Predator: Killer of Killers
Hulu | Release Date (Streaming): June 6, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinJohn KirkJun 5, 2025
The stunts are super-human, the combat is exhilarating, and definitely in the realm of the unrealistic. But that’s the joy in watching an animated show and suspending disbelief. The audience wants to be entertained and this film certainly does that with its detailed explanations of how these technologically-backward heroes are even able to stay in the fight. Read full review
100
Total FilmAmy West Jun 5, 2025
It's clear Wassung and Trachtenberg just get it. Somehow, they're able to push the sci-fi envelope and offer up fresh images and ideas the series has yet to see, while also appealing to diehard fans with Easter eggs. Read full review
91
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerJun 6, 2025
The storytelling is great here, but it’s really the action where this movie shines. As with Prey, the secret sauce here is an almost Looney Tunes-esque approach: Buckets of red and green blood are spilled both due to the human stories as well as the Predator’s hunting, in inventive ways that prove thrilling right from the jump. Read full review
90
ColliderAidan KelleyJun 6, 2025
Predator: Killer of Killers encapsulates much of what made the original such a classic, with surprises around every corner and characters that are easy to root for. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comClint WorthingtonJun 6, 2025
What Trachtenberg seems to get about the Predator franchise, between “Prey” and this, is that the central appeal of the Predator is conceptual: How would we fare, we at the top of the food chain, if placed in competition with a hunter far more well-equipped than we? Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 6, 2025
An awesomely violent and artfully staged piece of animated pulp, Predator: Killer of Killers feels like a movie that was dreamed up by a couple of stoned teenage boys in a suburban basement one night during the summer of 1987, but this is the rare case where that feels like a good thing. A very good thing, even. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubToussaint EganJun 5, 2025
There’s little to no fat to be found in this film; it’s a lean, mean action-thriller that threads the needle between speculative storytelling and brutal sci-fi carnage. Read full review
80
SlashfilmJeremy MathaiJun 6, 2025
In stark contrast to the rise of "second screen" brain rot and clunky dialogue meant to catch streaming audiences up on whatever they missed while scrolling on their phones, Killer of Killers demands your undivided attention every step of the way lest you fall behind. Read full review
80
IGNEric GoldmanJun 5, 2025
Predator: Killer of Killers definitely delivers on its premise. Its journey through several time periods is the perfect way to give us multiple Predator stories that each have their own distinct flavor and action highlights. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 5, 2025
Predator: Killer of Killers provides the non-stop action that the diehard fans crave. Read full review
77
Paste MagazineJim VorelJun 9, 2025
Visually, the film can be a bit rough around the edges, but at its heart it is built from the kind of pulpy sci-fi goodness that longtime series fans have likely been craving. Read full review
76
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiJun 6, 2025
A glorified pitch reel, submitting for our approval a few nifty movie ideas and wrapping it all up in a tidy bow. All action, no filler. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJun 6, 2025
Killer of Killers continues the concept co-director Dan Trachtenberg applied to his 2022 live-action “Prey,” only with the more elaborate action, wider scope and graceful, graphic kineticism animation can accommodate. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkJun 5, 2025
Killer of Killers only gives us just enough to get by, get invested, and get to the goods. Read full review
60
EmpireJohn NugentJun 5, 2025
Killer Of Killers looks the business and comes with all the gory kills and human heroes you’d hope for, but like most anthologies it is a little hit-and-miss. Read full review
60
The GuardianCatherine BrayJun 5, 2025
The only problem with this stuff is that you can’t help picturing how much more spectacular it would look in live action. The animation is all perfectly competent but it’s lacking a little something – that spark of life and ingenuity that can make even flawed animation so fascinating. Read full review
60
LooperAlistair RyderJun 5, 2025
If you've found the previous live-action Predator movies (including Trachtenberg's own franchise-reviving "Prey") to be too heavy on plot at the expense of the carnage, then the brevity of this spin-off is exactly what you'll have been wanting, stripping down the formula to its barest essentials across three brief stories. Read full review
50
Screen RantGrant HermannsJun 6, 2025
The movie shows both the best and worst parts of Trachtenberg making two separate Predator movies simultaneously. Read full review
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