Predator: Killer of Killers

Movie Review

We have a talent for killing. Humans off everything from ants to elephants, and we’ve shown a special knack for killing each other. Want proof? Just thumb through a world history book, and you’ll find plenty.

But while anyone can kill, some seem like they’ve been born for it. Predator: Killer of Killers, introduces us to three of them.

Some call her the Valkyrie of the Northern Seas. But she began her life as Ursa, the daughter of a proud Norse chieftain who, when Ursa was just a girl, was killed before her eyes. The culprit: Zoran, chieftain of the Krivich. For the last few decades, Ursa has plotted bloody revenge, carving a gore-spattered swathe through Scandinavia along the way. But now, when Zoran is so close to her bloodstained fists, someone (or, rather, something) crashes the party.

In feudal Japan, two brothers once vied to be heir to their father’s armored crown. One refused to fight, but the other attacked: The more peaceful brother had to run away, ceding the crown to his sibling. But 20 years later, the father is dead and the exile returns, ready to make his brother pay. But—and you’ll notice a trend, here—something is watching, ready to make its own move.

Ensign Torres isn’t a killer. Not really. He’s a pilot—or, at least, he’d like to be. Torres is grounded at the moment, tasked with patching together a cantankerous bit of flying machinery before he’ll be allowed to take on the fighters from World War II’s Vichy France. But when he starts hearing radio chatter about “hooks in the sky,” and when he sees an otherworldly weapon that yanks hot engines straight out of the fuselage, Torres knows he must get airborne and warn the other American pilots—and fast.

All of these hunters—the headliners in three separate stories—quickly become the hunted. Prey for fearsome extraterrestrial predators, the Yautja. They’re bigger than humans are. Stronger. More technologically advanced. And, oh yeah, they can turn invisible, too. What hope do these poor earthlings have?

More than you might think.