The Predator (2018) - Retarded!

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Don’t mistake ‘The Predator’ for ‘Predator’! ‘Predator’ is a genre classic from 1987 featuring Arnie in his greatest shape fighting off a horrifying never before seen alien monster. ‘The Predator’ is supposed to be a salute to the classic itself as the director, Shane Black, is one of the original crew into the forest to meet the ugly back in the 1987 film, but it’s a total mess, the terrible of the terrible. It’s retarded in every aspect. The dialogues are retarded. The fights are carefree, and retarded. The story is rushing, and retarded with no setup or buildup or whatsoever. The acting is retarded. And this time for the very first time, they introduced, ladies and gentlemen, the predator dogs! But don’t get carried away yet, because they’re retarded as well.

(Shane Black in the front, right behind are Arnie and Carl Weathers
in the original 'Predator' film)

Maybe I was retarded too to want to check it out and even finish watching it. I wonder, why they’d want to make such a retarded film in the first place. Why wouldn’t they leave classics alone and stop making things like a reboot, a remake, a spin-off, a crossover, a sequel, a prequel, and so on and so forth? All right, I get it! Everybody gotta make a living, even if that means smashing a classic! And I guess, a classic is not afraid of being smashed, is it?