Predator: Badlands (2025) Movie Script
1
Is this better?
Universal translation.
You hear Yautja, others hear their
language.
Oh boy.
This isn't great for you.
Then eat you while you can't move.
I could help you, but...
I need a hand.
Yautja might hunt alone, but...
may die alone too.
Kalisk.
You're hunting the Kalisk.
Excuse you, sir.
I'm synthetic.
I was built and deployed by the
Weyland-Yutani Corporation for research.
Because their humans wouldn't last a day
on this planet.
We found that...
Look.
Many Yautja have come for the Great
Kalisk.
And none have survived it.
Or Genna.
I've seen the Kalisk.
I survived it.
Here's my proposal.
You take me along with you, and I'll guide
you to its den.
Once there, I get my legs, you get your
trophy, and everyone's a winner.
Deal?
Oh, yeah.
I've seen the Kalisk.
Good luck with your journey.
I'm just gonna...
go on my journey.
I'm sure you'll figure something out.
Hey!
I've already shown you that I can be
useful to you.
Yes.
Yes. Exactly.
Like a tool.
The only way to survive Genna is to work
with it.
And I know how.
And with the right tool...
You could get the Kalisk.
You could be the first.
You may call me thief.
And what does the chewing?
Your outside veins, or your inner veins?
Inside teeth.
Oh, what should I call you?
Hm?
How fast were you going when your ship
crashed?
Faster than sublight speed?
We haven't cracked that yet.
Also, that plasma sword is interesting.
Is it unique to your clan?
And what may I call you?
I call these Imbre Anguis.
We just got a snack.
You catch more flies with honey than you
do with vinegar.
Drink my wine.
Predatory organisms are my specific area
of expertise.
I've studied Yautja extensively.
It's an impressive culture.
Here, ask me anything.
I bet I have the answer.
Very funny.
And you still haven't told me your name.
Okay, sure.
Well, let's back up and start at the
beginning.
It's so beautiful.
After all the time I've been stuck here,
I'm tired of the view.
When?
Well, we arrived on Genna two years ago,
and we built a base.
Then I was in the vulture's nest for the
most exciting 13 days, 7 hours,
43 minutes, and 2 seconds of my life.
But I always knew someone would come.
I was just wrong about who.
Tessa.
Our crew is made up entirely of synths.
But Tessa and I are special.
We have a higher sensitivity than the
others.
The sensitivity is what allows us to
understand the creatures on this planet.
We were created to work in tandem.
Me cooped up in the lab.
Tessa out in the field.
Until the wonderful day Tessa let me come
with her.
We were exploring Genna.
And then the Kalisk attacked us.
Separated me...
and us.
The last sound I remember
hearing... was Tessa...
calling out my name.
Reaching for me.
Then the Kalisk.
I didn't know what to do.
But I refuse to believe she's dead.
Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia...
Thia... Thia... Thia...
Thia... Thia... Thia... Tessa!
Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia...
Thia...
Hello, Tessa.
The company is not pleased.
Continued failure will result in your
decommission.
Where's Thia?
The beauty has been.
Two warriors... Dekin Thia.
On the hunt.
Quick question.
What should I be doing?
Don't worry, my son.
Bone bison... they're Kalisk food.
This is so exciting.
Hunting with the Yautja?
Tessa wouldn't believe it.
Just a warning.
Razor grass.
It'll cut you the ribbons.
We'll just go around.
We might not be alone in this hunt.
What an odd critter.
I've never seen you before.
Thia.
Nice to meet you.
Looks like your competition is better.
Careful
up in these trees.
There are lunabugs.
Coming up behind you.
Stronger than it looks.
Not a Kalisk.
That was the best hunt I've ever been on.
This is the dream team right here.
The Dynamic Three.
The Dynamic Trio.
The Dynamic Trio!
Trio!
Remember when we went down the tree?
That monster's mouth?
I mean... Uggh.
Didn't smell great, didn't smell great,
but...
...we got him.
We got him.
And then we met you, our little sweet
little little thing...
Thank you. Seriously.
For that experience.
Truly amazing.
Thrilling.
Truly thrilling.
What was your favorite part?
What was the smallest me appetizer you've
ever eaten?
A little pause...
and we are back.
I think she's marking you.
She wants you to be a part of her clan.
Maybe she's lost.
What do you mean?
Don't all Yautja have family?
So you never had anyone looking out for
you?
What happened to him?
You're grieving.
You're here because you lost your brother.
I'm here because traveling with you is the
best way to get back to Tessa.
When I was in that vulture's nest, I
was so afraid I would never see her again.
So then you swiped for all I could.
I can survive on my own.
But who would want to survive on their
own?
Delay us all horror, Tessa.
Sister.
Huh.
Yeah.
I guess she is.
I have... a sister.
What a lovely thought.
