Review(s): DVD Predator (Full Screen Collector's Edition)
PREDATOR ROCKS!
PREDATOR is nearly unquestionalby the best action/adventure/sci-fi horror movie of all time. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as his best role of all time- Dutch Schaiffer- a soldier- out to save his life in the Central American Jungle. He faces a deadly alien creature from another world and battles it out to the death of all of his men in this movie- including Jesse Ventura, Richard Chaves, Kevin Peter Hall, Shane Black Bill Duke and Director John McTeirnan (Die Hard 1 & 3, Thomas Crown Affair, 13th Warrior, Last Action Hero, Hunt For Red October). This movie is my personal favorite because of it's action adventure and thrills. Awesome special effects and acting make this movie the best! This is what a real Arnold movie is all about! 20/5 stars! See this movie ASAP! If you love action adventure, sci-fi, horror and Arnold Schwarzenegger- then this is the # 1 movie for you.
Better than average man v. monster flick
Arnold Schwarzenegger has one of his best roles as Dutch, the leader of an elite rescue force which is called upon to rescue a cabinet minister of a friendly Latin American government who has fallen into rebel hands. Coming along for the ride is Dillon, played by Carl Weathers, who used to work with Dutch in years past but now is a CIA agent. What Dutch does not realize is that the story he has been fed by Dillon is baloney.
Predator plays like two movies in one. The first third of the film focuses on Dutch's team trying to rescue the "cabinet minister" held in an armed camp deep in the Central American jungle. The movie then changes gears when the Predator starts hunting Dutch's team.
What helps make Predator better than other films of this genre is a really good cast that complements Schwarzenegger, including Jesse Ventura as the tobacco chewing Blaine, Bill Duke as Mac (notice how he is always shaving himself even though he does not have any facial hair!), Sonny Landham as Billy, the Indian Tracker, and the beautiful Elpidia Carillo as Anna. Each character has a well defined personality that makes each one stand out.
The Predator is "one ugly...." as Dutch calls him, and it can best be described as tall creature with a crab-like face and rasta dreadlocks.
There are some minor plot flaws, for example, why did the Predator wipe out Jim Hopper's team before it could attack the rebel camp, but then waits until after Dutch's team has wiped out the camp before he hunts them? I also thought the scene when they were all firing into the jungle to be a bit excessive, but Predator is still a classic for me.
the best alien action film out there
when I first saw the first Predator film,I was happy to see the strong male role running for his life. Yet I do think why this editions for the Alien and Predator films are coming out so close to each other is for the summers next cross over. Alien vs Predator. But to the film, the first predator was by far the best. Sending in comandos into a rain forest and each one being killed off is truly a scary sight and yet the movie is full of action. Predator is by far one of my favorit films and I will go by this film when it comes out three days before the opeaning of AVP.
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