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Predator: Badlands<\/p>\n
Predator: Badlands<\/p>\n
Predator: Badlands is about to outperform every other Predator franchise movie\u2019s opening weekend, but that\u2019s not all it\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n
Now that audiences have seen Predator: Badlands for themselves, their review scores are being tallied, and the film has set a different record. It\u2019s now the highest audience-scored Predator movie on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 96%<\/a> compared to the (also great) 85% critic score.<\/a><\/p>\n ForbesHow \u2018Predator: Badlands\u2019 Review Scores Compare To Every \u2018Predator\u2019 MovieBy Paul Tassi<\/a><\/p>\n That is above and beyond even the other two well-received, recent Dan Trachtenberg Predator movies, ones that critics rated higher. Here\u2019s the list by audience score:<\/p>\n Predator: Badlands \u2013 96% audience score, 85% critic scorePredator: Killer of Killers \u2013 89% audience score, 95% critic scorePredator \u2013 87% audience score, 65% critic scorePrey \u2013 74% audience score, 94% critic scorePredators \u2013 52% audience score, 65% critic scorePredator 2 \u2013 44% audience score, 36% critic scoreAlien Vs. Predator \u2013 39% audience score, 21% critic scoreThe Predator \u2013 32% audience score, 34% critic scoreAliens vs. Predator: Requiem \u2013 30% audience score, 12% critic score<\/p>\n That is 7% above the much-liked animated Killer of Killers from earlier this year, and 9% above the original Predator. Yes, it\u2019s early, but this is more than a thousand reviews in already, so it\u2019s not the smallest of sample sizes. <\/p>\n I checked to see if this may actually beat all the Alien movies as well, and\u2026it does! Alien and Aliens are at a 94% audience score each, but Alien, for instance, has 250,000+ reviews, so I think they\u2019ll probably remain on top over time. I mean, we have to account for recency bias to some extent. But Predator movies have never gone above a 90% audience score until now. As a refresher, here is the synopsis for the Predator Badlands:<\/p>\n “Predator: Badlands,” which stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator (Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n It has been a fascinating year for this corner of the sci-fi universe across both the Alien and Predator franchises, Alien with its Alien: Earth show on FX, Predator with Badlands and previously Killer of Killers. And before that, Prey and Alien Romulus, respectively, in recent years. The franchises have been turned over to great hands after a number of missteps in the decades since the iconic originals.<\/p>\n Badlands, PG-13 or not, is a must-see for any fan, and we will see how long it manages to keep up these scores. Maybe it will end up being king in the long term, but for now at least, it has that record. <\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n