I need to find her.
I need to find her.
Excuse me?
Was that a joke?
Fish wonder now.
Where is Kiwi?
We can't leave Bud.
- Bunt?
- Yeah.
Bud.
I named her.
Tessa Yautja I need to find her.
You're not alone.
I'm with you.
The tree would have eaten us without her.
You're not alone.
You're not alone.
You're not alone.
Bud saved us.
She spit on you to claim you as part of
her family.
Why'd your father kill your brother?
On Earth...
there's a predator known as the wolf.
It's a powerful creature.
They hunt in packs.
They're very loyal.
The leader of the pack is the Alpha,
known as the most dominant.
No.
The Alpha isn't the wolf who kills the
most.
The Alpha is actually the one who best
protects the pack.
The Kalisk destroyed
most of our mission team.
There am I.
It's about to be.
Oh, of course.
Right.
Thank you, Dek.
I'm never going to forget this.
Dek, there's something I have to tell
you.
You need to leave now.
Location beacon activated.
Go on.
I called Tessa.
The company is on its way.
You can't be here when they arrive.
So did I, Dek.
The company sent us here to capture the
Kalisk.
Dek, you can't kill it.
I'm sorry.
You have to leave.
I needed you to help bring me here.
I'm trying to help you, Dek.
Do you think your brother saved your life
just so you could die here?
The Yautja call they're weak.
Why were you spared?
I read Thia's logs.
You never told her why your brother
protected you.
You mock her war, war seer.
That's correct.
And you are now property of the
Weyland-Yutani Corporation.
It is a great honor... for you.
Tessa.
You made it.
We made it.
I've seen so much.
I have so much to tell you.
I saw such incredible creatures.
The Yautja is a great traveling companion.
Thia, you were right about the Kalisk.
The creature is a regenerative miracle.
Humanity will thank us.
We have the Kalisk?
Yes.
And Mother will be pleased with your
additional catch.
Additional catch?
The Yautja is not an ideal specimen.
No. Not ideal.
But its technology is valuable.
We can salvage its weapons and leave the
Yautja.
Good idea.
But it's so malformed.
We're going to need a sample. For research.
He was not the goal of our mission.
Tessa, he is deficient.
Tessa!
Tessa!
Tessa!
Tessa!
Tessa!
This is what is asked of us.
We can be more than what they ask of us.
What can we be?
Sisters.
Thia.
Do you know why Mother gave us feelings?
So we could understand the creatures on
this planet.
And exploit them.
The Yautja is different.
He rescued me.
Like you rescued me.
I did not come here to rescue you.
I am completing our mission.
When we first faced the Kalisk...
I tried to protect you.
And that almost cost me everything.
What do you mean, Tessa?
I almost made the same mistake the
Yautja's brother made.
The weak must be culled.
And Thia...
You're broken.
Tessa, incoming message from Mother.
Motivate the Yautja to explain its
weapons.
And the unit?
Box her up.
Why are you speaking its language?
You heard the orders.
I'm asking it to explain this device.
What is the device?
What did it say?
He says it's a map.
How does it work?
Wolf.
Hello, Mother.
Tessa.
We're about to load the Kalisk.
Priority one complete.
The specimen has been acquired.
Thank you, Tessa.
We truly are building a better world.
And what is the status of the Yautja?
The Yautja is a defective specimen.
What is the status of the Yautja?
I'm sorry, Mother.
The Yautja is dead.
Then the Yautja is no longer a threat.
The company will be pleased.
Nicely done.
Good job.
Don't move.
Dek.
What are you doing here?
You came back for me?
What exactly are you wearing?
Dek of the Yautja.
You and I.
We need to hurry.
More of them will be here any minute.
All of them.
What are you doing here?
Thanks, bud.
I'm good.
We need to go.
Still, Dek?
Alisk, I'm dead.
Bud?
The wing of a twin will yawn.
Bud's its child?
What's the plan?
You have 20 minutes to initiate launch.
Let's go hunt.
Wait here.
You roll in there, you're not exactly
going to fit in.
I have an idea.
I see him.
On me.
I see him.
On me.
I see him.
On
me.
You don't have to die.
I'll find him.
I told you to get to the Yautja.
You said to prepare the ship for takeoff
in 20 minutes.
Then what are you doing here?
I gave you an order!
What should we do about the creature?
What creature?
You should listen to her.
I should listen to her?
I don't know.
We need his eyes.
We need his eyes.
Hi, Jack.
How does it feel to be hunted?
Tishoy, you wolf.
This is the plan, yeah?
We can't wait to see what's going to
happen.
We
need you to go back.
Are we going back?
We can't go back.
What about you?
I'm hungry.
I'm so hungry.
We need to go back.
Finally earned that cloak.
Dek of the Yautja.
More friends of yours?
My.
