Predator: Badlands
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment | Release Date: November 7, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
13
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesJoshua RothkopfNov 12, 2025
There isn’t much of an original signature here. Returning director Dan Trachtenberg hits the beats competently but not too stridently, like a good superfan should. Read full review
60
StatusBrian LowryNov 7, 2025
It feels ready-made fodder for streaming’s “You might like” tier. Read full review
60
The RevealScott TobiasNov 6, 2025
Predator: Badlands may be formulaic and a little cutesy, but its relentless crowd-pleasing instincts wear down your defenses. You feel like the Dek to its Thia. Read full review
60
PolygonSamantha NelsonNov 4, 2025
While there’s plenty of CGI-packed action, there’s no real tension. Read full review
60
LooperAlistair RyderNov 4, 2025
. The fact it all adds up to an enjoyable romp, albeit one that never feels as bold as its parts, is likely an encouraging sign that Dan Trachtenberg has attained a similar status to Phil Lord and Chris Miller a decade ago, taking pitches that sound disastrous and turning them into non-compromised crowd-pleasers against all the odds. Read full review
60
Next Best PictureGiovanni LagoNov 4, 2025
A solid outing for the series with plenty of satisfying thrills, all of which is sold by the terrific pairing of Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. Read full review
60
Screen RantGregory NussenNov 4, 2025
Dan Trachtenberg's third Predator entry is exciting, but also tonally askew in ways that prevent it from hitting its stride. Read full review
58
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezNov 4, 2025
A curious, half-successful mutation in the “Predator” bloodline, ‘Badlands’ wants to transcend the franchise’s primal instincts. Instead, it proves that sometimes survival means knowing what not to evolve. Or at least, pushing the envelope with greater execution and story conviction. Read full review
50
Little White LiesJustine SmithNov 7, 2025
Predators: Badlands might not be on the level of Trachtenberg’s 2022 Predator spin-off, Prey, but it has its pleasures. It’s a smart kind of stupid that hits the lowest common denominator in terms of story as a means of revelling in the strangeness of the world building. Each scene serves its purpose and the movie, running not much longer than 100 minutes, never wears out its welcome. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesTrevor LenzmeierNov 6, 2025
It’s a decent action movie that wears its influences on its sleeves. Some feel like intentional homages; others feed into the aforementioned identity crisis. Read full review
50
Film ThreatAlan NgNov 6, 2025
The film has good action set pieces, but without a story that has something to say or connects with audiences beyond the surface, it’s just another standard sci-fi action film. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJarrod JonesNov 4, 2025
Dan Trachtenberg's latest Predator movie is a safe, frictionless, lore-centric franchise expansion. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 4, 2025
The sheer pointlessness of everything that happens subtracts the oxygen and even Fanning’s imperishable star quality can’t save it. Read full review
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