Predator: Killer of Killershas earned a Rotten Tomatoes score that smashes a franchise record. The new streaming-exclusive movie is the eighth feature-length installment in the sci-fi horror franchise and the first to be animated. It was co-directed by Joshua Wassung and Dan Trachtenberg, the latter of whom helmed the previous installmentPreyand theupcomingPredator: Badlands. The movie follows three different timelines where a Predator faces off against a Viking, a ninja from feudal Japan, and a pilot from World War II.
Rotten Tomatoeshas now aggregated enough critics' reviews forPredator: Killer of Killersto give the movie an official Tomatometer score. While the rating could fluctuate if more reviews are added, at the time of writing, 29 reviews have been tabulated,giving it a near-perfect score of 97%. This marks the best score yet for the eight-film franchise, beating the previous high set by 2022’sPrey, which is Certified Fresh with a 94% score.
What This Means For Predator: Killer Of Killers
It’s A Huge Win For The Franchise
Even if the addition of morePredator: Killer of Killersreviewssees the score falling behindPrey, it would have to drop drastically in order for it to become anything less than the second highest-rated installment in the franchise. The next highest-rated of its predecessors is the original 1987 installment,Predator, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and has a score of 80%, making it the only other Certified Fresh installment other thanPreyat the time of writing. Below, seea breakdown of the Rotten Tomatoes scores of all eight movies:
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Predator: Killer of Killers(2025)
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In fact,Killer of Killershas become one of just fourPredatormoviesto earn a Fresh score at all,finally bringing the franchise’s overall percentage of well-reviewed movies to 50%for the first time in its nearly 40-year history. This has been the case because it had a string of Rotten Tomatoes splats after the original movie, which included its two lowest-rated movies ever, both of which were crossovers with theAlienfranchise. BothAlien vs. PredatorandAliens vs. Predator: Requiemare also the lowest-rated installments in that rival franchise, which consists of nine movies.
Our Take On The Predator: Killer Of Killers Rotten Tomatoes Score
It Is Good News For The Future Of The Franchise
ShouldPredator: Killer of Killersmaintain this level of critical enthusiasm and be cemented as the installment with the best or second-best reviews, this means that Dan Trachtenberg will have helmed the two most well-regarded installments in the entire franchise.This is very good news for the upcomingBadlands, which sees the filmmaker return to live-action for his first theatrical installment. If he manages to then have the three bestPredatormovies under his belt, this could reinvigorate the franchise and keep it going consistently for years to come.
