# Predators \[Spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predators-spoilers/546213 "2010-07-10T13:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predators-spoilers/546213/21 "2010-10-27T15:09:12Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I was reading [Ebert’s two-star review](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100707/REVIEWS/100709982) and hit the brakes when I read this: “If you recall the first “Predator” (1987), Arnold Schwarzenegger and other killers found themselves in the Amazon fighting an unseen predatory alien.” > > The Amazon? I saw only small parts of the film and even I know it was set in Guatemala. And they’re not exactly “killers.” They’re a hostage rescue team. A whole different connotation. The guy’s a professional film critic and he’s been making these mistakes for decades. So much for fact checking. Nitpick. I don’t think it was actually Guatemala, but rather just some made-up Central American country. Still not in the Amazon, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predators-spoilers/546213/22 "2010-10-27T15:32:31Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Nitpick. I don’t think it was actually Guatemala, but rather just some made-up Central American country. Still not in the Amazon, though. The only script of the original I can find online was an earlier version (“Hunter”), that says Central America. I don’t have a copy of the movie, but from what I see online and from what I remember, they may have used Guatemala _and_ the fictional “[Val Verde](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Verde_%28fictional_country%29).” (I think they went into Val Verde _from_ a base in Guatemala, IIRC) ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predators-spoilers/546213/23 "2010-10-27T16:02:06Z")
I was pretty happy with it. AvP II was a real nadir - I’m surprised such a popular ‘franchise’ permitted such a C-movie to get made in the first place. So it was good to see things get back on track to an extent. I think the OP hits on the main problem of a lack of suspense - there wasn’t much tautness to the dramatic proceedings by and large. The ending couldn’t do anything other than suck - ‘Now lets get off this goddamn planet’ er…how? The doctor’s eventual evilness was in the post from the get-go, as well, so didn’t really add much drama. Laurence Fishburn’s character seemed like an excellent idea but was a let down in the end. There were a lot of good, well-executed aspects to it as well. The characters were well put together and cast - Walt Goggins homage to Hudson was cool, and Brody was a good lead. At the end - weren’t there boxes dropping from the sky, ie more predators?. The wiki article says they were more prey ie people. I saw it on a plane so the screen was tiny and maybe I mistook things. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predators-spoilers/546213/24 "2010-10-27T16:24:01Z")
The boxes dropped the skinny alien monster that chased the doctor through the woods. My visual clue was the bugs (the skinny alien monster was crawling with bugs, the boxes were crawling with the same bugs). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predators-spoilers/546213.md?page=1)