Native American hunters vs. Predator? Fuck yes, I'm in. That's a badass premise.
However, I have a problem with the main protagonist. She's not selling me on it. If it had been about an older woman, maybe mid-30s or early 40s, I'd be digging it. Give us a capable, strong protagonist facing a challenge unlike anything she's ever seen before. Matching wits and outmaneuvering a Predator should take extreme skill and ingenuity. So give us a seasoned warrior; give us a 'fair' fight.
I get the idea; it's like a coming-of-age story for this burgeoning huntress, but like...why? I don't want to watch a movie about an awkward girl, who barely knows how to hunt, proving herself to her tribe for the first time by killing a fucking Predator.
It's way too much like cheesy YA-novel shit for me. And it looks insanely predictable; the trailers basically showed the entire story, unless they're doing this on purpose to deceive us. The only way this movie will earn some credit with me is if she fails.
On the subject of the Predator? AvP: Requiem may not have been perfect, but it knew how to make a Predator look and act badass.
My wish list for a good Predator movie is pretty simple: I want to see a Predator doing cool shit and killing off a bunch of trained soldiers/experienced hunters/Xenomorphs/etc. until one of them maybe finally gets a lucky or well-planned advantage and barely squeaks out a win or a draw vs. an extremely dangerous and capable otherworldly huntsman.
I don't want to see a young, scrawny-looking, inexperienced, unproven huntress (who can't even handle a bear), defeating a Predator in the year 1719. That makes it seem like the Predators have been getting their asses kicked by humanity for centuries, which really cheapens the concept, in my opinion.
The actress is like 25. Not really a "coming of age" age