Most Predator movies share two similar, universal truths: the Predator is the bad guy, and the Predator always loses. Those were rules director Dan Trachtenberg even embraced with his 2022 film, Prey. Now, though, for its live-action follow-up, Trachtenberg has decided to flip those truths on their heads. What if the Predator wasn’t the bad guy? What if the Predator didn’t have to lose?
That’s the setup for Predator: Badlands, which opens in theaters Friday. It stars Dimitrius…








