Predator

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Predator

R

Released Jun 12, 1987

1h 47m

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Action

Adventure

Horror

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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

The 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.

Oct 3, 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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Audience Member

An instant classic. Any bad reviews would be from stupid young people who don't understand the time context of when this was made. For a modest budget and effects film, it was awesome and spawned a reputable franchise.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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Austyn P

Good characters, good writing, good ending, just not enough there for 5 stars.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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john p

Still the best one of the franchise. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jessie Ventura, Bill Duke, and Sonny Landon. I challenge you to find a better cast. Plus the original practical effects for the Predator are timeless. True classic!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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CaptainBoulder T

An absolute classic, true horror seeing muscular men getting picked off one by one so easily

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/25

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Jason P

Arnold's best film. Great story and effects. The most macho manly movie you'll ever see from the 1980s and a pivotal genre classic. Endlessly quotable dialogue and a great music score.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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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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