𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨:

PREDATOR 6: BADLANDS (2025)

“It doesn’t hunt for sport anymore. It hunts for domination.”

 Genre

Sci-Fi · Action · Survival Horror · Thriller

 Directed by

Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, 10 Cloverfield Lane)
A 20th Century Studios production – standalone sequel to Prey (2022) and Predator canon

Plot Summary

In the scorched American Badlands, a no-man’s-land of dust storms, ghost towns, and lawless zones, survivors and mercenaries scavenge what’s left of civilization after a climate-collapse war. But as warring factions fight over dwindling resources, something far older and deadlier descends from the stars.

A new breed of Predator, adapted to Earth’s brutal conditions and trained to hunt humans in squads, begins executing tactically coordinated strikes—wiping out entire militias and harvesting DNA.

Former special forces soldier Jax Rainer, now an outlaw living off-grid, is pulled back into battle when he finds a young girl who’s being tracked… not by mercenaries, but by something invisible, fast, and lethal.

To survive, Jax must unite ex-rivals, decode ancient Predator tech buried in the desert, and face a terrifying truth:

This is not a hunt. This is the beginning of an invasion.

 Cast

• Jon Bernthal as Jax Rainer – ex-soldier turned desert scavenger

• Cailee Spaeny as Lyra – mute survivor with a strange connection to the creatures

• Dave Bautista as “Cage” – rival warlord hunting Predators for sport

• Amber Midthunder (cameo) as Naru (from Prey) – as a vision/recorded message

• Predators: new bio-armored hunters bred for Earth’s terrain – with pack tactics

 Highlights

• Night-vision desert ambush scene with triple Predator squad

• A minefield turned into a trap against cloaked enemies

• Flashbacks revealing early Predator-human contact (tying to Prey)

• Final showdown in an ancient crashed Predator ship beneath the desert

Taglines

“In the ruins of Earth… the hunt begins again.”

“It’s their world now. We just survive in it.”

“Predators don’t just hunt prey. They breed warriors.”

 Themes

• Evolution of the hunter

• Survival in lawless lands

• Cycles of violence and resistance

• Humanity’s role in an alien war

 Post-Credit Scene

A Predator elder places a cracked human skull onto a ceremonial rack—next to Naru’s tomahawk and Dutch’s dog tags.
Suddenly, a hologram flares to life:

“Earth Resistance: Phase One Activated.”