Line #5 Awesome/Predators


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3	!! Crowning Moments Of Awesome
4	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/predators_hanzo.jpg]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:Yes, that's a {{Yakuza}} fighting a Predator. With a ''[[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]]''.]]
6	* [[CoolVsAwesome Katana vs. Predator claw]]. Doubly so because it makes up for the [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unseen]] blade duels in the first two films. When that scene ended, people in the theater started clapping. It becomes especially awesome when you consider that this is the first time EVER that someone has fought a peak-condition Predator (all others in the series are worn down by the time they get to that stage) 1v1 in melee and beat them, all with [[HandicappedBadass two fingers missing]]. By the way, the actor who plays Hanzo knows kendo in real life.
7	** Also take into account that the Predator is armoured, physically colossal compared to him, and has probably spent its entire life hunting. Hanzo is injured, stripped to the waist, wearing only suit trousers and wielding nothing but an old, uncared-for (properly, at least) katana, a weapon that needs meticulous care to be effective (to the extent that they often had their own specialist maintenance workers) and only has a single, flexible edge, and is missing two fingers from {{Yubitsume}}, a practice specifically intended to make it extremely difficult to use a blade with proficiency. Hanzo shows not only immense skill, but probably the biggest, roundest balls of the already-awesome group. Imagine how much ass he could have kicked if he had been at peak condition... those Predators should count themselves lucky.
8	** Let's take it one step further. The Predator, who could have easily just wasted Hanzo with its energy weapons, or even cut him while invisible, [[WorthyOpponent de-cloaks and accepts Hanzo's challenge for a one-on-one sword fight]]. No tricks, just [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy warrior]] versus [[EverythingsBetterwithSamurai warrior]]. Thus far in the movie, the Predators have basically just been poachers, yet Hanzo impresses them to the point the Predator actually honors the challenge.
9	* Royce's final fight with the leader of the Black Predators is made up of many little Crowning Moments of Awesome. Stopping Edwin, then boobytrapping his body with grenades to hurt the Predator. Using mud ''plus '' surrounding the camp with fire to avoid being detected, and then beating the hell out of the Predator with a bone axe. A combination of cunning and ''sheer badass''.
10	* Nikolai versus the Predators, involving a few claymores... Nikolai spitting in the Predator's eye before blowing both of them up definitely gains him badass points. As a bonus, he did it after taking a shot through his chest by a Predator energy weapon. Yes, the same kind of shot that put a hole through Blaine and blew off Dillion's arm in the first film was a minor inconvenience to Nikolai.
11	** Plus a bilingual bonus, as they had him say the nearest equivalent to 'you're one ugly motherfucker' they could find in Russian (actually 'that's quite a snout you have' to be accurate).
12	* Stans showing enough cunning to wear stolen body armor under his prison outfit, playing dead after getting hit with a plasma caster, and then having the balls to leap on the lead Predator's back and shiv the hell out of it, giving his team time to escape before getting trophy killed. Forget how it's a 'sneak' attack. That is prison battle etiquette, where ''anything'' goes. Considering he's got nothing but his shiv, and he's only a little guy, he ''thoroughly'' earns his badass points. Apart from Hanzo's swordfight, it could be the best moment in the film, thanks purely to his hilariously crude one-liner.
13	--> '''Stans:''' "DIE, YOU SPACE FAGGOT!!!" ''[STAB STAB STAB STAB]''
14	* This exchange is ''so'' awesome with its execution. Entirely on its own, it could earn Royce his own prequel:
15	-->'''Edwin:''' You came back for us. You really ''are'' a good man... ''[prepares to stab Royce]''
16	-->'''Royce:''' No, I'm not. ''[intercepts the attack and ''jams the scalpel into Edwin's throat'']'' But I'm ''fast.''
17	** It's the whisper, that little smirk, that inflection in Royce's voice that says, "You forgot who was Alpha Badass, bitch!" that shows why Adrien Brody was perfect for this role.
18	* When the Predators reveal themselves to their prey, and the camera pans around to show them all uncloaking and Alan Silvestri's main theme from the first film finally, ''gloriously'', erupts after many smaller cues earlier in the film. That is the moment the film seals its status as a worthy successor to the original.
19	* Predator versus Predator. The original Classic Predator vs. the modern Black Super Predator. Despite being malnourished, injured, and wielding rather battered equipment, the Classic Predator is '''still''' able to put up one hell of a fight against the healthy, better-equipped Black.
20	** Added to this, the Black Predator is described in the profile as being a prodigy. Additionally, the Classic Predator in the film isn't a seasoned hunter, but a recently "Blooded" like the ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' lead Predator, basically a ''teenager''. So being able to fare well as it does in THAT state is impressive.
21	** Even more impressive is that the Berserker only wins by pulling out its [[CombatPragmatist Plasma Caster in a melee fight]] and essentially cheating. The Classic does cheat back with its cloaking device, but only after the Berserker does it first.
22	* [[NeverTrustATrailer The actual scene in the film doesn't play out that way]], but the scene in the trailer in which first one, then ''dozens more'' three-spot laser sights light Royce up surely rates a Crowning Moment of HSQ mention.
23	* From the "dog"-attack scene, there's Isabelle blowing one's brains out in mid-spring and Royce decapitating another with a machete.

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