Review #325: Predator.
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Dutch Schaefer), Carl Weathers (George Dillon), Elpidia Carrillo (Anna), Bill Duke (Mac Eliot), Jesse Ventura (Blain Cooper), Sonny Landham (Billy Sole), Richard Chaves (Poncho Ramirez), Shane Black (Rick Hawkins), R. G. Armstrong (Homer Phillips), and Kevin Peter Hall (The Predator) Directed by John McTiernan (#014 - Die Hard, #018 - Die Hard with a Vengeance, #080 - The Hunt for Red October)
Review
This feels like a mixture of elements from three different genres: Action, Science fiction, and horror, with the three trying to successfully mesh well to make a coherent story. Does it work? Yea, pretty much. Once again, Schwarzenegger is our main hero, and he shows a bit of improvement (All three strangely go in order in years from 1982 to 1985 to 1987), but I know that isn't the main focus, it's the action and the effects (which come around the last half), which are pretty good, keeping the level of interest high. Its story is a bit thin, but it doesn't hurt the movie too much (One of my original questions was why does the predator fight with combat if he has a weapon? Apparently, this is because he uses hand to hand combat at the end in order to prove his Alpha status, while not killing anyone not holding a weapon). There is enough good action and good Predator effects to make for a decent-rounded story.
Overall, I give it 8 out of 10 stars.
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Dutch Schaefer), Carl Weathers (George Dillon), Elpidia Carrillo (Anna), Bill Duke (Mac Eliot), Jesse Ventura (Blain Cooper), Sonny Landham (Billy Sole), Richard Chaves (Poncho Ramirez), Shane Black (Rick Hawkins), R. G. Armstrong (Homer Phillips), and Kevin Peter Hall (The Predator) Directed by John McTiernan (#014 - Die Hard, #018 - Die Hard with a Vengeance, #080 - The Hunt for Red October)
Review
This feels like a mixture of elements from three different genres: Action, Science fiction, and horror, with the three trying to successfully mesh well to make a coherent story. Does it work? Yea, pretty much. Once again, Schwarzenegger is our main hero, and he shows a bit of improvement (All three strangely go in order in years from 1982 to 1985 to 1987), but I know that isn't the main focus, it's the action and the effects (which come around the last half), which are pretty good, keeping the level of interest high. Its story is a bit thin, but it doesn't hurt the movie too much (One of my original questions was why does the predator fight with combat if he has a weapon? Apparently, this is because he uses hand to hand combat at the end in order to prove his Alpha status, while not killing anyone not holding a weapon). There is enough good action and good Predator effects to make for a decent-rounded story.
Overall, I give it 8 out of 10 stars.
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