History Film / Predators

* WorldOfBadass: The deadliest hunters in the galaxy created a game preserve on a DeathWorld by stocking it with the most lethal predators of Earth... and other planets.

** [[spoiler: Edwin]] is able to take down [[spoiler: Isabelle]] with a potent neurotoxin and the element of surprise. But after [[spoiler: Royce]] deduces [[SerialKiller what he is,]] and sees him coming, [[CurbStompBattle he destroys him pretty handily.]]

** [[spoiler: Edwin]] is able to take down [[spoiler: Isabelle]] with a potent neurotoxin and the element of surprise. But after [[spoiler: Royce]] deduces [[SerialKiller what he is,]] and sees him coming, [CurbStompBattle he destroys him pretty handily.]]

** [[spoiler: Edwin]] is able to take down [[spoiler: Isabelle]] with a potent neurotoxin and the element of surprise. But after [[spoiler: Royce]] deduces [[SerialKiller what he is,]] and sees him coming, [[SingleStrokeBattle he destroys him pretty handily.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: The benevolent doctor is thoroughly disgusted by Stans's "rapin' bitches" comment. [[spoiler:He's later revealed to have been faking it -- he's a serial killer himself, [[EvenEvilHasStandards though even that doesn't necessarily mean he's okay with rape.]]]]

* MeaningfulName: The film's own director, Nimrod Antal, shares a first name with the Babylonian god of hunting as well as a prominent hunter from [[Literature/TheBible The Old Testament]]. [[ContrivedCoincidence Considering what the movie he's directing is about...]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When Royce figures out that one of their team members is being used as bait and says to leave him, the others leave in order according to how monstrous and/or noble they prove themselves to be over the course of the movie. [[spoiler: Alert viewers will notice the doctor, the one supposedly sworn to SAVING lives, is the first to leave without so much as looking back or even expressing discomfort or opposition to the suggestion of leaving the wounded behind]]. Even convicted rapist and murderer Stans seemed to have hesitation in his voice when he was confirming that was the plan.
** Attentive viewers will know something's up when Edwin pulls out a photo of ''Nikolai's'' kids. Heck, [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife tropers will probably know]] there's something up when [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers he's introduced]]. [[spoiler:He denied having anything to cut the parachute ropes at the time, yet pulled out a scalpel upon discovering the toxic flower. He didn't want to admit he had that blade with him, because everyone ''else'' had his or her favorite killing implement on hand... Even if Edwin is a doctor and that wasn't just a lie made up on the spot, most doctors don't actually walk around with a case of scalpels in the pocket of their casual attire]].

%%* HuskyRusskie: Nikolai.

* KnifeNut: Stans was left only with his knife, but it's likely that he's better with that than a gun. When he presses his knife to Mombasa's throat, he moves like a cobra, so fast that you wonder why he's even asking for one.

* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: Subverted by Nikolai, who is certainly physically tough, but he's also one of the most compassionate characters along with Isabelle.

* SociopathicSoldier: Half the cast are soldiers, but only Mombasa is part of a militant group known to have openly participated in atrocities and war crimes and he admits as much. Royce hints that he's a merc because he likes killing. Averted with Nikolai, who's a fairly stand-up guy with two children he obviously loves, and was selected by the Preds because he was on some top-secret mission in Chechnya with ''Spetznaz'' Alfa Group.

* [[TooDumbToLive Too Shortsighted To Live]]: [[spoiler:Edwin is dangerous in a way, but not to heavily armed soldiers or the even more physically imposing aliens. Even if Royce has left them, Edwin stands a ''much'' better chance of survival with Isabelle than wearing her scalp as a hat or whatever he had in mind. However, it's {{justified|Trope}} by his nature as a serial killer, as such individuals rarely operate on a rational basis. As proof of his skewed perception, he expresses the belief that the Predators will accept him when they see he is a hunter like them; in truth, his method of hunting resembles theirs not at all.]]

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Subverted, the ''Mexican'' dude dies first.

** Subverted in the case of [[spoiler:Edwin]]. As Royce describes to Isabelle that every one of them are seasoned killers, he notes that the meek [[spoiler:Edwin]]'s presence doesn't even make sense. [[spoiler:The doctor eventually reveals himself as the most psychotic member of the entire group, since he's a SerialKiller whose only motive to kill innocent people is because he likes it and fells at home on the predator death world.]]

* MoodWhiplash: Halfway through the film, Stans says that he's going to do ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny so]]'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny much cocaine]] when they escape -- and then says he's going to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape some bitches]]. It then swerves back into funny when Edwin [[DeadpanSnarker unenthusiastically agrees]].

* TheQuietOne: Hanzo, the Yakuza assassin. He lost two fingers on his left hand (and needs to use prosthetics) in the past because he "talked too much." Despite having a mere handful of lines, he has more presence than most of the rest of the cast combined, and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome one of the best scenes in the film]].

* IncestSubtext: Implied with Edwin toward his sister. Sure, having a picture of your sister is one thing, but having a nude woman tattoo of her on your body dedicated to her is another.

** [[Franchise/AliensVsPredator The Enemy of my Enemy...]] [[TakeThat is NOT my friend.]]

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Stans has two great moments of this. First he talks about doing a whole bunch of cocaine, which Edwin finds funny. Then Stans starts talking about rape, which Edwin finds [[SarcasmMode somewhat less funny]]. The second is when he shows off his tattoo, which is of a pretty, naked girl... who Edwin then learns is Stanz's sister.

** Awesome weapons and firing stances like {{BFG}}s and Duel Wielding have very bad aim. All the shots from the hip burn through ammo with very few bullets actually hitting.

* ClusterFBomb

%%* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The entire plot.

%%* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice

** ''Long Tall Sally'' plays over the closing credits, the very same song that Dutch Schaeffer and his team had blasting in their choppa.

Creator/RobertRodriguez had put together a script for the film way back in 1994 before Fox finally greenlit the project 16 years later. Directed by Nimród Antal, it stars Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/TopherGrace, Alice Braga, Creator/LaurenceFishburne, Creator/WaltonGoggins, Louis Ozawa Changchien, [[Creator/MahershalaAli Mahershalalhashbaz Ali]], Oleg Taktarov & Creator/DannyTrejo. It was co-produced out of 20th Century Fox by Robert Rodriguez, who is [[DirectorDisplacement frequently misidentified as the director]].

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Edwin identifies a plant as ''Archaefructus liaoningensis''. Not only does it not resemble ''liaoningensis'' at all, but the entire Archaefructus genus has been extinct for millions of years. [[note]] An earlier draft of the script would have had Edwin point that out as yet another weird thing wrong with the preserve, but that got cut]] He also identifies it as incredibly poisonous, but no current findings suggest that.

Creator/RobertRodriguez had put together a script for the film way back in 1994 before Fox finally greenlit the project 16 years later. Directed by Nimród Antal, it stars Creator/AdrienBrody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Creator/LaurenceFishburne, Creator/WaltonGoggins, Louis Ozawa Changchien, [[Creator/MahershalaAli Mahershalalhashbaz Ali]], Oleg Taktarov & Creator/DannyTrejo. It was co-produced out of 20th Century Fox by Robert Rodriguez, who is [[DirectorDisplacement frequently misidentified as the director]].

** If you know anything about the [[RapePillageAndBurn RUF]], you'll realize that Mombasa is probably the worst person out of the entire group. However, given the RUF's [[ChildSoldier recruitment strategies,]] it's still possible [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that he wasn't given a choice about joining]].

* HollywoodTactics: For all the talk about how good Predators had been getting at hunting people, they really don't show it.