History Characters / Predators

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Upon arriving, he seems to realize that his dress shoes aren't practical for muddy terrain, so he takes them off. He probably abandons them, given that he never wears them again, even in terrain where they would not bother him.

* VillainRespect: Averted. You'd think that with the amount of Predators he's managed to kill by himself, the titular hunters would consider him worthy of being taken as a trophy. [[spoiler: When they finally find him, he's blasted into pieces by one of their plasma weapons, instead of being cut down as the ultimate prize. The way it happens almost makes it feel like the Predator was removing a serious pain in its ass instead.]]

* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Stans. Both are skinny blade-wielding serial killers, but Stans is not afraid to get physical, and has a better grasp on whose side he should be on and being a team player and has a straong sense of loyalty to others, even sacrificing himself for them. Edwin is a coward deluded into thinking the Predators see him as an equal while he is just game for them. In addition, Stans, as awful as he is, makes no secret of what kind of person he is, while Edwin is a ''deliberate'' BitchInSheepsClothing.]]

* NonActionGuy: He mostly gets through combat by ducking behind Isabelle or Nikolai. [[spoiler:Even after he reveals his true nature, he is still not much of a fighter against other tough guys, and Royce easily beats him in a fight.]]

* AxCrazy: He's a psychotic SerialKiller, two days from being executed when he was taken by the Yautja, that did what he did ForTheEvulz.
* TheBerserker: When we first see Stans, he's fighting Mombasa with a knife, then improvising with a heavy branch. He's actually out-fighting him too. Later, Stans gets stabby when pinned by one of the Tusker beasts, earning his respect. Then, later, he jumps on a Predator and starts stabbing it in the back, and isn't the slightest bit afraid when [[spoiler:it pulls out his spine]]. He'll fight ''anything'', without an ounce of fear.

-->'''Stans:''' Well, my lawyer said I was crazy, but you want to know the real reason; why the fuck not?

* RedHerring: Just from his serial killer background and making some sleazy comments towards Isabelle, one might expect Stans to be the one who would ultimately try to backstab the heroes in some way. However, he does no such thing, because [[spoiler:Edwin happens to have been the BitchInSheepsClothing the whole time, and does try to murder Isabelle later on]].

* StupidEvil: While his backstory, especially his ForTheEvulz attitude mentioned in the deleted scene, play this straight, it's surprisingly averted in the events of the film. While he's open and proud of being a sadistic serial killer with a 38-person kill count (leading viewers to suspect that he'll turn on the group at the right moment), he's actually smart enough to realize that their only chance against the Predators is if they stick together. He apparently learned this as prison etiquette: if the inmates fight each other, it makes it easier for the guards to keep them under their thumb. He's crass and combative with the others, but it never comes to anything.

* TokenEvilTeammate: It's almost sad that it's half-masked by his hilarity, but you have to remember that the mercs are {{Punch Clock Villain}}s who killed for money. Stans killed people for the hell of it. Some people don't need a reason, just an excuse.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: Subverted. At first, Edwin seems like a normal doctor which puts him out of place among the others. At first, it seems as if he was brought along to provide medical assistance for the group and make the hunt more interesting. But then it's revealed he's actually a serial killer and just as much of a predator as the others.]]

* TheLastOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: Subverted. At first, Edwin seems like a normal doctor which puts him out of place among the others. At first, it seems as if he was brought along to provide medical assistance for the group and make the hunt more interesting. But then it's revealed he's actually a serial killer and just as much of a predator as the others.]]

* OneOfTheseThingsIsNotLikeTheOther [[spoiler: Subverted. At first, Edwin seems like a normal doctor which puts him out of place among the others. At first, it seems as if he was brought along to provide medical assistance for the group and make the hunt more interesting. But then it's revealed he's actually a serial killer and just as much of a predator as the others.]]

