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Perhaps it’s best that “Predators” keeps its ambitions humble, but a dearth of inspiration makes this fifth “Predator” film dangerously close to a rehash of the first film. Producer Robert Rodriguez would rather you think of it as “back to basics,” thank you very much, but, y’know, “tom-ay-to, tom-ah-to.” ==I — PC==

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