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Sent to eliminate a gun-running camp in Central America, United States Major Dutch Schaeffer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his commandos get more than they bargained for when they cross paths with a mysterious assassin. As members of their unit begin to disappear, Dutch, Dillon (Carl Weathers), and Blain (Jesse Ventura) conclude that whatever is hunting them is not of this earth. Every attempt at a tactical defense is a defeated for Dutch and company and it is only in the last stretch of their race to safety that their suspicions are confirmed and they encounter the alien nimrod face to face.
A summer box office smash, 1987's PREDATOR re-ignited an old trend of movies depicting aliens invading earth that began decades earlier with films like WAR OF THE WORLDS and INVADERS FROM MARS. McTiernan does a miraculous job of directing the "invisible" Predator. Furthermore, the special effects, which are stunningly subtle and never boisterous, make PREDATOR a strikingly contemporary sci-fi effort even amid today's techno-thrillers.
Industry Reviews
"...The action sequences are imaginative..."
Variety - Camb. (06/17/1987)
"...Your attention is gripped....McTiernan has an arresting visual flair....The whole movie often jells on an almost abstract level..."
Los Angeles Times - Michael Wilmington (06/12/1987)
"Action specialist John McTiernan is at his directorial peak..."
Uncut - Uncut Staff (01/01/2004)
"[I]n Arnold's top five..."
Entertainment Weekly - Ty Burr
Quotations
"Knock, knock."--Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) just before he wastes guerrilla fighters holding hostages
"Stick around."--Dutch, after he nails a guerrilla soldier to the wall with his knife
"I ain't got time to bleed."--Blain (Jesse Ventura)
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