Pretty campy.

Rating: 5/10 (27 August 2004)

***Spoilers Ahead, Watch Where You Step***
I did not particularly want to see this movie, but I went with my friend, who was born with a tragic genetic defect that makes him like stuff like this. However, our opinions on this movie were pretty much the same: it's actually quite entertaining at first (you gotta love those awesome steel weapons the Predators use), but the last third of the movie gets unbelievably goofy. I mean, the last thing you expect in a monster movie is for the lead human character to befriend the monster. But she does, and at that point it almost turns into a buddy movie. In fact, the human is almost tougher than the actual Predator! She was outrunning him there at the end! What's that about!?
Another nitpick I have with this movie is that it's taking place in Antarctica--aka THE ARCTIC--and everyone is dressed like it's late August in Duluth. The ending of the movie finds the heroine standing there alone in the middle of the tundra without a coat or hat. Did anyone consider that after her adrenaline rush goes away, she'll probably freeze to death? Oh well. Movies like this don't tend to make a lot of sense, so why bother complaining about logic. I'll give it 5/10 stars just for those cool weapons.