Predator: Badlands release date, cast, trailer, and everything else we know about the sci-fi sequel Dexerto's Eammon Parks Jacobs adds, "Predator Badlands is a cosmic buddy road movie and it’s all killer no filler. Dan Trachtenberg smartly maneuvers the franchise to a grander scale than just another survival horror." However, some viewers feel that die-hard Predator fans may be left high and dry by the new installment. Although Phil Roberts calls Predator: Bandlands "an epic spectacle," the Future of the Force writer says, "It takes some big swings that don’t always land. Despite its bold approach, legacy fans may be left disappointed." But despite saying the film might be Trachtenberg's "weakest work in the franchise yet," Barton Reviews' Josh Barton says "Predator: Badlands is a pretty badass expansion of the Predator franchise… It's an interesting angle to take with a Predator film, and one that doesn't always work… When it's good, though, it's GOOD." Check out more reactions below, including thoughts from GamesRadar+'s Emily Garbutt: Thought Predator: Badlands was a lotof fun – not what you might expect from a Predator movie, but a very capable entry into this particular brand of sci-fi adventure blockbuster. One for The Great heads: Elle Fanning is so good as a comic co-lead pic.twitter.com/s8Lohtj0IN October 28, 2025 Initial Predator Badlands thoughts — absolutely a Dark Horse adaptation. Fans of the wider EU will get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Leaned heavy into the adventure/fantasy angle & really showed the genre bending/flexibility of the Predator. October 27, 2025 #PredatorBadlands is so much fun. A grand adventure with inventive, exciting action, cool world building, lots of heart & all Predator goodies you could want. It takes the franchise in a whole new way that some may be mad at, but worked perfectly for me. Can’t wait to see again. pic.twitter.com/0k1gKHf2Ph October 29, 2025 PREDATOR: BADLANDS is the visual proof we need to crown Dan Trachtenberg the pioneer of the PREDATOR franchise. With each movie he continues to break the boundaries of what this franchise is capable of as he switches from an action/horror to a sci-fi/fantasy adventure.… pic.twitter.com/ZIWyqPDviE October 27, 2025 Starring Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as the fearsome warrior and Elle Fanning as his unlikely cyborg sidekick, Predator: Badlands flips the script on the franchise's usual beat by making its protagonist a Yautja. The film follows a young predator who is cast out of his clan and forced on a journey of self-discovery in search of the ultimate adversary, but on his way, he meets a broken-down synthetic who will throw a spanner in the works. Predator: Badlands hits theaters on November 7. For more, check out our list of the best sci-fi movies , and keep up with upcoming movies in 2025 and beyond. TOPICS Source: https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/sci-fi-movies/the-first-reactions-to-predator-badlands-are-in-and-critics-are-calling-it-a-pretty-badass-expansion-of-the-predator-franchise-but-legacy-fans-may-be-left-disappointed/