A doctor with no combat background.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: More like "evil cannot comprehend amoral but noble characters". He seems to think that, as a depraved and sadistic killer, he would get along great with the Predators and be welcomed as one of them, failing to see that the Predators are warriors with a strict code of honor and bravery who only fight other trained warriors in a fair fight, not merely sadists who target those who can't fight back like Edwin.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: As is standard for Topher Grace.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: He shows no mercy to his victims, but pathetically cowers and begs when his own life is at risk.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: More like "evil cannot comprehend another kind of evil". He seems to think that, as a depraved and sadistic killer, he would get along great with the Predators and be welcomed as one of them, failing to see that the Predators are warriors with a strict code of honor and bravery who only fight other trained warriors, not merely sadists who target those who can't fight back like Edwin.]]

* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Stans. Both are skinny blade-wielding serial killers, but Stans is not afraid to get physical, and has a better grasp on whose side he should be on and being a team player. Edwin is a coward deluded into thinking the Predators see him as an equal while he is just game for them. In addition, Stans, as awful as he is, makes no secret of what kind of person he is, while Edwin is a ''deliberate'' BitchInSheepsClothing.]]
* HateSink: [[spoiler: He's the only character in the whole film with absolutely ''no'' humanizing moments. Even Stans, the creepy, bigoted, homicidal maniac, is easier to like.]]

* TheChick: She's the most compassionate by quite a wide margin.

* SmurfettePrinciple: She's the only woman among the main characters.

* KnifeNut: He complains about all the others getting guns when he only has a knife, but like the others, he has been equipped with his most proficient weapon.

* DeathByPragmatism: The thing that does him in is [[spoiler: using the others as bait to draw the Predators' attention]]. The Predators manage to get to him before he can flee his burning hovel.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AdrienBrody

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: He's amoral and selfish, but he's not as ''evil'' as some of the other characters that's for sure.
* AntiHero: Of the the vicious, UnscrupulousHero type.

* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: He's become a nicer, somewhat more sympathetic person by the end.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Possibly the biggest in the ''Predator'' series. He has no qualms in creating more fire around him, blocking Mr. Black's thermal vision, or using the body of a teammate to trap Mr. Black.

* EveryoneHasStandards: In the comics, he refrained from killing women and children, believing it was something only for psychos and perverts.
* GeniusBruiser: He's a very capable combatant and also a skilled tactician and survivalist and [[spoiler: quickly figures out that Edwin is planning to kill him in the finale.]]

* LightningBruiser: A heavily muscled guy with a big gun (just about a notch shy of being a full-blown BFG) he is still impressively quick, as he showcases when one of his teammates tries to backstab him.
* MadeOfIron: When he squares off with the Berserker predator, he shrugs off blows much easier than a normal person should.

* MysteriousPast: Almost nothing definitive is ever stated about him. Isabelle conjectures that he is ex-black ops turned mercenary, and he doesn't deny this assessment. She also surmises that something happened to him in the past to make him into the cynical loner he is now, but he just scoffs. Ultimately we find out his name is Royce and that he does what he does [[BloodKnight because he enjoys it,]] but nothing else.
* NobleDemon: Although it slowly occurs over the course of the movie, more notably with Isabelle.

* PetTheDog: Goes all out to save Isabelle from a pit trap early in the movie, one of the early signs that he's not entirely heartless.

-->''"It doesn’t matter what happened, or why. We’re here. Only question is, how do we get out?"

* PsychoForHire: Played with. He freely admits that he likes battle and killing for its own sake, but that said, he's not unstable and has lines he refuses to cross.
* ShirtlessScene: Serves up double-barreled {{fanservice}} by showing off Brody's astonishing abdominals and giving an unsubtle InternalHomage to the first movie.

* UnscrupulousHero: To the extent that he walks the line ''real'' close to being a NominalHero. [[spoiler:Ultimately, he proves himself on the side of good.]]

