Robert Rodriguez unleashes his Predators at last  Reboot of the
Schwarzenegger action franchise marks start of a remarkable
return for the Desperado director, who may yet team up again
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"Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world," says director-
producer Robert Rodriguez, "because it doesn't always seem too
logical how things work out." Indeed, this year the film-maker
is feeling a distinct case of deja vu. His first release this
month will be a sequel to Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 film
Predator, helmed by Hungarian director Nimród Antal, produced at
his Troublemaker Studios outfit in Texas, and based on a script
Rodriguez wrote as a writer for hire during a brief production
hiatus in the mid-90s. The second is Machete, a self-directed
(with Ethan Maniquis) "Mexploitation" flick about a Latin hitman
who takes revenge on the gringos who double-crossed him. "I came
up with them both in the same year," Rodriguez marvels, "and now
they're coming o