I loved it!
Overall: 9/10 [you'll see a 10/10 when a Predator wins overall and survives...hehe]
A more then deserving sequel to the original.
The Negative:
I waited for the heavy gun, and actually thought it would be very similar to the original Blain used--but it was not, so that left me wanting more from that aspect. I do agree that since Nolan was there for 8-10 seasons, he should have looked thinner or at least more defined as to his build. I honestly didn't like how the P1S was killed off, I actually would have liked it if he would have at least killed one of the new Preds off. I believe they showed too little screen time for the new preds too, and showed their hardly abilities. I HATED the whole "the enemy of my enemy" statement by Royce. My only conflict with his acting. I was upset at least one of the four preds didn't make it. I would have liked to see the pred hounds rip into someone. They made the bsp out to be this super badass pred, and decapitated the P1S and did very well elsewhere, but then got his handed to him by Royce. The fight between the Falconer was pretty interesting, but that the actual death was kinda corny. Tusk seemed to be on par with baddassness, except that he died pretty quick. We had something similar to AVP with the offing of two preds back to back rather quickly, imo.
The Good:
I could actually see it! The setting was perfect, it wasn't just like the original Predator, but was similar. I liked the set up of the Pred camp. The hounds were pretty cool. I'm actually liking the Falconer and Tusk more then before. For the amount of screen time Tusk aired, I thought he was as bad ass as the BSP. I mean, he dented the **** out of the steel panel. I liked the decloaking, it was pretty sweet seeing the falcon return to the falconer [while sitting in the tree], then we saw Tusk decloak then the bsp decloak. I really like how the P1S was cloaked during the fight, ran towards the bsp and decloaked when he hit him and knocked him on his rear--that was sweet! I really thought the lighting was perfect. I liked to nods towards the original. Like Lee, said I thought it was not too much, but just enough. I thought it was extremely badass when BSP saw the craft take off and leave, pressed some buttons on his gauntlet, and it blew up while he was walking away....that was awesome! I loved the rapid fire plasma cannon that the bsp had. It makes me wonder if the other two had the same type? I loved the ending credits music!!! Completely awesome! Last but not least....I believe it leaves it open for a sequel!!
Can't wait till it hits Blue-Ray!!!
As for my Predator Movie rankings:
T-1..........Predator/Predators
3............Predator 2
4............AVPR
5............AVP
