Synopsis
The hunt begins.
While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg
While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
المفترس: قاتل القتلة, Predátor: Zabiják zabijáků, Predator - Killer of Killers, Սպանողներին սպանողը, Predator Killer of Killers, Predator, Killer of Killers, Predador: Assassino de Assassinos, Quái Thú Vô Hình: Sát Thủ Diệt Sát Thủ, 프레데터: 킬러 오브 킬러스, بريداتور: قاتل القتلة, Depredador: Cazador de asesinos, Predator: Killer dei Killer, غارتگر : قاتل قاتلان, Predator : Killer of Killers, Predator: Pogromca zabójców, Predador: Derradeiro Assassino, Хищник: Убийца убийц, 終極戰士:時空獵襲者, Predator: Asesino de asesinos, Хижак: Вбивця вбивць, 铁血战士:杀戮之王, הטורף: הרוצח של הרוצחים, 鐵血戰士:終極獵殺者, Prédateur : Killer of Killers, Κυνηγός: Δολοφόνος των Δολοφόνων, プレデター:最凶頂上決戦, Predator: Gyilkosok gyilkosa, Predator: Ucigașul suprem, Predátor: Zabijak zabijakov, Predator: Ubojica među ubojicama, Хищникът: Убиец на убийци, Predator: Morilec morilcev, Предатор: убица међу убицама, Grobuonis: Žudikų medžiotojas, მტაცებელი: მკვლელების მკვლელი, Драпежнік: Забойца Забойцаў, Predator: Assasí d'assassins
There continues to be a complete undervaluing (arguably an active devaluing) of animation, but Trachtenberg & Company seems to understand its immense potential. Sequences and kills that simply could not exist in live-action exist within Killer of Killers. The gadgets are more twisted, the deaths more ferocious, and none of it coming at the expense of the storytelling.
Add it to the long list of live-action franchises that are better animated, because for some reason, Hollywood thinks it’s the reverse.
An awesomely violent and artfully staged piece of animated pulp, “Predator: Killer of Killers” feels like a movie that was dreamed up by a couple of stoned teenage boys in a suburban basement one night during the summer of 1987, but this is the rare case where that feels like a good thing. A very good thing, even.
Close your eyes and you can practically hear Dan Trachtenberg — whose impressive “Prey” made him the de facto thought leader of the “Predator” franchise — passing a miserable blunt to screenwriter and co-director Micho Robert Rutare as one of them asks “Who would win in a fight: a Predator or a ninja? What about a Predator or a Viking?” These are…
I just love the idea of the Predator as this elite interstellar trophy hunter obsessed with seeking the ultimate prey: vikings, ninjas, samurais, WW2 fighter pilots… the Yautja want the best of the best but here’s the irony, they show up with their invisible cloak, cool dreads, and an arsenal of high-tech alien weaponry just to consistently get their shit rocked by a single human armed with grit and the most basic weapon.
It’s a simple premise but Killer of Killers delivers exactly what I want from my Predator stories: raw, bloody, and creative face-offs between humans and aliens across space and time.
So fucking cool. The choreography is just superb. Dan Trachtenberg knows exactly what makes this franchise click.
Makes me wanna brawl with a predator 1v1 I feel like I could take em after a couple beers 🤷♂️
Happy Pride to Viking mother, her samurai son, and his gay American brother. 🏳️🌈
another predator movie, another missed opportunity to have a predator fight a dinosaur 😔
Who would have thought that one the BEST films I'd watch in the first 6 months of 2025, is a direct to streaming PREDATOR ANIMATION.
Dan Trachtenberg, director of my 2nd favourite Predator movie, 'Prey' - developed this in secret, and only revealed it about less than a month back (which I missed) - so this shadow drop released today caught me completely by surprise. Didn't even see the trailer (and if you haven't, I recommend that you don't!)
Trachtenberg knows EXACTLY the formula that made the original 1987 'Predator' work - stories centered around our human ingenuity and ability to survive against all odds. The terror of being hunted by a technologically and physically superior enemy, and yet still…