Mhlywa.
Is this better?
Universal translation.
You hear Yautja, others hear their
language.
Oh boy.
This isn't great for you.
Then eat you while you can't move.
I could help you, but...
I need a hand.
Yautja might hunt alone, but...
may die alone too.
Kalisk.
You're hunting the Kalisk.
Excuse you, sir.
I'm synthetic.
I was built and deployed by the
Weyland-Yutani Corporation for research.
Because their humans wouldn't last a day
on this planet.
We found that...
Look.
Many Yautja have come for the Great
Kalisk.
And none have survived it.
Or Genna.
I've seen the Kalisk.
I survived it.
Here's my proposal.
You take me along with you, and I'll guide
you to its den.
Once there, I get my legs, you get your
trophy, and everyone's a winner.
Deal?
Oh, yeah.
I've seen the Kalisk.
Good luck with your journey.
I'm just gonna...
go on my journey.
I'm sure you'll figure something out.
Hey!
I've already shown you that I can be
useful to you.
Yes.
Yes. Exactly.
Like a tool.
The only way to survive Genna is to work
with it.
And I know how.
And with the right tool...
You could get the Kalisk.
You could be the first.
You may call me thief.
And what does the chewing?
Your outside veins, or your inner veins?
Inside teeth.
Oh, what should I call you?
Hm?
How fast were you going when your ship
crashed?
Faster than sublight speed?
We haven't cracked that yet.
Also, that plasma sword is interesting.
Is it unique to your clan?
And what may I call you?
I call these Imbre Anguis.
We just got a snack.
You catch more flies with honey than you
do with vinegar.
Drink my wine.
Predatory organisms are my specific area
of expertise.
I've studied Yautja extensively.
It's an impressive culture.
Here, ask me anything.
I bet I have the answer.
Very funny.
And you still haven't told me your name.
Okay, sure.
Well, let's back up and start at the
beginning.
It's so beautiful.
After all the time I've been stuck here,
I'm tired of the view.
When?
Well, we arrived on Genna two years ago,
and we built a base.
Then I was in the vulture's nest for the
most exciting 13 days, 7 hours,
43 minutes, and 2 seconds of my life.
But I always knew someone would come.
I was just wrong about who.
Tessa.
Our crew is made up entirely of synths.
But Tessa and I are special.
We have a higher sensitivity than the
others.
The sensitivity is what allows us to
understand the creatures on this planet.
We were created to work in tandem.
Me cooped up in the lab.
Tessa out in the field.
Until the wonderful day Tessa let me come
with her.
We were exploring Genna.
And then the Kalisk attacked us.
Separated me...
and us.
The last sound I remember
hearing... was Tessa...
calling out my name.
Reaching for me.
Then the Kalisk.
I didn't know what to do.
But I refuse to believe she's dead.
Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia...
Thia... Thia... Thia...
Thia... Thia... Thia... Tessa!
Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia... Thia...
Thia...
Hello, Tessa.
The company is not pleased.
Continued failure will result in your
decommission.
Where's Thia?
The beauty has been.
Two warriors... Dekin Thia.
On the hunt.
Quick question.
What should I be doing?
Don't worry, my son.
Bone bison... they're Kalisk food.
This is so exciting.
Hunting with the Yautja?
Tessa wouldn't believe it.
Just a warning.
Razor grass.
It'll cut you the ribbons.
We'll just go around.
We might not be alone in this hunt.
What an odd critter.
I've never seen you before.
Thia.
Nice to meet you.
Looks like your competition is better.
Careful
up in these trees.
There are lunabugs.
Coming up behind you.
Stronger than it looks.
Not a Kalisk.
That was the best hunt I've ever been on.
This is the dream team right here.
The Dynamic Three.
The Dynamic Trio.
The Dynamic Trio!
Trio!
Remember when we went down the tree?
That monster's mouth?
I mean... Uggh.
Didn't smell great, didn't smell great,
but...
...we got him.
We got him.
And then we met you, our little sweet
little little thing...
Thank you. Seriously.
For that experience.
Truly amazing.
Thrilling.
Truly thrilling.
What was your favorite part?
What was the smallest me appetizer you've
ever eaten?
A little pause...
and we are back.
I think she's marking you.
She wants you to be a part of her clan.
Maybe she's lost.
What do you mean?
Don't all Yautja have family?
So you never had anyone looking out for
you?
What happened to him?
You're grieving.
You're here because you lost your brother.
I'm here because traveling with you is the
best way to get back to Tessa.
When I was in that vulture's nest, I
was so afraid I would never see her again.
So then you swiped for all I could.
I can survive on my own.
But who would want to survive on their
own?
Delay us all horror, Tessa.
Sister.
Huh.
Yeah.
I guess she is.
I have... a sister.
What a lovely thought.
I need to find her.
