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Predator

Play trailer 2:13 Poster for Predator R Released Jun 12, 1987 1h 47m Sci-Fi Action Adventure Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Dutch, a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes weapons expert Blain and CIA agent George, land in Central America, something is wrong. After finding a string of dead bodies, the crew discovers they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and the ability to disappear into its surroundings.
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Predator: Part sci-fi, part horror, part action -- all muscle.

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Wendy Ide The Times (UK) John McTiernan’s tight direction of the film’s bloody action makes up for the somewhat stilted performances. Aug 4, 2023 Full Review Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times It's arguably one of the emptiest, feeblest, most derivative scripts ever made as a major studio movie. There's no need to do a Mad magazine movie parody of this; it's already on the screen. Apr 22, 2022 Full Review Michael H. Price Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com The emotional and physical vulnerability that Predator imposes on Schwarzenegger make this easily his best film of an often impressive round of muss-'em-up thrillers. Rated: 6/10 Apr 22, 2022 Full Review Joseph Tomastik Loud and Clear Reviews Succeeds just as much as a thriller as it does an action film, if not more so ... Worthy of being discussed and analyzed all these years later. Rated: 4/5 Oct 6, 2024 Full Review Michael Sragow San Francisco Examiner A brainless brawn extravaganza, a cat-and-louse saga that has little of the Conan movies' outlandishness and none of the compulsive drive and storytelling logic that made The Terminator a B-movie classic. Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Ian Bailey Ottawa Citizen Predator is probably the best movie ever made about a band of mercenaries being pursued through the jungles of Central America by a vicious extraterrestrial. Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael I love all the action scenes, especially the fight with Dutch and the Predator. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review Darren P One of the best action and Sc fi you can watch Arnold Schwarzenegger is the best Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/07/25 Full Review Audience Member Only worth watching to get some backstory for Alien vs Predator. Lots of unnecessary “action”, that is, blowing up everything in sight with grenades and machine guns. Hilarious CGI that is typical for that time, but still nonetheless really messy with the Predator POV scenes. Distracting, unnecessary percussion/symphony soundtrack but yet again, typical, for 80s action films. Arnold’s performance is very tolerable in my opinion. I will be watching all of the ALIEN and Alien vs Predator series, but overall, not my cup of tea and won’t be watching all of the Predator series. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/07/25 Full Review Jonathan W The greatest accomplishment of the modern age. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Ryan H Maybe second only to one (ALIENS) as the best sci-fi/horror/action film ever made! Featuring one of Arnold’s best performances, PREDATOR is a bonafide classic! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Jaydeep D That’s how to a make an epic action movie! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/28/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dutch, a soldier of fortune, is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when Dutch and his team, which includes weapons expert Blain and CIA agent George, land in Central America, something is wrong. After finding a string of dead bodies, the crew discovers they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and the ability to disappear into its surroundings.
Director
John McTiernan
Producer
Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, John Davis
Screenwriter
Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox, American Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 12, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$54.4M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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