Actor-director Dhanush, who is busy with multiple projects in hand, took his time out to catch the latest Hollywood film Predator: Badlands and praise it. Taking to his X handle, Dhanush called Predator: Badlands, a tribute to the "OG" fans of the Predator franchise. He wrote, "Predator: Badlands. Wow.. Just Wow. A Marvel.. A great tribute to OG predator fans."

Predator: Badlands is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and is written by Patrick Aison. Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi play the lead roles in the film, which was released in India on November 7.

Predator: Badlands has grossed $80 million from theatres worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the highest opening for any film in the Predator franchise in its almost-40-year-long history. 

The ninth entry in the franchise, Predator: Badlands tells the story of Dek, a rookie predator and a member of the so-called Yautja clan, who must show his father that he is strong. Dek's only way to prove his mettle is to defeat a near-indestructible creature called Kalisk in a planet known as Genna.

The film series started with 1987's Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the mercenary known as Dutch. Several sequels, reboots and crossover films include 1990's Predator 2, 2004's Alien vs. Predator, 2007's Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, 2010's Predator with Adrian Brody and 2018's The Predator, led by Boyd Holbrook; they have had varying degrees of box office success. The two prior instalments, 2022's Prey and this June's animated Predator: Killer of Killers, didn't play in theatres and landed on Hulu in the US and on Disney+ in the rest of the world.