This continuation of the Predator series from writer-director Shane Black starts out well and then peters out. Too bad: I was in its grip for a long time. The storyline is difficult to synopsize—and that’s putting it mildly. Suffice it to say that a towering, ugly alien has landed on Earth. A secret branch of the U.S.…

With a fantastic cast and razor-sharp pacing, the fact is that this is what you want from a movie called The Predator.

The worst movie in the "Predator" series that doesn't have the words "Alien vs." in the title

The first “Predator” movie took place in the jungle. The sequel was set in the inner city.…

Shane Black’s The Predator doesn’t have just one dreadlocked space invader with a nightmarish genital-looking mouth, it has a whole posse's worth of them.

Shane Black directs this fourth take on the Predator franchise. Read the Empire review.

'The Predator' gets a much needed transfusion courtesy of writer-director Shane Black — but it's still a franchise-first movie. Our review.

Predator is one ofthose tired franchises that Hollywood simply won’t give up on. Maybe a boxoffice bonanza will justify Fox’s faith but this sixth entry in the seriesfeels too much like a tired retread to be worth making a trip to a theater. ...

Shane Black’s entry into the long-running sci-fi franchise is too chaotic for its own good.

A Shane Black rethink of the Predator could theoretically give the franchise its own strong, authorial voice and identity — the one thing it’s been missing ever since 1987. But to pull that off, the movie would actually need to deliver.

Spoiler alert: it doesn't find one.

The Predator throws enough at you to keep you distracted from seeing all the marks it’s not quite hitting.

Contrary to what the trailer and posters suggest, Shane Black’s ‘The Predator’ is a barrage of bad jokes.

Director Shane Black and 20th Century Fox deliver a disappointing, predictable 'The Predator,' effectively killing the franchise they were trying to revive.

You can see what Shane Black was going for with his latest Hollywood sequel, but this compromised mess is the first bad film of his career.

Shane Black’s reboot flays the shlocky movies of the Predator franchise for sport, then sits atop the heap.

'The Predator' brings back an old sci-fi franchise that's gory, funny and sometimes clever but makes some head-scratching decisions.

Shane Black upgrades the 20th Century Fox franchise with a new cast and a new monster in 'The Predator,' which world premiered as the opener of Toronto's Midnight Madness.