• "Predator: Badlands" is in theaters now. • It's the latest movie in the "Predator" franchise. • We ranked all the titles in the franchise, from the Schwarzenegger original to some wacky offshoots.
Since Arnold Schwarzenegger was hunted in the jungle by a Yautja alien warrior in 1987's "Predator," the franchise has been immortalized in the sci-fi genre.
After a few false starts in rebooting the franchise — plus the ill-fated "Alien vs. Predator" crossovers — the property has hit a groove thanks to filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg ("10 Cloverfield Lane"), who's brought a fresh inspiration to the franchise with the 2022 movie "Prey."
His latest, "Predator: Badlands," makes a bold move: For the first time ever, we're rooting for a Yautja. So where does it rank among the other "Predator" mov

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