Tubi Thursday: Predator - Wastelands

 It's Mockbuster Month over on Tubi Thursdays this September.
Heaven help the idiot who came up with this idea!

To start us off, here's The Asylum's...

I guess you can't copyright 'Predator,' eh Mr. Hansen.

A Not Predator (called Alien Predator in Subtitles) lands on a strange Planet.

It's definitely not just the California Desert.

A maligned group of people- all 4 of them- live under the thumb of a bad guy.

The NP kills two bad guys, but is wounded.

The villain- Baywatch's David Chokachi- is mining gems that, you'll never guess this, also power the NP's weapons/gear.

He's a bad guy and spends as much time as possible in the singular Cave Set.

The NP eventually steps into action once again to save them, as the crystals revive/heal him.

And so begins his gradual journey to help them...sometimes.

Unlike the Film they copy, this creature never talks until the very end, so we have zero connection to this mute giant in foam rubber.

Big finale time and the NP takes off it's helmet/mask for what I can only assume is the Trailer's money shot.

It defeats the bad guys and decides that it has found a new Home.

Also, this is Earth.  It's not important to anything, but yeah, it's Earth.

The End.

A Film that definitely tries to be something bigger than it really can be.

I have a theory that The Asylum makes a Script in 3 Parts.

1) Write Script
2) Realize it is too expensive to Film
3) Cut every corner and hope it still delivers

All of this is on display as we get copy-paste minions for group shots, some possibly AI imagery, talk of a Resistance Uprising...that turns out to be 2 people.

Hell, we never see any of the Villages that 'dot the land' until one random shot of (seemingly) AI people for like 2 seconds.

They do have a decent Story, Chokachi is fun to watch as he often overacts Nic Cage-style and they have some good effects.

If they could just make them all come together at some point, I'd be happy.
Unlike this guy, who just realized that you ripped of his Trailer Shot for your own...

A Film that is not truly terrible, but it kind of drags.  There are decent ideas and people behind the Scenes...that just can't make it more than a so-so affair.