Robert Rodriguez: Predators

This is a gritty little adventure in the jungle. It basically copies all iconic elements of Predator from 1987 and updates a few of them - for example, the in-tune-with-nature indian is replaced by the in-tune-with-the-tao yakuza. It is highly amusing (if you're into that kind of thing), quite coherent and works entirely without jump scares. The characters are basically ciphers, but for a game master it is nice to see the typical cardboard cutouts in action and to take some notes for the next session. Adrian Brody works ok as an action hero, Laurence Fishburne is hilarious and I would liked to have seen more of Danny Trejo - but Mexicans seem to die just before the black guy gets it, and that's very early in the movie.

I predict this film will be standard Christmas fare for the late night slot on December 24th on the private TV channels from 2013 onwards. Some gun porn.

4 of 5 creepy convicts