"Predator: Badlands" is in theaters now. It's the latest movie in the "Predator" franchise. We ranked all the titles in the franchise, from the Schwarzenegger original to some wacky offshoots. Since ...

Almost two whole decades have passed since the Predator franchise was forever transformed by a surprising development.

The last Alien vs. Predator movie was 2007's Requiem, which followed 2004's Alien vs. Predator. When it came to Badlands, the filmmaker was against having humans, hence the synthetic backpack in Thia.

Here’s the thing those trailers didn’t tell you: Predator: Badlands is absolutely chock-full of synths. Not only do we get Fanning as Thia (a bisected robot who offers to help the film’s Predator ...