Predator: Badlands MPA Rating Has Fans Disappointed in Sci-Fi Movie

It has been confirmed that Predator: Badlands will be the first movie in the franchise (not counting Alien vs. Predator) to be rated PG-13, which has fans of the franchise feeling disappointed.

via: Coming Soon

Predator: Badlands opens in United States theaters next month. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the 20th Century Studios sequel movie stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning.

Predator: Badlands will receive a PG-13 rating. This makes it the first movie in the main Predator franchise to not be rated R; although, the 2004 Alien vs. Predator crossover movie was also rated PG-13.

Some fans were disappointed to learn this news, while others are approaching it with optimism and putting their faith in Trachtenberg.

That’s pretty concerning actually. I don’t really know if a Predator movie can work without blood and gore. I know this is different, with a Predator as the protagonist, but this is still going to be a challenge to have work. The concept is still interesting so we’ll have to see.

Producer Ben Rosenblatt told IGN that, despite the PG-13 rating, Badlands will still have plenty of alien violence for fans to enjoy. He said that they intended to make a PG-13 film that “feels like an R” in an effort to “broaden out the audience for a movie like this.

“We don’t have any humans in the movie, and so we don’t have any human red blood,” he said. “So we’re hoping that’s gonna play to our advantage. We’re going to go as hard as we possibly can within those constraints, and we think we’ll be able to do some pretty awesomely gruesome stuff. But in colors other than red.”

It’s worth noting that Predator: Badlands has not yet received an official MPA on FilmRatings.com or 20th Century Studios. While it’s still expected to get a PG-13, the official reasoning behind the rating has not yet been disclosed.

The synopsis for Predator: Badlands reads, “Set in the future on a deadly remote planet, Badlands follows a young Predator outcast (played by newcomer Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) who finds an unlikely ally in Thia (Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Elle Fanning) as he embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.”

Predator: Badlands will be released on November 7, 2025.

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People need to realize that just because a franshise that usually comes with an R rating is given a PG-13 rating doesn't mean the film will be any less enjoyable.

I'm guessing the reason it was given a PG-13 rating is because there's mostly alien violence on the big screen. If there were human killings, the MPAA would have gravitated towards a hard R.

So far the trailers that I have seen for Predator: Badlands have been promising, so I'm going to hold off on my opinions on whether or not it's a good film until I've seen it. And after Dan gave us a really good Predator film with Prey, I'm going to trust that Badlands teeters on the side of being another good Predator film.