->'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne

A veteran warrior who's survived in the game preserve for many seasons.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Makes a joke about wintering in the Riviera, and raises his eyebrows when he mentions the local men. Might have just been trying to get under Stans' skin, though.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:By the time he gets killed off, between his insanity and his backstabbing of the group, (and the implication that he'd done this many times before) nobody is sad to see him get killed.]]
* CrazySurvivalist: He's able to [[ActionSurvivor scratch out a living on the death planet for years]], [[spoiler:and he's completely lost his mind and intends to kill any other people he meets in order to make use of their supplies.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: He's given up all thoughts of ever escaping the planet. Partially justified, he points out that even if he could reach one of the Yautja spaceships he wouldn't have any idea how to fly it back home to Earth.

* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner [[spoiler:Upon seeing the Black Predator that is Tracker.]]
-->'''Roland''': [[spoiler:Finally found me, huh big dawg? Well, what took you so long? [[note]][[LudicrousGibs SPLAT!]][[/note]]]]

* ImaginaryFriend: Talks to one frequently.
* LargeHam: His introduction is fairly hammy, and it escalates [[spoiler:when he attempt to kill the others.]]
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:Is reduced to this thanks to a predator's shoulder cannon.]]
* MrExposition: He goes over his experience on the alien planet, giving the group a much better idea of what's going on, and he's the source of the backstory of the difference between the multiple groups of Predators.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He has managed to kill two (or possibly three) Predators, a no small feat, as killing one is a tough enough task.
* SanitySlippage: Almost immediately after taking the group to his base, he starts chatting with an ImaginaryFriend, and as we come to find out later [[spoiler:he's slipped all the way down to murdering other people dropped on the planet to take their supplies, never mind teamwork and trust.]]

* SixthRanger: Subverted. [[spoiler:He seems like a potential ally at first, but then it's revealed he only helped them so he could kill them for their supplies.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler:He starts out friendly at first, but in actuality he wants to kill other people dropped on the planet and get their supplies. This because of all the shit he's gone through in the ten seasons he's been there, and his DespairEventHorizon mentioned above, he's decided he's better off acting for himself himself, and killing those he comes across.]]
* VillainRespect: Averted. You'd think that with the amount of predators he's managed to kill by himself, the titular hunters would consider him worthy of being taken as a trophy. [[spoiler: When they finally find him, he's blasted into pieces by one of their plasma weapons, instead of being cut down as the ultimate prize. The way it happens almost makes it feel like the predator was removing a serious pain in his ass.]]

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AliceBraga

* ActionGirl: Portrayed as this. She's a sniper for the Israeli Defense Force, so it comes with the territory. She's a good shot with it, too, [[spoiler: even when she's still suffering debilitating paralysis via poison]]. [[spoiler: And she's got enough sheer willpower to fight said powerful paralytic poison to save Royce from being killed by the Predator]].
** However, her actual function is closer to being a FauxActionGirl. Portrayed as being a capable combatant and member of the Israeli Defense Force, but she very rarely, if ever, gets to be badass and spends most the movie as a damsel in distress for male characters (mainly Royce) to save. It can come off more than a little sexist, for obvious reasons.

* FriendlySniper: An IDF marksman and aside from Nikolai, the most noble and friendly of the group.
* TheHeart: She tries very hard to be a moral compass to a group that is made up mostly of ruthless or amoral individuals.

* MoralityPet: For a long time Isabelle's faith in Royce is the only external sign the audience gets that he's not an irredeemable prick. [[spoiler:He saves her life more than once, in the last case passing up a chance to use a Predator ship in order to come back and help her.]]
* SmallGirlBigGun: Though not of cartoonish proportions, it's a long-barreled, high-caliber sniper rifle, and she's rather petite.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/TopherGrace

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Revealed to be ultimately as crazy as Stans.]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Shows no mercy to his victims, but pathetically cowers and begs when his own life is at risk.]]

* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: [[spoiler: He has Topher Grace's boyish good looks and is a depraved monster underneath.]]

* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Stans, both are skinny knife wielding serial killers but Stans is not afraid to get physical and has a better grasp on whose side he should be on and being a team player. Edwin is a coward deluded into thinking the Predators see him as similar while he is just game for them. In addition, Stans, as awful as he is, makes no secret of what kind of person he is while Edwin is a ''deliberate'' BitchInSheepsClothing.]]
* HateSink: [[spoiler: The only character in the whole film with absolutely ''no'' humanizing moments. Even Stans the homicidal maniac is easier to like.]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Even before the full truth about him is revealed, he pulls a real dick move. When he's injured and trying to convince the others to help him, he goes all IHaveAFamily, and pulls out the photo Nikolai had shown him of ''Nikolai's kids''. After Nikolai had died to save him and spent much of the movie looking out for him.]]

* LeanAndMean: [[spoiler: He has Topher Grace's skinny frame and is as bad as they come.]]
* LethallyStupid: He is not really useful even with his medical knowledge and [[spoiler:gets himself killed when he decides to target his allies because of his sociopathic tendencies.]]
* TheLoad: Discussed. Royce openly wonders if Edwin, a civilian seemingly out of place with the soldiers and killers, was dropped in as part of the group specifically to slow them down. [[spoiler:It turns out to be more complex than that.]]

* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Fuck no.]]]]
* NonActionGuy: He mostly gets through combat by ducking behind Isabelle or Nikolai. [[spoiler:Even after he reveals his true nature, he is still not much of a fighter against other tough guys and Royce easily beats him in a fight.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Naturally, as he's an ordinary man and his companions are either a BloodKnight or a PsychoForHire. [[spoiler:Subverted! He may well be the craziest of the group.]]
* ParachuteInATree: He's first introduced hanging upside down from his parachute that's stuck in a canopy. Royce shoots the branch, leading Edwin to fall in a pond.
* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:He wants to hunt his fellow humans with the Predators out of revenge against humankind for labeling him as a serial killer that ruined his medical career and Earth-based life.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: Makes a point of telling Isabelle how, even though he's paralyzed her, he's going to make sure she feels ''[[KickTheDog everything]]'' he does to her.]]

* TheSmartGuy: He can identify plant life, and knows their toxic properties.

* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: His own psychopathic nature ends up dooming him when he turns on and tries to kill Isabelle and Royce, conveniently forgetting in his AxCrazy bloodlust that not only are they both seasoned and experienced veterans of combat, but that they’re also the only reason he’s still breathing. When they quickly regain the upper hand, [[LaserGuidedKarma both of them team up on]] [[ImpromptuTracheotomy and kill Edwin swiftly]]]].
* SoftSpokenSadist: [[spoiler: Never raises his voice or loses his calm disposition, even after revealing his true nature.]]

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Despite Isabelle saving him, he betrays her and plans to horrifically murder her, only being stopped by Royce.]]

->'''Played By:''' Louis Ozawa Changchien

* TheAtoner: His actor feels that the experience of waking up in the alien planet turned Hanzo away from his earthly murderous views. The character's behavior in the film supports this: he is the least confrontational of the team, often goes first whenever there is a danger in front of them, and ultimately offers his own life to buy the rest time to escape in a crucial moment.

* BattleStrip: Performs one before engaging a Predator in melee combat.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Upon arriving, he seems to realize that his dress shoes aren't practical for muddy terrain, so he takes them off. He probably abandons them, given that he never wears them again even in terrains where they would not bother him.

* {{Expy}}: To Billy from the first movie, being the quiet, spiritual, non-white one of the group and later challenge a Predator to close combat in order to buy time for their respective teams.
* HandicappedBadass: He is missing two fingers but wields a katana extremely well.
* KatanasAreJustBetter When he finds one in Noland's base, he chooses to take that with him instead of guns, grenades, landmines, or anything else. Partially justified because his teammates are already carrying and/or taking all that, as well as because, being himself an urban hitman instead of a professional soldier, Hanzo is possibly not familiar with explosives and heavy weapons.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:He manages to kill a Predator in combat with the katana, but is fatally wounded by the Predator's wrist blades as well.]]
* TheQuietOne: His only lines of dialog are to note how long the Predators must have been doing this when he finds a katana, and to indirectly explain why he doesn't talk more.

