/ Cinema |
The Predator
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A group of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder must fight off an invading pair of Predators.
Directed by: Shane Black
Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Sterling K. Brown
Produced by: John Davis
Written by: Fred Dekker, Shane Black
Based on: Characters by Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Music by: Henry Jackman
Cinematography: Larry Fong
Edited by: Harry B. Miller III, Billy Weber
Production company: TSG Entertainment, Davis Entertainment
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release date: September 6, 2018 (TIFF), September 14, 2018 (United States)
Running time: 107 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast
Boyd Holbrook as Quinn McKenna, Emily's estranged husband, the father of Rory and an Army Ranger Captain who discovers the existence of the Predators and leads the battle against them.
Trevante Rhodes as Nebraska Williams, a former Marine officer who joins in a special Predator-hunting operation headed up by Quinn and becomes his closest ally.
Jacob Tremblay as Rory McKenna, Quinn and Emily's troubled son, who has a form of autism and is bullied in school, but becomes a key player in the fight against the Predators due to his preternatural ability to learn languages.
Keegan-Michael Key as Coyle, a Marine veteran, who teams up with Quinn and Williams to fight the Predators.
Olivia Munn as Casey Bracket, an evolutionary biologist who joins the crew's mission.
Sterling K. Brown as Traeger, a government agent and Director of the "Stargazer Project" who jails Quinn, but later needs his help with fighting the Predators.
Thomas Jane as Baxley, a Marine veteran from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars who is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. His character was named after Craig R. Baxley, the stunt coordinator of the 1987 film.
Alfie Allen as Lynch, a former Marine who teams with several other outsiders, including Quinn, to stop the human-hunting Predators in suburbia.
Augusto Aguilera as Nettles, a former Huey helicopter pilot who has suffered a traumatic brain injury from a crash.
Jake Busey as Keyes, a head scientist, the son of Peter Keyes (played by Busey's father Gary Busey in Predator 2).
Yvonne Strahovski as Emily, Quinn's estranged wife and the mother to Rory.
Brian A. Prince as the voice of the Predators.