By Scott Beggs
If the Predator has been hunting down
Earthlings for centuries, how did 11th century knights handle the
invisible bad ass without guns or Schwarzenegger-sized muscles?
This fan short film from James Bushe imagines those incredibly one-sided battles. The crowdfunded Predator: Dark Ages has
a little low-budget wonkiness to it, but it’s a fun What If that echoes
the teamwork (and slaughter) of the franchise. The second best element
is that the film doesn’t hang on special effects. The ones that are
present are passable, and the production team is more than aware of the
limitation, building a story based on the hunt instead of on the
spectacle. In that sense, it also stays true to the character —
featuring a Predator who is methodical, sporting enough to make his kill
streak more challenging and obsessed with trophies.
The best element is how something like the Predator could easily
become a living myth in the era and the treatment that concept gets
here. Forget dragons. Yautja are far more dangerous.
Overall, it’s a capsule version of a longer Predator movie where each
of the team members get backstories and more time to cohere as a group.
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