* {{Yakuza}}: So naturally he has the trademark tattoos, a suit that is [[SharpDressedMan straight pimpin']] by any objective standard, and [[{{Yubitsume}} three fingers on one hand]]. Eventually, he even acquires a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]].

->'''Played By:''' Oleg Taktarov

* {{BFG}}: Carries a handheld M134 Minigun.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Quickly decides to look after Edwin.
* TheBigGuy: Easily the largest of the group, and packs the weapon with greatest firepower.

* CompositeCharacter: Taktarov has described Nikolai as a combination of Dutch, Mac and Blain from the original ''Predator'' movie.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: Oh Nikolai. If only he'd seen Website/TVTropes, he'd know not to proudly pass around a photo of his kids in a combat zone.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Kills himself and the Tracker Predator by detonating a Claymore mine, thus saving Edwin and the rest.]]
* HuskyRusskie

* WouldntHurtAChild: Possibly, judging from picture of his kids.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/WaltonGoggins

A Death Row inmate responsible for killing 38 people. Stans may be small and armed only with a prison shiv, but he's not to be underestimated, as he is unpredictable and moves with startling speed and viciousness.

* AxCrazy: He's a psychotic SerialKiller from Death Row that did what he did ForTheEvulz.
* TheBerserker: When we first see Stans, he's fighting Mombasa with a knife, then improvising with a heavy branch. He's actually out-fighting him too. Later, Stans gets stabby when pinned by one of the Tusker beasts and earns his respect. He jumps on a Predator and starts stabbing it in the back, and isn't the slightest bit afraid when [[spoiler:it pulls out his spine]]. He'll fight ''anything'' and without an ounce of fear.
* BoringButPractical: When they're in Noland's hideout, there are piles of various weapons that Nolan has scavenged from other people who were dumped on the game reserve and killed, such as hand grenades. Several of them stock up on supplies: Nikolai takes some Claymore mines, and Hanzo takes a vintage katana. Stans had previously complained about not having a gun like the others, but what does he choose to take? Turns out, just a [[spoiler:bulletproof vest - and it ''saves his life'' later when the lead Super-Predator shoots him in the back with his plasma-caster. He's still injured, but the Predator assumed the shot killed him, allowing Stans to get the drop on him from behind and shiv him in the neck]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: His WhatTheHellHero speech is full of this. Calling Royce out on [[spoiler:getting Mombasa killed]] is essentially prison etiquette - it's fine to fight each other, but the clique sticks together, and even different cliques should drop differences to team against the screws. He also tends to inspire this in others.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:It may not exactly be dignity, but it's certainly brave; he eggs a Predator to FinishHim while showing no fear, even when given a CruelAndUnusualDeath by having his spine and skull ripped out while he was still alive.]] Justified, as Stans at the time when he was abducted, was a death row prison inmate, so he knew that he was going to die soon no matter where and was always prepared for what's fatally coming to him.

* ForTheEvulz: His reason for killing 38 people? (From a deleted scene).
-->'''Stans''': Well my lawyer said I was crazy, but you want to know the real reason; why the fuck not?

* HiddenDepths: He's a serial killer and implied to be a rapist as well, as opposed to most of the others on the team who have some sort of military or professional background. Despite all that, he actually causes far less trouble on the team than the audience might expect, given his hardened criminal characteristics. He's also not above [[spoiler: sacrificing himself to allow the others to get away]].
* KnifeNut: He complains about all the others getting guns when he only has a knife, but like the others he has been equipped with his most proficient weapon.
* LaughablyEvil: He both the most evil and funniest character in the group, and has several scenes that show that neither cancels the other out.

