Predator

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Predator

R

Released Jun 12, 1987

1h 47m

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Adventure

Sci-Fi

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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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Critics Consensus

Predator: Part sci-fi, part horror, part action -- all muscle.

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

John McTiernan’s tight direction of the film’s bloody action makes up for the somewhat stilted performances.

Aug 4, 2023

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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Cork B

Arnold is in top form here. Terminator 1 and 2 might be better, but this is way better than the vast majority of his films. The plot utilizes Arnold's lack of dialogue skills to the max here - most of the movie is creepy foreboding and outright action. Really well done. And unlike a lot of movies, this film sticks the landing. Yeah, the CGI is a bit dated, but actually holds up pretty well, and the monster is really well done. It is over the top testosterone? Sure. But it isn't supposed to be The Notebook.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Audience Member

An incredible film balancing action and horror together so well, the story and characters while simple are not bad and prove to be very entertaining and dynamic in the Situation they Find themselves in. Also truly insane how nearly 40 years later the practical facts for the Predator still look great and so much better then the CGI of later films.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Norman B

Arnold was great and the action and sci fi mix works well

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/25

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Kevin P

A kickass blend of action, sci-fi, and horror with so many classic one-liners, a great ensemble cast of action stars, and such a creative and chilling introduction to the iconic titular outer space predator.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Shawn R

Absolutely loved this movie.. plenty of action and entertainment. The fight scene at the end is so worth it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/26/24

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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: American Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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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