Predator

R

Released Jun 12, 1987

1h 47m

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

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80%

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60 Reviews

87%

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250,000+ Ratings

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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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.

Oct 3, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

With McTiernan’s craftsmanlike direction delivering action scenes that are easy to follow and, at times, simply wowing, Predator finds itself among the best of the big, R-rated action movies.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 18, 2023

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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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Heezar S

Part Macho Man 80s action movie, part slasher/thriller, part sci-fi. Honestly lightning in a bottle cause yes some of the sequels are good like Prey but we know the predator now! nothing can beat the reveal and plus sooooo many quotable lines from Arnie I still use today.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/11/24

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Baris L

Most see! A classic which has spawned a franchise

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/09/24

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conan t

80’s action / sci-fi at its best. In my opinion it’s one of the best of its genre ever made, it’s up there along with the Aliens movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Sebastian R

F*ck the critics that didn’t give this classic a great review

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/29/24

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Marc R

You can't find a movie that better fits the Genre of an 80's action/sci-fi film!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/24

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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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