This put up accommodates spoilers for “Predator: Killer of Killers.”
“Predator: Killer of Killers” would possibly’ve simply discovered a top spot among the best films in the “Predator” franchise. Telling a narrative that spans area and time, co-directors Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung have the Yautja taking over among the deadliest warriors humanity has to supply. One particularly, although, has a historical past with the alien hunters that ended on a a lot darker word however as another person solely.
Sandwiched amongst Viking skirmishes and WWII air battles, the Predator race descends on feudal Japan as a wrestle between a devoted ninja named Kenji and his estranged brother, Lord Kyoshi unfolds. A member of the Yautja is watching all of it from the shadows earlier than getting concerned, with solely one of many devoted warriors making it out alive. Coincidentally, each the Earth-based murderer and his goal would possibly sound acquainted to some followers as they’re each voiced by none apart from Louis Ozawa, who went up towards the “Predators” from 2010.
Within the Nimrod Antal film that stars Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne and Alice Braga, “Predators” performs now nearly like a template for “Killer of Killers” with a small band of educated killers from Earth dropped on an unknown planet to fend for themselves towards a gaggle of off-world warriors. Ozawa performs Hanzo, a member of the Yakuza who makes use of a samurai sword in his final stand. What’s particularly attention-grabbing about that character and those Ozawa voices in “Killer of Killers,” is that each of them apply related techniques in bringing down their opponents, with just one being profitable of their battle.
Ozawa’s character in Killer of Killers strikes like his Predators counterpart
Within the ultimate second of “Killer of Killers'” Japan-based chapter of brothers spilling blood, Ozawa’s ninja and the samurai lord he is been coaching to battle lastly unite to take down the factor that might kill them each. With the creature nearly down, the 2 frenemies rush the Predator in a single swift strike, with key visuals nearly exactly resembling the identical as Ozawa’s live-action ultimate battle with the Falconer Predator in “Predators.”
Within the 2010 movie, Hanzo stands alone to duel with one of many Predators as the remainder of the group goes on. Armed solely with a sword, the Predator takes on his prey equally, with the 2 dashing at each other in the course of a windswept discipline. It is in all probability one of many coolest moments in all the franchise, notably when Hanzo manages to kill the beast whereas taking a deadly hit himself.
Fortunately, his character in “Killer of Killers” manages to stroll away from his preliminary battle, however he nonetheless sadly loses a hand throughout his second encounter on what’s presumably the Predators’ homeworld, earlier than flying off to an unknown destiny. Nevertheless, with the trace of what the long run holds for the “Predator” franchise, might a key reveal additionally allude to different characters from Ozawa’s first outing within the franchise making a comeback as effectively?
May the survivors of Predators meet up with the Killer of Killers?
It was revealed on the finish of the not-quite-anthology movie “Predator: Killer of Killers,” that even after staying behind so the ship might escape, the Viking, Ursa (Lindsay LaVanchy), was placed on ice and never killed like we might’ve anticipated. Including much more of a shock, nevertheless, was that following the events of “Prey,” Naru (Amber Midthunder) was boxed up together with so many others in cryosleep, confirming that the Predators have all of their former victorious prey saved on maintain for after they have to be used once more. If that is the case, would possibly there be an opportunity that different characters from the franchise would possibly doubtlessly be in storage, together with the remaining survivors from “Predators”?
Whereas there isn’t any affirmation simply but on what different animated motion Trachtenberg has deliberate for heat-seeking hunter-killers, it will be an unbelievable meta reunion of types if one way or the other his present character breaks different captives free from the freezer, together with Adrien Brody’s Royce and Alice Braga’s Isabelle, or possibly even Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch which could finally set up a sequel fans have always hoped to see. To date, the “Prey” director has made an effort to point out love for a lot of corners of the franchise, so seeing somebody from the 2010 movie dropping in to assist as effectively could be superb. For now, we are able to solely wait and see if the “Killer of Killers” or another “Predator” story will get the nod in “Predator: Badlands” arrives in theaters on November 7, 2025.
