India, Nov. 8 -- There are nine Predator films, including two crossovers with the Alien franchise. Not all the titles are notable, but there have been some standout hits and misses over the years. The one thing all the films had in common was that the titular Predators - a formidable extraterrestrial species that lives for the hunt, were the villains of the story. At least up until now. The recently released Predator: Badlands upends the formula by turning the big bad into the protagonist. Alarming, I know, but stick around for a bit to find out why the choice turned Badlands into one of the most unexpected crowd-pleasers.
The predators from the Yaujta clan are some of the scariest, gnarliest creatures in cinema history. They hunt for the ...