* RedHerring: Just from his serial killer background and making some sleazy comments towards Isabelle, one might expect Stans to be the one who would ultimately try to backstab the heroes in some way. However, he does no such thing because [[spoiler:Edwin happens to be the BitchInSheepsClothing the whole time and does try to murder Isabelle later on]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:His HeroicSacrifice does seem to make up for all the past homicidal crimes he committed back on Earth.]]
* SerialRapist: Heavily implied, with his comment about how when he gets home he's going to "do so much cocaine and rape so many fine bitches."
* StupidEvil: While his backstory, especially his ForTheEvulz attitude mentioned in the deleted scene play this straight, it's surprisingly averted in the events of the film. While he's open and proud of being a sadistic serial killer with a 38 body kill count, (leading viewers to suspect that he'll turn on the group at the right moment), he's actually smart enough to realize that their only chance against the Predators is if they stick together. He apparently learned this as prison etiquette: if the inmates fight each other, it makes it easier for the guards to keep them under their thumb. He's crass and combative with the others, but it never comes to anything.
* SociopathicHero: He's unambiguously a homicidal psychopath, but he's brave and skilled and pragmatic enough to be a valuable member of the team.
* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: The alien hell-world is probably the only place in the universe his blend of total psychopathy, blood-thirst, and cold-blooded pragmatism would drive him to heroics, instead of making him a menace to society.

* WhatTheHellHero: Of all people, he joins Isabelle in directing a minor one at Royce after [[spoiler: Mombassa's]] death.

'''Stans:''' Well it ain't this goddamn morning, is it?

->'''Played By:''' [[Creator/MahershalaAli Mahershala Ali]]

An RUF member and a Sierra Leone Death Squad officer.

* TheAtoner: Maybe. He doesn't seem sadistic or particularly proud of his actions but [[spoiler:he's killed before we learn more about his character.]]

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted! [[spoiler:Barely.]]
* ChurchgoingVillain: He's shown doing a salat (daily Islam prayer) during the respite and his DVD preview.
* DecompositeCharacter: Like Billy from the first movie, Mombasa has a strong jungle sense and is able to tell when the Predator(s) are hunting/stalking them. However, [[spoiler:it's Hanzo who challenges a Predator to a duel in order to buy time for his three remaining companions to escape]].

* NotAfraidToDie: See his quote, if you are uncertain. It gives him an edge on Stans when the two are locked in a stalemate.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: He [[{{Lampshading}} notes]] the Predators are using a tactic he himself has in the past. Namely luring other people into traps with a badly wounded ally's cries for help.
* TheRival: To Stans, at first. The two fought each other soon after landing on the planet and take turns enjoying it when something bad happens to each other.
* ScaryBlackMan: Big, check. Black, check. RUF Death Squad Member, check. Played by the [[RetroactiveRecognition Academy Award-winning actor destined to be the]][[invoked]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse voice of the Prowler]], [[Series/LukeCage2016 Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes]] and as the next Comicbook/{{Blade}} after Creator/WesleySnipes, check.
* TheStoic: Doesn't emote much and just tends to take things as they come.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DannyTrejo

-->''"Does this look like a team-work orientated group of individuals to you?"''

* ActorAllusion: Creator/DannyTrejo plays a gunslinging, [[LargeHam scenery chewing]], Mexican gangster named after [[Film/{{Machete}} a sharp implement]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Reacts this way to Stans in a deleted scene.

* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Possibly. Royce guesses that he's an enforcer for the Zetas Cartel, and the Zetas were initially founded by Special Forces troops who deserted from the Mexican Army.
* GangBangers: He's identified by Royce as an enforcer for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas_Cartel Zetas Cartel]].
* GunsAkimbo: He tends to favor this style of combat.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Black Predators clearly do not share the Classic Predators strict code of behavior. Their actions during the film would likely be frowned upon by their own culture. [[WordOfGod Robert Rodrigeuz]] states that the Black Predators are in fact dishonored outcasts among their own kind.

* TheExile: According to WordOfGod. Rodriguez even suggests the possibility that the "Game Reserve" may be where they were banished to (possibly excluding the Crucified Predator).

->'''Played By''': Brian Steele

Berserker [[ProductionNickname (or Mr. Black as he was known by the production crew)]] is the leader of the Black Predators, who spend the entire film hunting the protagonists for sport. He decorates his mask with a trophy's jawbone, possibly that of a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]].

