'Predator: Badlands' Ending Hints At A Much Bigger Swing For The Franchise

"After surviving their ordeal with the sinister Weyland-Yutani synths on the planet Genna, the climax of the film is all about Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) heading back to Yautja Prime to prove to his father that yes, he did complete his first hunt. By this point in the movie, Dek has formed a new kind of clan, and family unit, with the Weyland-Yutani android Thia (Elle Fanning) as well as a baby alien Kalisk, nicknamed "Bud." (Bud is very much the Baby Groot of the movie.)"

"There's no true post-credits scene in Badlands, but as the credits start to roll, everything gets interrupted by a mid-credits scene. After Dek has slain his father, there's a massive new clan that descends en masse. Thia asks: "Do you know them?" And Dek responds, grimly, "Yes, my that's my mother." From there, the movie cuts to its true credits and ends without any further hints of a possible continuation of t"

Dek survives the Weyland-Yutani synths on Genna and returns to Yautja Prime to prove his first hunt. Dek forms a new clan with the Weyland-Yutani android Thia and a baby Kalisk nicknamed Bud. Dek defeats and kills his father in a fatal duel to claim his place. The film concludes its main arc with Dek, Thia, and Bud established as their own clan. A mid-credits scene interrupts the opening credits to show a massive new Yautja clan descending; Dek identifies their leader as his mother. The abrupt ending leaves the story open to future continuation and universe expansion.

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