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Recommendation Predator: BadLands๐Ÿฉธ [Eng/Esp]

Review by @valsalazar ๐Ÿ†#187 ๐ŸŽต16 ๐ŸŽฌ23 ๐Ÿ“บ23 ยท 296d ยท of Predator: Badlands

Hello, film and cinema fans!

I hope you are all well. As for me, I am enjoying my January holidays, which have been extended by a week due to the situation in the country, so I have spent the last few nights watching films from my 'films to watch, but I don't know when' list, and it was the turn of Predator: Badlands.

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First of all, I must say that I am a huge fan of the Predator saga, so much so that I have seen all the films, series and some comics of this incredible saga that I started when I was a child. So I loved that in recent years they have been revitalising the franchise with new instalments such as Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers and now Predator: BadLands.

The latter is very different from its predecessors, as it offers a radical change of perspective, where you basically no longer see things from the point of view of the prey, but from that of the predator. This story follows Dek, a predator who is marginalised for being a dwarf, but who has a great desire to make his father and brother proud. So, on his first hunt, he promises to hunt the Kalisk, a species of animal that is difficult to kill, even for a Yautja.

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But being a dwarf, he is seen as defective, which embarrasses the clan to which he belongs, so his father orders his older brother Kwei to kill Dek. Kwei refuses, arguing that his brother has the right to prove his worth on a hunt, but his father refuses to even give Dek a chance. So, to save his brother, he throws Dek into a ship so that his brother can escape and confronts his father, a confrontation that ends with Kwei's death, in front of Dek's eyes.

The ship is activated as Kwei's last act for his brother, and Dek faints. Dek soon wakes up on Genna, the planet where the Kalisk reside and where Dek will find friends and embark on his quest for revenge for his brother's death.

I remember when the trailer came out; many people criticised the design of the Predator and the story, saying that they humanised the Predator and turned the story into a family drama. What actually happens here is that they show everything from the Predator's perspective and not from the prey's, as well as showing the system, hierarchy and relationships that the Predators have with each other.

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Instead of just showing them in their role as hunters, when they are already experts, we have the perspective of a young, marginalised Predator who does not physically conform to the standard, who interacts and forms an alliance with a woman, which is not new to the plot. Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with his appearance, and it was partly done to give the Predator more expression.

As for the story, I really liked it because it showed a new side to the predators, although I do feel that it was less dark than other instalments. I really liked the action and fight sequences, with a risky and ambitious visual style, along with touches of humour that I admit made me laugh.

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This is a more emotional instalment that changes the tone a bit from what we're used to, but I feel it's justified by the type of story it tells, as it allows us to see how the Yautja system works for those who have only seen the films.

This story allows us to explore the world of a Yautja, especially one that does not follow the standard and its culture, giving a new facet to the saga without taking away from the essence that has always characterised it. Although the 'grotesque' tone was toned down somewhat, I still liked it and felt that it brought something new to the franchise, although I admit that I feel the final fight could have been more incredible.

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ยกHola, fans del cine y las pelรญculas!

Espero que se encuentren bien. Por mi parte, estoy disfrutando de mis vacaciones de enero, que se extendieron una semana mรกs debido a la situaciรณn en el paรญs, por lo que he estado las รบltimas noches viendo pelรญculas de mi lista โ€œpelรญculas para ver, pero no sรฉ cuรกndoโ€, y tocรณ Depredador: tierras salvajes.

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Para empezar, debo decir que soy superfan de la saga Depredador, tanto que me he visto todas las pelรญculas, series y algunos cรณmics de esta increรญble saga que empecรฉ desde pequeรฑa. Por lo que me encantรณ que estos รบltimos aรฑos estuvieran revitalizando la franquicia con nuevas entregas como Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers y ahora Depredador: tierras salvajes.

Esta รบltima se diferencia mucho de sus antecesoras, pues da un cambio radical de perspectiva, donde bรกsicamente ya no se ve desde el punto de vista de la presa, sino del depredador. Esta historia sigue a Dek, un depredador marginado por ser enano, pero con grandes deseos de enorgullecer a su padre y hermano, por lo que promete en su primera cacerรญa cazar a la Kalisk, una especie de animal difรญcil de matar, hasta para un Yautja.

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Pero al ser enano, es visto como defectuoso, cuestiรณn que avergรผenza al clan al que pertenece, por lo que su padre le ordena a su hermano mayor Kwei que asesine a Dek. Este se niega alegando que su hermano tiene derecho a demostrar su valรญa en una cacerรญa, pero su padre se niega a siquiera darle la oportunidad a Dek. Por lo que, para salvar a su hermano, arroja a Dek a una nave para que su hermano escape y se enfrenta a su padre, enfrentamiento que termina con la muerte de Kwei, frente a los ojos de Dek.

La nave es activada como รบltimo acto de Kwei por su hermano y Dek se desmaya. Pronto Dek despierta en Genna, planeta donde reside la Kalisk y donde Dek encontrarรก amigos y emprenderรก su bรบsqueda de venganza por la muerte de su hermano.

Me acuerdo de cuando saliรณ el trรกiler; mucha gente criticรณ el diseรฑo del depredador y la historia, diciendo que humanizaron al depredador y volvieron la historia un drama familiar. Aquรญ lo que sucede en realidad es que muestran todo desde la perspectiva del depredador y no de la presa, ademรกs de que muestran el sistema, jerarquรญa y relaciones que tienen los depredadores entre sรญ.

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En vez de solo mostrarlos en su faceta de cazador, cuando ya son expertos, tenemos la perspectiva de un joven depredador marginado que fรญsicamente no sigue el estรกndar, que se relaciona y forma una alianza con una mujer, cosa que no es nueva en la trama. Ademรกs de que su apariencia no creo que tenga nada de malo y que en parte fue hecho para que el depredador tuviera mรกs expresiรณn.

En cuanto a la historia, me gustรณ mucho porque mostrรณ una nueva faceta de los depredadores, aunque sรญ siento que fue menos oscura que otras entregas. La acciรณn y las secuencias de pelea me gustaron mucho, con un estilo visual arriesgado y ambicioso, junto con toques de humor que admito me hicieron reรญr.

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Esta es una entrega mรกs emocional que cambia un poco el tono que siempre se manejรณ, pero que siento que se justifica por el tipo de historia que cuenta, ya que permite traer en pantalla el cรณmo mรกs o menos funciona el sistema Yautja para los que solo han visto las pelรญculas.

Esta historia permite explorar el mundo de un Yautja, sobre todo uno que no sigue el estรกndar y su cultura, dando una nueva faceta a la saga sin quitarle la esencia que siempre lo ha caracterizado. A pesar de que se le bajรณ algo el tono โ€œgrotescoโ€, me siguiรณ gustando y sentรญ que traรญa algo nuevo a la franquicia, aunque admito que la pelea final pudo ser mejor.


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Comments ยท 3

  • @mer28(65)ยท 295d

    No sabรญa que depredador era toda una saga de pelรญculas, recuerdo ver una con mi papรก hace mucho mucho tiempo, pero no investigue mรกs sobre la pelรญcula, pero aunque se que mencionas que es menos oscura que sus otras entregas me parece interesante tener este punto de vista, gracias por compartir

  • @yasmarit(73)ยท 295d

    estรก interesante la historia, gracias por compartir


    The story is interesting, thanks for sharing.

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