Predator: Badlands

What’s it about?

Dek, a Yautja warrior, is determined to prove his battle prowess by travelling to a dangerous world to hunt the ultimate apex predator.

The facts

• Directed by Dan Trachtenberg
• English language and Yautja language (a fictional Predator language)
• Runtime: 107 minutes
• Sci-fi action thriller from the Predator film franchise

Why did it get this rating?

This film was classified by Te Mana Whakaatu, Classification Office. You can find out more about classification process and ratings here.

Violence

The film shows sci-fi fantasy violence on a hostile plant with deadly plants, tentacled beasts with razor-toothed jaws. We see characters stab, slash, shoot and sever body parts of their opponents. Characters show little pain and have advanced technology to self-repair (even after decapitation).

Examples of the violence include:

• A character’s arm is severed, before he is stabbed in the back and beheaded off-screen, shown with green blood.
• A charging giant bird is slain off screen, shown with an orange spray.
• A creature is sliced by a laser sword, and its spine held up as a trophy.
• A creature is impaled through the skull. Black liquid spurts when the weapon is withdrawn.
• A creature is shot and beheaded, and tendrils regrow from its neck and reattach to its head.
• A character severs another’s arm and another creature bites-off the victim’s head.

Content that may disturb

• A physically smaller character is rejected and condemned to death for being a ‘runt’.
• A creature is captured for its potential usefulness, separating it from its child.
• A character is captured and his brain probed with sharp instruments.

Coarse language

The word ‘sh*t’ is used once as an exclamation.

When content stays with you:

We all have our boundaries, and it’s completely okay if something you’ve watched is weighing on your mind. If certain content lingers with you, consider having a chat with friends or whānau to debrief about what you’ve just seen. But if you’re still feeling affected, please reach out to any of the following helplines for support.

• 1737
• Safe to talk
• Lifeline
• Youthline

Further information

• Why are ratings and content warnings important for me and my whānau?