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There's this funny fad in Hollywood of turning iconic villains into sympathetic — or even heroic — figures. "Wicked" turned the evil Wicked Witch of the West of "The Wizard of Oz" into a misunderstood protagonist of a now two-part adapted musical. Disney has done the same with "Maleficent" and "Cruella." I mean, they made a "Venom" trilogy based on one of Spider-Man's top foes for crying out loud!
Enter "Predator: Badlands," 20th Century Studios' revival of the action/horror franchise featuring the Predator — the seemingly indestructible alien fighting machine made famous for duking it out with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987.
In "Badlands," the Predator isn't the villain. It's Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), a Yautja

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