I need to find her.
Excuse me?
Was that a joke?
Fish wonder now.
Where is Kiwi?
We can't leave Bud.
- Bunt?
- Yeah.
Bud.
I named her.
Tessa Yautja I need to find her.
You're not alone.
I'm with you.
The tree would have eaten us without her.
You're not alone.
You're not alone.
You're not alone.
Bud saved us.
She spit on you to claim you as part of
her family.
Why'd your father kill your brother?
On Earth...
there's a predator known as the wolf.
It's a powerful creature.
They hunt in packs.
They're very loyal.
The leader of the pack is the Alpha,
known as the most dominant.
No.
The Alpha isn't the wolf who kills the
most.
The Alpha is actually the one who best
protects the pack.
The Kalisk destroyed
most of our mission team.
There am I.
It's about to be.
Oh, of course.
Right.
Thank you, Dek.
I'm never going to forget this.
Dek, there's something I have to tell
you.
You need to leave now.
Location beacon activated.
Go on.
I called Tessa.
The company is on its way.
You can't be here when they arrive.
So did I, Dek.
The company sent us here to capture the
Kalisk.
Dek, you can't kill it.
I'm sorry.
You have to leave.
I needed you to help bring me here.
I'm trying to help you, Dek.
Do you think your brother saved your life
just so you could die here?
The Yautja call they're weak.
Why were you spared?
I read Thia's logs.
You never told her why your brother
protected you.
You mock her war, war seer.
That's correct.
And you are now property of the
Weyland-Yutani Corporation.
It is a great honor... for you.
Tessa.
You made it.
We made it.
I've seen so much.
I have so much to tell you.
I saw such incredible creatures.
The Yautja is a great traveling companion.
Thia, you were right about the Kalisk.
The creature is a regenerative miracle.
Humanity will thank us.
We have the Kalisk?
Yes.
And Mother will be pleased with your
additional catch.
Additional catch?
The Yautja is not an ideal specimen.
No. Not ideal.
But its technology is valuable.
We can salvage its weapons and leave the
Yautja.
Good idea.
But it's so malformed.
We're going to need a sample. For research.
He was not the goal of our mission.
Tessa, he is deficient.
Tessa!
Tessa!
Tessa!
Tessa!
Tessa!
This is what is asked of us.
We can be more than what they ask of us.
What can we be?
Sisters.
Thia.
Do you know why Mother gave us feelings?
So we could understand the creatures on
this planet.
And exploit them.
The Yautja is different.
He rescued me.
Like you rescued me.
I did not come here to rescue you.
I am completing our mission.
When we first faced the Kalisk...
I tried to protect you.
And that almost cost me everything.
What do you mean, Tessa?
I almost made the same mistake the
Yautja's brother made.
The weak must be culled.
And Thia...
You're broken.
Tessa, incoming message from Mother.
Motivate the Yautja to explain its
weapons.
And the unit?
Box her up.
Why are you speaking its language?
You heard the orders.
I'm asking it to explain this device.
What is the device?
What did it say?
He says it's a map.
How does it work?
Wolf.
Hello, Mother.
Tessa.
We're about to load the Kalisk.
Priority one complete.
The specimen has been acquired.
Thank you, Tessa.
We truly are building a better world.
And what is the status of the Yautja?
The Yautja is a defective specimen.
What is the status of the Yautja?
I'm sorry, Mother.
The Yautja is dead.
Then the Yautja is no longer a threat.
The company will be pleased.
Nicely done.
Good job.
Don't move.
Dek.
What are you doing here?
You came back for me?
What exactly are you wearing?
Dek of the Yautja.
You and I.
We need to hurry.
More of them will be here any minute.
All of them.
What are you doing here?
Thanks, bud.
I'm good.
We need to go.
Still, Dek?
Alisk, I'm dead.
Bud?
The wing of a twin will yawn.
Bud's its child?
What's the plan?
You have 20 minutes to initiate launch.
Let's go hunt.
Wait here.
You roll in there, you're not exactly
going to fit in.
I have an idea.
I see him.
On me.
I see him.
On me.
I see him.
On
me.
You don't have to die.
I'll find him.
I told you to get to the Yautja.
You said to prepare the ship for takeoff
in 20 minutes.
Then what are you doing here?
I gave you an order!
What should we do about the creature?
What creature?
You should listen to her.
I should listen to her?
I don't know.
We need his eyes.
We need his eyes.
Hi, Jack.
How does it feel to be hunted?
Tishoy, you wolf.
This is the plan, yeah?
We can't wait to see what's going to
happen.
We
need you to go back.
Are we going back?
We can't go back.
What about you?
I'm hungry.
I'm so hungry.
We need to go back.
Finally earned that cloak.
Dek of the Yautja.
More friends of yours?
My.
Mhlywa.