Predator
(1987/107 minutes)
Director-John
McTeirnan
CAST:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
.... Major Dutch
Carl Weathers
.... Dillon
Elpidia Carrillo
.... Anna
Bill Duke ....
Sergeant Mac
Jesse Ventura
.... Blain
Sonny Landham
.... Billy
Richard Chaves
.... Poncho Ramirez
R.G. Armstrong
.... Gen. Phillips
Shane Black ....
Hawkins
Kevin Peter Hall
.... The Predator
Genre: Movies for Men who love carnage
Reviewed: by Shelby Sherman- DVD version released
in 2002. Viewed on a Panasonic 42 inch
Plasma HDTV monitor with Dolby 5.1 surroundsound
I just flat out love this movie. There will
be no spoiler alert because if you have not
seen this movie then you must be some sort
of "slack-jawed faggot" to borrow
a line from the movie and should be blown
to bits with that mini-gun that Bain carried
around like a Daisy BB Rifle. The DVD
version is nothing short of spectacular, capturing
the cloying, sweaty essence of the jungle
and the absolutely endless carnage.
Dutch and his crew have been sent to do a
job and I cannot envision a badder, tougher
crew of special ops. This movie is all
about badasses and how these soldiers get
their lunch eaten by something much, much
badder. The "manliness" is
off the freakin' scale with bulging biceps
and sweaty, oily torsos. Hell, Carl
Weathers, who played Dillon is not even the
baddest Negro in the film, even with his intimidating
physique! Mac, the sergeant, is absolutely
scary as he tells Dillon that he will "bleed
him, real quiet like" if he gives away
their position again. I still can't
bear to look at Mac dry shaving with that
Gillette Good News and breaking it off on
his face. Awesome!
Bain, played by Jesse The Body Ventura is
even awed by Mac as he plays the ultimate
"tough guy", second to only Dutch.
He expectorates a big wad of tobacco juice
onto Dillon's boot, initiating the 'dissin'
that these mercenaries have for "agent
man", sticking out that cleft chin, just
daring him to do anything. Bain field
goal kicks a buzzard off of a skinned inside-out
corpse!... All right!...and totes around a
mini-gun that can fire 4,000 bullets per minute.
"Pay back time!" Billy,
brilliantly played by Sonny Landham is the
guide, tracker, spiritual leader, psychic
and absolutely bad, bad, badass Injun.
When he becomes uneasy and 'spooked', the
realization hits that Dutch's crew might be
in trouble, big trouble, and indeed they are.
Predator is the template for this genre of movie,
it has it all. The machismo is off the
charts, the action is intense, continuous
and there is also the element of fear and
the unknown for much of the movie. The
plot is crisp and unique. The special
effects, soundtrack and cinematography are
much above average for this type of film.
Rewatchable!
On
a scale of 1.0-10.0(worst-best)
Movie 10.0/10.0 See the former
governor of Minnesota and the aspiring governor
of California, kill, kill, kill!
Predator is simply awesome, even considering it
as a movie outside this genre. The DVD
version is a must have, brining alive the
sights and sounds of ultimate carnage.
Soundtrack 8.5/10.0 Most
excellent all the way through
Alan Silvestri does an excellent job with the sound
track, much above average for an action film.
Badasscicity one million/10.0!!!
Absolutely UNCHARTABLE. From the opening
scene when Dutch's men are getting out of
the chopper, the swagger, attitude and pervasive
aura a badasscicity soak the screen.
Jesse The Body Ventura is wearing a Music
TV t-shirt! Dutch and Dillon arm wrestle
right off the bat, showcasing their 24 inch
arms! Bain looks like the baddest human
to ever breath air, with an attitude, a granite
jaw and some sort of snakeskin around the
top of his hat. Macho to the eight power
is everywhere! The squad of 7 absolutely
decimates a heavily armed guerrilla camp,
kicked off by Dutch picking up the back of
a idling truck and sending it flaming and
exploding into a group of guerrillas.
No one is left alive save the one female in
this picture, as they must have killed at
least 50. This is only the beginning,
however, as this stronger than dirt group
of killers encounters something that is exponentially
more lethal than themselves.
This movie charts new territory with badasscicity.
There is an eerie scene with Mac talking to
the moon and one minute later he is killing
what must be a 700 lb. wild pig with his knife!
Pancho is hit square in the chest with what
must be a 5,000 lb. tree trunk, swinging at
an arc at 64 ft. per second, groans, grits
his teeth and tell Dutch that he can make
it. Billy, standing on the bridge
with that huge knife after he has sliced himself
to be alert (I guess) for what is coming next.
I still hunker down with fear when I see that
look in Billy's eyes. Unbelievable!
These humans,however, are no match for what
hunts them. The Predator exhibits a
ruthless brutality that I haven't seen since
Alien. A
human spine is ripped from the back with the
skull attached. Unforgettable!
Corpse count 20.0/10.0!
Hell Yes!
There are at least 75, probably more deaths in
Predator. Most of the kills came in
the fire fight at the Rebel Camp, many of
them FLAMING and flying to their respective
deaths. Highly enjoyable. There
were corpses skinned alive and inside out
with several piles of human entrails.
The Predator had a plethora of weapons, including
these 'gutting claws that he would heat to
white hot with his laser. Not to be
fucked with. Carl Weathers gets his
arm shot off by the Predator's laser, the
severed arm still pulling the trigger of the
smoking gun. Chilling.....
Sappiness .0001/10
No corny love story here, they came to kill
This is where so many manly type movies let you
down. The
Rock, as great as it is has
a sappy love scene and the very minor sub-plot
of Dr. Goodspeed's girlfriend "I'm
Catholic and pregnant, boo-hoo".
We don't care about that shit, more carnage!
Predator
really shines in avoiding any of these pitfalls.
The only female in the movie is Anna, played
very well by Elpidia Carillio and she keeps
her mouth shut unless spoken to. Most
of the movie she is wet, muddy, sweaty, splattered
copiously with blood and led around on a leash!
HELL YES!! She is gritty, dirty and
violent and perfect addition to the movie!
One-liners one
billion/10.0!!! "Stick Around" for more....
Real men love bad-assed, tough to the max dudes
like Clint Eastwood and their one-liners.
Predator has so many that my head is swimming
just thinking about them.
"Stick Around" -Dutch
"We're all going to die" -Billy
"Couldn't you find anything bigger?"
-Pancho to Mac after the wild pig incident
"Pay back time" -Baine
"Turn around" -Mac to Dillon
before he knifes the scorpion HELL YES!
"That ain't no way for no soldier to die"
-Mac
"I'm going to have me some fun tonight"
-Mac
"Come to Painless -Baine
"I ain't got time to bleed" -Bain
"Do you have time to duck?" -Pancho
"If it bleeds, we can kill it"
-Dutch
Action continuity 10.0/10.0
Never a dull moment or embarrassing pause
Brilliant direction by McTeirnan. Here is
where the lack of sappiness really pays off.
From the opening scene, Predator moves, moves,
moves. A popcorn eater's movie.
Suspense/horror/shock 10.0/10.0
Outstanding and a very pleasant surprise for an
Action Movie! You know something is
out there, but you're not really sure what
it is until well into the movie. The
use of infrared technology adds to the uneasy
eerieness of the yet unseen alien. The
invisible camouflage is a brilliant touch
that only adds to the mystery of the Predator.
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