Title – Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)

Directors – Dan Trachtenberg (Prey) & Joshua Wassung (feature debut)

Cast – (voices of) Michael Biehn, Rick Gonzalez, Damien C. Haas, Lauren Holt

Plot – Three fierce warriors from three separate time periods come face to face with the universes most deadly hunters in a life and death battle of wits, skill and physical prowess.  

“Only one will live”

Review by Eddie on 16/06/2025

Following on from his 2022 Predator offering Prey and arriving before his upcoming cinematic outing Predator: Badlands hits cinema screens later this year, director Dan Trachtenberg alongside co-director Joshua Wassung have taken the long-standing sci-fi/action staple into the unexpected territory of direct to streaming animated venture Killer of Killers.

An anthology of three stories that culminate together for the ultimate man vs Predator showdown, Killers allows Trachtenberg and Wassung to go wild with their imaginations and be non-phased by budgetary constraints as we venture back to the Viking era, feudal Japan, World War 2 and the Predators own home planet of Yautja Prime on a wild journey that remains sharp and fast-paced over its sub-90 minute running time.

Holding back little when it comes to the blood and gore factor and intense action beats that flowed through Trachtenberg’s streaming hit Prey, Killers is arguably the most successful iteration of a Predator experience since the beloved Arnold Schwarzenegger starring original burst onto the scene in 1987 and it shows a clear respect and affiliation for the source material and lore from the two directors, with Trachtenberg clearly the perfect candidate to push the property forward in the current day climate.

You wouldn’t say Killers is filled with revelatory story beats or new cannon material to push the Predator series forward in any deep and meaningful ways but if audiences are seeking an action extravaganza that allows its humans and non-humans equal chances to share the spotlight when it comes to the combative stakes, Killers is a resounding success, while at the same time proving that animation done right can be suited to any property that is willing to take a chance on it.

When it comes to the the three separate but interwoven segments it’s hard to look past the epic The Bullet segment as the standout in the spectacle stake but both The Shield and The Sword both have their individual moments and whether you like predators taking it to wild-eyed Vikings, contemplative samurai’s or brave fighter pilots, Killers has you covered and oozes cool/charisma throughout.

The perfect side-story/holdover until Badlands arrives and hopefully continues to build on the fine work Trachtenberg has produced so far when involved in the Predator space, Killers is a nice little 2025 surprise that should appease hardcore and casual fans alike.

Final Say –

Showing that there’s life yet in the once floundering Predator brand name, Killer of Killers is far from ground-breaking but its further proof off the back of Prey that Dan Trachtenberg is the perfect overseer of the cinematic Predator universe.

3 1/2 frozen warriors out of 5