After some poorly received sequels over the past years the might Predator franchise returns to the big screen today and the reviews are amazingly positive. "Movies like this just don't tend to do well critically" says Michael Clark of TheMovieHole. Although that is a general perception Nimrod Antal's Predators is breaking ground with over a 70% Rotten Tomato rating and tons of praise...

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A recent yahoo article highlighted the reviews below,

"The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris is darn near over the moon for the Robert Rodriguez-produced flick. Mr. Morris awards the movie with 3 ½ stars out of 4 and writes that director Nimrod Antal is "a skilled moviemaker who understands the cumulative power of withholding." He adds, "A good thriller is a striptease, and Antal respects the art of peeling away layers."

Matt Pais from Chicago Metromix is also a fan. His score: 3 ½ stars out of 5. He writes that this is "one of this summer's few movies that deserves to be called fun." It's "just the right kind of retro, free of irony and able to deliver monster movie thrills and well-placed silliness to show no one's taking this otherworldly beast bloodbath too seriously."

Those reviews come from the mainstream press. What about the guys who specialize in science fiction? For the most part, they like it, too. Sci-Fi Movie Page gives "Predators" 3 out of 4 stars and calls it "a wildly entertaining picture that bends the franchise back to more captivating quandaries, erasing much of the bad taste left behind by previous installments."

Stay tuned for HorrorBid's official review later today.

Source: Yahoo, Movies!