How Much Do You Remember About the Predator Movies? Brush Up Before the Sequel

The original Predator, released in 1987, is the epitome of 1980s sci-fi action: guns, grit, and a healthy helping of cheesiness. It's even got Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role of Dutch, a retired Army major who is asked to lead a crack team to rescue a CIA official held hostage somewhere in Guatemala. When they get there, it turns out the mission was actually an intelligence-gathering one. They get much more than they bargained for when they encounter a dangerous alien creature that begins picking them off one by one, turning their mission into a fight for survival until Dutch finally defeats the creature.

Despite a mixed critical reaction at the time, the movie has become iconic over the years.

A gap of 20 years separates this 2010 sequel from its predecessor. Once again, the cast has completely changed, and so has the mission: we're not on Earth anymore. Adrien Brody plays the lead role of Royce, yet another ex-soldier leading man as the series has come to expect, supported by Alice Braga's Israeli sniper Isabelle and Topher Grace's unsettling doctor Edwin, among others. The mismatched team discovers that, on this planet, Predators hunt humans for sport, and they attempt to exploit a rivalry between Predator groups to enact a plan to return to Earth. Of course, nothing goes to plan.

This film is also notable for being an early role of future Moonlight Oscar winner Mahershala Ali

This year's instalment returns us to Earth, where a young boy (Jacob Tremblay) accidentally summons the long-dormant Predators back to Earth. His ex-Army Ranger father Quinn, played by Boyd Holbrook, has long since known of the Predators' existence, but has struggled to get anyone to believe him until now. These Predators, however, are nothing like the ones that came before: they've enhanced themselves with DNA from other alien species, and it'll be up to a ragtag team (one that also includes Olivia Munn, Keegan-Michael Key, and Sterling K. Brown) to stop these new, super-dangerous creatures before they can wipe out humankind.

The new movie opens Sept. 14!