{"id":408829,"date":"2026-02-05T06:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T06:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408829\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T06:53:12","slug":"new-netflix-alan-ritchson-action-movie-looks-like-predator-meets-metal-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408829\/","title":{"rendered":"New Netflix Alan Ritchson action movie looks like Predator meets Metal Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix\u2019s next big action movie from director Patrick Hughes drops an elite team of soldiers into a Predator-style jungle, where they\u2019re hunted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2015\/7\/2\/8884083\/terminator-2-special-effects-practical-digital-cgi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Terminator<\/a>-like mechanical monster with a design that looks just like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/metal-gear-solid\/7341\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Metal Gear<\/a>. Sign me up. The protagonist, our would-be Solid Snake (or Naked, if you&#8217;re nasty) in this case, is none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/reviews\/22922053\/reacher-review-prime-season-1-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jack Reacher<\/a> himself, Alan Ritchson.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer starts with all the trademarks of Metal Gear: a soldierwaking up under the gray skies in a blanket of tall grass, the constant view of the back of your hero&#8217;s head, and a scene of fellow men in a fighting circle, practicing <a href=\"https:\/\/metalgear.fandom.com\/wiki\/CQC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">close-quarters combat<\/a>. Ritchson&#8217;s character finds himself at a boot camp looking for a chance to join the U.S. Army Rangers, and as part of the final stage of selection, he and his elite team&#8217;s training exercise gets real. Once they\u2019re deep in the jungle, they stumble upon and accidentally activate a foreign machine built purely for destruction, realizing their mock exam has become a fight for survival.<\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"War Machine. (L-R) Alan Ritchson as 81 and Stephan James as 7 in War Machine. \" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/war-machine-22.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/war-machine-22.jpg\" class=\"img-brightness-opt-out\"\/><br \/>\n        Photo: Ben King\/Netflix\u00a0\u00a9 2026<\/p>\n<p>The bipedal monstrosity can fire lasers, bullets, and can locate organics with a blue beam that scans for life with the sound of a buzzsaw. The team eventually ends up stranded with no comms, flares, or firearms, meaning Ritchson and company are going to have to MacGyver their way out of this situation.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from sharing its name with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a9Jg20Ukf4E\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix\u2019s 2017 original film<\/a>, War Machine actually looks pretty exciting. Director Patrick Hughes is a capable action guy, having previously helmed The Expendables 3 and The Hitman&#8217;s Bodyguard. Outside the Metal Gear of it all, the film looks like a blend of two of the best sci-fi action films ever made, three if you think the titular machine looks more like ED-209 from the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/robocop\/36054\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RoboCop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>War Machine is slated to premiere on Netflix March 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s next big action movie from director Patrick Hughes drops an elite team of soldiers into a Predator-style&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-408829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}