| Director | Nimród Antal |
|---|---|
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $127.2 million |
Mercenary Royce is dropped from the sky into an unfamiliar jungle and meets several others who arrive the same way: Los Zetas enforcer Cuchillo, Spetsnaz Alpha Group soldier Nikolai, IDF sniper Isabelle, RUF officer Mombasa, San Quentin death row inmate Stans, Inagawa-kai Yakuza enforcer Hanzo, and physician Edwin. Following Royce, they discover a strange monument, empty cages, and deadfall traps set by a deceased U.S. Special Forces soldier. Upon seeing a sky with visible moons and planets, they realize they are not on Earth.
After surviving a coordinated attack by a pack of alien beasts, Royce theorizes that the planet is a game preserve and they are the prey. Cuchillo is killed and his body used to lure the group into a trap, which they evade. Tracking the beasts to a camp, they find a captive Predator. Three larger Predators—known as "Tracker", "Berserker", and "Falconer"—attack the group and kill Mombasa, while the others escape. Isabelle identifies the captive Predator as matching the description of a creature that killed a special operations team in Guatemala before being defeated by a lone survivor in 1987.
After setting a trap for the Predators but only attracting a different alien creature, the group encounters Ronald Noland, a U.S. Air Cavalry soldier who has survived alone for years by hiding and scavenging. He brings them to his hideout and explains that the Predators abduct worthy prey from other worlds, and that a blood feud exists between the larger and smaller Predators, which he likens to the difference between wolves and dogs. Royce devises a plan to free the captive Predator, hoping it will take them home.
The group fall asleep, and wake up to Noland attempting to suffocate them with smoke. Royce detonates an explosive, exposing the hideout to the Predators. Tracker locates and kills Noland, as the group escape. During the ensuing chase, Nikolai is wounded. He detonates several Claymores in Tracker's face, killing it and sacrificing himself. Berserker intercepts the survivors, but Stans distracts it long enough for the others to escape. Berserker kills Stans by ripping out his skull and spine, then dispatches Falconer to pursue the remaining humans. Hanzo stays behind to duel Falconer with a katana taken from Noland's hideout, killing it but sustaining mortal wounds in the process.
Royce, Isabelle, and Edwin press on until a trap leaves Edwin injured. When Isabelle refuses to abandon him, Royce proceeds without them. Berserker captures them and throws them into a pit. Royce returns to the camp and offers to free the captive Predator in exchange for transport to Earth. The Predator remotely activates its ship and sets a course for home. As Royce races to board, Berserker arrives and overpowers and decapitates the captive Predator before remotely destroying the ship as it lifts off, apparently killing Royce. Meanwhile, Edwin paralyzes Isabelle with a scalpel laced with a neurotoxic plant poison and reveals himself to be a serial killer and his intention to remain on the planet. Royce reappears, having changed his mind. Edwin attempts to ambush him, but is stabbed by his own scalpel. Royce booby-traps Edwin's paralyzed body and wounds Berserker. With Isabelle's help, Royce defeats and decapitates Berserker. The two finally introduce themselves to each other.
Spotting more parachutes descending from the sky and surmising that fresh prey is arriving, the pair head deeper into the jungle to find a way back to Earth.