and credits Fanning and the IMAX scale for carrying it. The Weyland-Yutani reveal lands for the Alien faithful.
The 'Predator' Movie Rankingsall nine, best to worst — CR's final call
No. 1 by a wide margin. A 'five-star masterpiece,' John McTiernan's lean, mean action peak, and a portrait of American military intervention.
No. 2, and CR's bold, contested pick. Nimrod Antal's Most Dangerous Game riff strands mercenaries on a hunting-ground planet; a bonkers cast (Brody, Goggins, Ali, Fishburne, Grace). Sean thinks it's 'sick on the page' but 'dumb as shit.'
No. 3. Stephen Hopkins's coked-out L.A. sequel, 'the most satisfying,' propped up by Busey and Paxton. CR vows to rewatch it 38 more times.
No. 4. Trachtenberg's Comanche-era entry, agreed to be the most watertight of the modern films even as it lands below Predator 2 on pure rewatch love.
No. 5. The new one; roughly tied in their heads with Killer of Killers.
No. 6. Trachtenberg's animated anthology (Vikings, samurai, WWII), more satisfying as a Predator movie, capped only by the animation style. 'NC-17 if it were live action.'
No. 7. Shane Black's much-recut, incoherent entry; good dialogue, a plot that goes off the rails with the autistic-kid-DNA turn.
Sydney Sweeney's box-office runclosing tangent
David Michôd biopic of boxer Christy Martin, out this weekend to soft numbers. Sean thought it fine and her performance good, the film rote.
2021 Netflix vampire movie that didn't connect.
The Reality Winner HBO film; Sean's favorite Sweeney performance so far, 'a banger.'
The Glen Powell rom-com smash.
'Not her fault.'
The nun-horror film they dug; modest business.
Ron Howard's, released this year; didn't do well.
Straight-to-Apple-TV+ with Julianne Moore.
The gritty Paul Walter Hauser B-movie; premiered SXSW 2023, released this year.
Paul Feig's upcoming thriller with Amanda Seyfried, tipped to be a big hit.
Also mentioned raised along the way
The 2025 sci-fi slate The Electric StateM3GAN 2.0Mickey 17Jurassic World Rebirth28 Years LaterThe Running ManTerminator 2: Judgment Day
The studio's streaming-vs-theaters plays No ExitBarbarianRosalineWhite Men Can't JumpNo One Will Save YouThe AmateurSwipedThe Hand That Rocks the CradleKnives OutGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Trachtenberg, Elle Fanning, and the writers' room 10 Cloverfield LaneUnderwaterF1MankKillers of the Flower MoonNapoleonTárAlien: RomulusThe Neon DemonSentimental ValueAvatarAvatar: The Way of Water
The Stephen Hopkins tangent A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream ChildJudgment NightBlown AwayThe Ghost and the DarknessLost in SpaceGalaxy QuestCliffhangerEdKing of New York
Gremlins 3, and the Chris Columbus filmography GremlinsGremlins 2: The New BatchNosferatuRentI Love You, Beth CooperPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefPixelsThe Christmas Chronicles: Part TwoThe Thursday Murder ClubHome AloneMrs. Doubtfire
In passing FrankensteinDunkirkThe Most Dangerous GameHostilesThe BrutalistNight of the JugglerA House of DynamiteDog Day AfternoonSerpicoInceptionExtreme PrejudiceSay AnythingSnake EyesCarlito's WayInternal AffairsTransformers
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV PluribusThe X-FilesBreaking BadAlien EarthThe MandalorianBuffy the Vampire SlayerThe GreatBlue Eye SamuraiScavengers ReignChainsaw ManStranger ThingsIndustryEuphoriaHome ImprovementStation ElevenPushing DaisiesHannibal
Podcasts The WatchThe Rewatchables