Fails the Bechdel test
The Predator
2018. Directed by Shane Black, written by Fred Dekker and Shane Black and Jim Thomas.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
- Released
- 14 Sep 2018
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 48 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mckenna 184 lines, man
- Casey 103 lines, woman
- Traeger 59 lines, man
- Rory 48 lines, man
- Williams 45 lines, man
- Emily 37 lines, woman
- Woodhurst 29 lines
- Colwell 12 lines
- Flyboy 10 lines, man
- Baxley 9 lines, man
Full cast, 47 people
- Boyd Holbrook as Quinn McKenna
- Trevante Rhodes as Nebraska Williams
- Sterling K. Brown as Traeger
- Jacob Tremblay as Rory McKenna
- Keegan-Michael Key as Coyle
- Olivia Munn as Casey Brackett
- Thomas Jane as Baxley
- Alfie Allen as Lynch
- Augusto Aguilera as Nettles
- Jake Busey as Keyes
- Yvonne Strahovski as Emily
- Brian A. Prince as Predator
- Mike Dopud as Dupree
- Niall Matter as Sapir
- Javier Lacroix as Cantina Bartender
- Gabriel LaBelle as EJ
- Nikolas Dukic as Derek
- RJ Fetherstonhaugh as Agent Church
- James S. Salisbury as Helicopter Pilot
- Garry Chalk as Postal Worker
- Duncan Fraser as VA Psych
- Emy Aneke as Merc Soldier
- Darryl Scheelar as Bus MP #1
- Fraser Aitcheson as Bus MP #2
- Eduard Witzke as Security Tech
- Jan Bos as Tech Hamlin
- Lochlyn Munro as Lt. General
- Françoise Yip as Tracking Supervisor
- Rhys Williams as F-22 Pilot #1
- Malcolm Masters as F-22 Pilot #2
- Harrison MacDonald as F-22 Pilot #3
- Sage Brocklebank as Transport Driver
- Coulton Jackson as Merc on the Road
- Sean Owen Roberts as Stoner
- Colin Corrigan as Emily's House Merc
- Anousha Alamian as Cryptographer
- Ryan Scramstad as Guard with Rory
- Patrick Sabongui as Barn Merc #1
- J.C. Williams as Barn Merc #2
- Sean Kohnke as Barn Merc #3
- Juan Pacheco as Translator (voice)
- Lars Grant as Merc #1
- Byron Brisco as Merc #2
- Fraser Corbett as Merc #3
- Chad Bellamy as Merc #4
- Peter Shinkoda as Dr. Yamada
- Aaron Craven as Scientist
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 16% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 207
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 to 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 11 to 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 to 20 | 16 | 12 |
| 21 to 25 | 1 | 40 |
| 26 to 30 | 11 | 24 |
| 31 to 35 | 16 | 8 |
| 36 to 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 to 45 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 to 50 | 5 | 3 |
| 51 to 55 | 9 | 5 |
| 56 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 65 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 to 70 | 1 | 6 |
| 71 to 75 | 0 | 14 |
| 76 to 80 | 0 | 2 |
| 81 to 85 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 to 90 | 13 | 31 |
| 91 to 95 | 9 | 5 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 3 |
| 101 to 105 | 19 | 23 |
| 106 to 110 | 0 | 9 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 8 |
| 116 to 120 | 3 | 6 |
| 121 to 125 | 3 | 11 |
| 126 to 130 | 4 | 24 |
| 131 to 135 | 19 | 38 |
| 136 to 140 | 0 | 19 |
| 141 to 145 | 1 | 2 |
| 146 to 150 | 2 | 10 |
| 151 to 155 | 4 | 17 |
| 156 to 160 | 1 | 4 |
| 161 to 165 | 0 | 6 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 9 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 16 |
| 176 to 180 | 4 | 19 |
| 181 to 185 | 1 | 5 |
| 186 to 190 | 1 | 2 |
| 191 to 195 | 0 | 6 |
| 196 to 200 | 0 | 11 |
| 201 to 205 | 0 | 0 |
| 206 to 207 | 6 | 13 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.
151 lines from women, 454 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 41 men in the cast. 4 women and 31 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 45 of 722.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 74 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (1,517), men 70% (3,553). Women have 25% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
23
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Shane Black (man)
- Written by
- Fred Dekker (man), Shane Black (man)
- Produced by
- John Davis (man)
- Shot by
- Larry Fong (man)
- Edited by
- Billy Weber (man), Harry B. Miller III (man)
- Music by
- Henry Jackman (man)
- Production design by
- Martin Whist (man)
- Costumes by
- Tish Monaghan (woman)
- Cast by
- Sarah Halley Finn (woman), Candice Elzinga (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
5 women, 9 men, 63 not listed
-
Art
5 women, 19 men, 39 not listed
-
Other crew
8 women, 19 men, 35 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 14 men, 32 not listed
-
Production
9 women, 4 men, 31 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 28 men, 9 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 5 men, 14 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 0 men, 10 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 36 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Olivia Munn 38
Men
Jacob Tremblay 11, Trevante Rhodes 28, Alfie Allen 31, Augusto Aguilera 32, Boyd Holbrook 37, Sterling K. Brown 42, Keegan-Michael Key 47, Jake Busey 47, Thomas Jane 49
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $88 million
- Box office
- $161 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 207 scenes and 722 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
