Predator: Badlands Mirrors An Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie (And Not The One You're Thinking About)

This article contains spoilers for "Predator: Badlands."

One of the tricks with a sequel, if not with a new genre movie of any type, is to make something that feels simultaneously unique and familiar. The sweet spot most filmmakers want to hit is right between the excitement of something original and the comfort of something well-known. This is a bullseye that's frequently hard to nail, of course, but some filmmakers and movies do it with a graceful ease. That's the case with Dan Trachtenberg and this week's "Predator: Badlands," which sees the "Predator" franchise return to movie theaters with a rollicking sci-fi adventure yarn . As with pretty much every sequel in a long-running franchise, the specter of the original film looms over the newest entry, both as a high-water mark to try