Following Robert Rodriguez’s SXSW sneak peek at the film, the first full trailer for “Predators” has landed and its as gritty as we expected it to be.
As has been previously revealed, this latest incarnation of the franchise, directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Rodriguez, is a direct sequel to the original 1987 film. While much of the footage in the early part of the trailer was more or less revealed in the SXSW preview, the latter half of the spot is action heavy (though leans a bit too heavily on fast edits) and gives us our first real taste of the upgraded predators. And they look fierce. The big take away seems to be primal fear and it seems Antal will be channelling the nightmarish anxities evinced in “Vacancy” only to (hopefully) much greater success.
“Predators” hits theaters on July 7th.