* BigBad: Is the leader of the Black Predators, and according to his bio the BadassTeacher for Tracker and Falconer.
* CombatPragmatist: He accepts the Classic Predator's challenge to a fist-fight, but once Classic starts scoring some hits, Berserker resorts to using his plasma blaster.
* CoolMask: As stated above his mask is adorned with the jawbone of a Xenomorph he killed during his rite of passage.
* CrazyPrepared: When he sees a Predator ship take off, which means one of his prey managed to reach it and escape in it, he triggers an explosive he planted in the ship in case anyone had made it that far. [[spoiler: Good thing Royce was never aboard it.]]

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Sentient species are his favorite prey.
* LaserGuidedKarma: While it was very unintentional on Royce's part, Berserker's death is remarkably similar to how the Crucificed Predator dies: beaten, bleeding, and decapitated.
* ObviouslyEvil: The eyes on his mask glow Hellish-Red, compared to the yellowish glow of all the other Predators. His red-stained dreadlocks don't help much either.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:This is how he kills the Crucified Predator. He was later on the receiving end, when he was decapitated by Royce in the climax of their final battle.]]
* UnflinchingWalk: When he detonates a spacecraft he just walks away casually without even looking back at the end results.

->'''Played By''': Carey Jones

Responsible for sending the [[AngryGuardDog hell-hounds]] after the humans, he also tracks them into Noland's refuge.

* TheBeastmaster: Tracker has trained a pack of spiny dog-like aliens to obey him.
* CoolMask: His mask has large tusks fixed to the lower part of it. The area around the left eye also bears the mark of a previous encounter, looking like a burn or acid may have caused it.
* FangsAreEvil: The two warthog-like tusks jutting out from his mask.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Like his teacher, Berserker.
* NeckLift: Does it to Nikolai.
* PhraseCatcher: Receives a "You're one ugly motherfucker!" in Russian.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Uses spiny beasts to flush out prey.

->'''Played By''': Brian Steele

So-named for using a falcon-like drone to seek his prey. Once he sees Hanzo raising his katana, he accepts to use his wristblade to battle him.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: Implied due to his lack of shoulder cannon and penchant for melee combat. Either that or he's too young to have one.
* DroneDeployer: Utilises a falcon-like drone to seek out his prey.
* DuelBoss: Takes on Hanzo in a one on one duel. [[spoiler:Which, combined with his pride and need to toy with his prey, turned out to be a lethal mistake for him.]]
* FatalFlaw: Pride. Toying with his opponents leads to his demise. That said, [[spoiler:his death is a direct result of the pride evident in his entire [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy species.]]]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: As are all the rogue predators.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:He mortally wounds Hanzo but dies at his hands regardless.]]
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Why he accepts the fencing battle with Hanzo.
* WorthyOpponent: Strongly implied with Hanzo. He immediately recognises his "offer" of a sword fight, decloaking to engage him on those terms. Predators generally only engage worthy foes in melee combat and as such Falconer is showing him a great deal of respect. It's also notable considering Black Predators by and large care little for the honor of Classic Predators.

->'''Played By''': Creator/DerekMears

One of the traditional Predators, he's found trussed up by the larger Predators.

* BadassInDistress: He's first introduced chained to a pillar in the enemy Predator camp.
* BloodKnight: Natch, since all the Predators are, canonically.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Predators live by a strict moral code; that code happens to endorse hunting, killing and taking trophies from human beings.
* EnemyMine: He loosely allies with the humans after being freed.
* HonorBeforeReason: Rather than try to escape, when he's freed he attacks the Berserker Predator.
* IGaveMyWord: While not spoken verbatim, he kept his word after Royce freed him. Instead of attacking or strangling the human, he showed that he kept his end of the bargain when he used his wrist gauntlet to hack the Black Predators' space craft and send it to Earth.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Again, canonically.
* RemakeCameo: The return of the original Predator design (which was absent from both ''Predator 2'' and the ''Alien Vs. Predator'' movies).
* TheWorfEffect: We know the Super Predators mean game for having captured one of the "classic flavor" Predators (and later, killing him). Downplayed once he actually ''does'' get free, as while he loses the fight, he puts up a far better fight than a malnourished, wounded Predator with poor equipment would be expected to and Berserker has to cheat in order to win.
* YouShallNotPass: He voluntarily stood between Royce and Berserker before their fight, challenging his nemesis to a one-on-one while Royce ran for the spaceship.

