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Let the Hunt Begin...
After achieving great critical and commercial success with the 1979 film "Alien" and its follow-up "Aliens" 7 years later, 20th Century Fox was no doubt searching for another monster franchise that they could cash in on. Well, the search proved not to be in vain as director John McTiernan provided the perfect solution with his 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger action/monster film "Predator". <
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>"Predator" tells the story of a squad of commandos led by a man named Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who are sent into a Central American jungle to rescue South American officials who have been kidnapped by guerillas. As their search goes on, the commandos discover that the guerillas may not be their greatest concern in this jungle, as they find themselves being hunted by an apparently invisible being. As the team of commandos gets picked off one by one, Dutch eventually finds himself face-to-face with the very being responsible, a grotesque alien hunter, heavily armed with advanced war-fighting technology that is beyond anything this world has ever seen before. <
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>With the great success of "Predator", director John McTiernan proved himself the right man to bring Fox's newest monster franchise to life. It is somewhat surprising that 20th Century Fox entrusted their hopes of a new franchise with McTiernan, since he had yet to truly prove himself in Hollywood (it was 1 year later when McTiernan was propelled into superstardom with his Bruce Willis actioner "Die Hard"), but even without having much experience under his belt he succeeded with flying colors. <
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>The story for the film is essentially summed up by the film's title "Predator", with that one word, and the fact that Arnold was the main star, most people knew that there's bound to be plenty of action to go around. Even with all of the action in this movie, there is still plenty of story, some critics felt the plot was rather thin and that all the action covered that problem; personally I didn't feel the plot of the story was weak in any way. I thought that the story, though not difficult to follow or extremely complicated by any means, was still entertaining and provided enough character development and substance to keep the movie from feeling like it was simply one fight after another with no real purpose. Obviously the film's story must have had enough substance to form a groundwork mythology for these alien creatures that was spawned off into a sequel, and also into numerous books and comic books that have further expanded upon these Predators. <
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>The acting was good for an action film, not Oscar worthy, but these types of movies never are. Arnold's mastery of the English language had improved from his performance in 1984's "The Terminator", at least you can understand him better, but it's by no means perfect. The cast does well with their respective characters, some of the performances were a little over the top in places, most were clichéd, but so were their characters, and what else would you expect in an action film. <
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>One of the biggest praises that can be given to this movie is for the special effects work; which still hold up well to this day. The use of infrared for the Predator's vision was a neat touch and somewhat surprising for the audience to actually be given the monster's view of the world. Even the invisibility effect, though primitive by today's standards, was very well done when you consider that it was an effect that hadn't really been done in that way before in cinema. The costume department did what was possibly the best job in special effects for the movie with their work on the Predator costume. The costume was so realistic, it was clear that the creative team on this movie had payed close attention to "Alien" and "Aliens" in terms of bringing monsters to life. Had the creative teams behind this movie not rose to the challenge set by the aforementioned movies, I don't believe the film would have been as successful with audiences. <
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>With all that being said, "Predator" is definitely a classic among action movies and monster movies for that matter (though this film is more action oriented), and is a film that fans of the `Alien' franchise should definitely watch. <
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>"Predator" is rated R for violence and language.

A movie for men!
"Predator" stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a commando sent into a South American country on a covert mission. Soon he and his group of men's men super soldiers (including Jesse Ventura, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, and Sonny Landham) are being hunted for sport by a huge, strong, and cunning alien from another planet. This incredible action/sci-fi thriller is John McTiernan's great first very success in the action genre (other hit credits including "Die Hard" and "The Hunt for Red October"), and it while it's a Schwarzenegger movie and the outcome is never in any doubt, it still manages to give Arnold a run for his money. The film was shot on location and it looks beautiful, especially when the Predator sort of becomes invisible and not quiet blends in with the jungle. The special effects were pretty ground breaking for the time (1987), with the thermal heat image vision being the crown jewel, the thing most people remember the film for. The cast is also pretty good, though it's obvious the actors were cast for their image rather than any real acting ability; indeed there is so much testosterone in "Predator" that it practically oozes out of the TV while you're watching it. It is a guy's movie, an Arnold Schwarzenegger film with other body builders and wrestlers, it's gruesome and gory with gratuitous violence; but it is a slick fast paced thriller that breezes. It's good for what it is, and a great sci-fi version of "The World's Most Dangerous Game".