After watching "Predator: Badlands," I couldn't stop an intrusive thought from popping into my head. "Predator: Badlands" is fun. It's entertaining. It's the perfect excuse to head to the theaters and eat an entire bucket of popcorn. In short, it's everything that "Tron: Ares" should have been, and it proves that a legacy sequel doesn't need to suck.

Now, before the genre police come for me yes, I get that my declaration that "Predator: Badlands" is a legacy sequel could be a matter of debate. After all, we just got a Predator movie back in 2022 ("Prey"), a far cry from the nearly 15-year gap between "Tron: Ares" and its predecessor "Tron: Legacy." However, if you've seen this latest installment in the Predator franchise, or read my colleague Alix's wonderful review of "Predator: Badlands

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