* FatalFamilyPhoto: Oh Nikolai. If only he'd seen Wiki/TVTropes, he'd know not to proudly pass around a photo of his kids in a combat zone.

* VillainRespect: Averted. You'd think that with the amount of predators he's managed to kill by himself, the titular hunters would consider him worthy of being taken as a trophy. [[spoiler: When they finally find him, he's blasted into pieces by the berserker's plasma weapon, instead of being cut down as the ultimate prize. The way it happens almost makes it feel like the berseker was removing a serious pain in his ass.]]

* VillainRespect: Averted. You'd think that with the amount of predators he's managed to kill by himself the titular hunters would consider him worthy of being taken as a trophy. [[spoiler: When they finally find him, he's blasted into pieces by the berserker's plasma weapon, instead of being taken as the ultimate prize. The way it happens almost makes it feel like the berseker was removing a serious pain in his ass.]]

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter:
** To Dutch from the first movie. Dutch was a burly, patriotic commando with strict ethics who starts off with a loyal team containing a SixthRangerTraitor. Royce is a wiry loner, fights because he likes killing, gets made the leader of a 'team' he barely cares about, and at one point betrays them to flush out the Predators.
** Their actors are similarly polar opposites. Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was a former body-builder mainly cast for his look, and has the acting talent of a tree trunk. Creator/AdrienBrody is known as one of the finest actors of his generation, being the youngest recipient for a Best Actor Oscar, and was not even considered as an action star until this movie came out.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: More like "evil cannot comprehend another kind of evil". He seems to think that, as a depraved and sadistic killer, he would get along great with the Predators and be welcomed as one of them, failing to see that the Predators are warriors with a strict code of honor, not merely sadists who target those who can't fight back like Edwin.]]

%%* DirtyCoward

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He has managed to kill two (or possibly three) Predators, a no small feat, as killing one is a tough enough.
* SanitySlippage: Almost immediately after taking the group to his base, he starts chatting with an ImaginaryFriend, and as we come to find out later [[spoiler:he's slipped all the way down to murdering other people dropped on the planet for no reason at all.]]

* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil:
** [[spoiler:He appears to be friendly at first, but in actuality he wants to kill other people dropped on the planet and get their supplies. This is likely because of all the shit he's gone through since he arrived there and decides he's better off playing the game for himself, and killing those he comes across.]]
** Possibly because [[spoiler: among those who are deposited on the preserve are individuals like Edwin, who would kill and/or torture him for no reason at all if given the opportunity. After ten seasons - that is, over forty years - of running into individuals like that, anyone would lose their ability to trust others.]]

* UnflinchingWalk: When he detonates his own ship he just walks away casually without even looking back at the end results.

* AdamWesting: Creator/DannyTrejo plays a gunslinging, [[LargeHam scenery chewing]], Mexican gangster named after [[Film/{{Machete}} a sharp implement]].
%%* BeardOfEvil

So-named for using a falcon-like robot to seek his prey. Once he sees Hanzo raising his katana, he accepts to use his wristblade to battle him.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Black Predators clearly do not share the Classic Predators strict code of behavior. Their actions during the film would likely be frowned upon by their own culture. [[WordOfGod Robert Rodrigeuz]] states that the Black Predators are in fact dishonored outcasts among their own kind.

* TheExile: According to WordOfGod. Rodriguez even suggests the possibility that the "Game Reserve" may be where they were banished to.

* TheExile: Like his teacher.

* TheExile: Like his teacher.

The cast of ''Predators''.

!Humans

!Predators / Yautja