Predators / directed by Nimrod Antal

I watched this movie on the plane to Nepal and found myself shocked and mortified . . . by the acting. It is safe to say that this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I'm actually not sure what possessed me to watch it in the first place - I'd had two hours sleep the night before and was looking for a movie that wouldn't make me think too much - it was successful in this respect.

The movie follows a group of complete strangers, most of whom are part of special forces army teams (with the occasional criminal thrown in to add to the party). They are all dropped on a remote, unknown island where they are hunted down by the monsters known as Predators (made famous in the 1987 Schwarzenegger film).

There are many things I couldn't understand about the movie. Why would they all start trying to shoot each other at the beginning instead of working as a team? Why, when they see an enemy would they just shoot wildly at it without taking aim thus wasting all their bullets? How do special forces troops aim that badly?

And that was just the start. Unfortunately I got so bored that I lost concentration halfway through the movie and had no idea what was going on. So I really don't know why a couple of the characters did some rather uncharacteristic things and I'll never really understand why one character somehow found a Samurai sword, removed his shirt and tried to take on one of the Predators. If anyone can answer these questions, it would really save me the pain of watching the movie again.

I really think they could have done more with this movie. The action was ridiculous, the storyline barely made sense and the acting was atrocious. Not recommended.

Predators / directed by Nimrod Antal