Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger (1987)
Synopsis of the DVD Movie: Synopsis
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of it's victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing through it's eyes, the audience sees it is an intelligent alien hunter, hunting them for sport, killing them off one at a time.
DVD Movie Rating for: Predator
5 out of 5
Movie Plot of: Predator
A team of commandos, led by Dutch Schaeffer, go on a mission to rescue captured airmen from terrorists. When they discover that the airmen have been slaughtered beyond recognition, the team decimates the enemy encampment. Before they can radio for a lift-off, an invisable being begins to kill the team members. Hunted like animals by an enemy they cannot see, the team must survive in the jungle before they are all killed.
DVD Production Details of: Predator
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers
Director: John McTiernan
Format: Color, Closed-captioned
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: February 4, 2003
DVD Features:
Theatrical trailer(s)
Full-screen format
Cast of the movie: Predator
- Arnold Schwarzenegger .... Dutch
- Carl Weathers .... Dillon
- Elpidia Carrillo .... Anna
- Bill Duke .... Mac
- Jesse Ventura .... Blain
- Sonny Landham .... Billy
- Richard Chaves .... Poncho
- R.G. Armstrong .... Gen. Phillips
- Shane Black .... Hawkins
- Kevin Peter Hall .... The Predator
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Predator
Reviews of the movie: Predator
Rambo meets Alien in this terrific science-fiction thriller from 1987, directed by John McTiernan just a year before Die Hard made him Hollywood's most sought-after director of action-packed blockbusters. Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite squad of U.S. Army commandos to a remote region of South American jungle, where they've been assigned to search for South American officials who've been kidnapped by terrorists. Instead they find a bunch of skinned corpses hanging from the trees and realize that they're now facing a mysterious and much deadlier threat. As the squad is picked off one by one, Arnold finds himself pitted against a hideous alien creature that's heavily armed and wearing a spacesuit enabling the creature to render itself invisible. The title says it all in describing the relentless, escalating action that follows, maintained by McTiernan with an abundance of visual flair. The film's special effects are still impressive, and stunning locations in the Mexican jungles create a combined atmosphere of verdant beauty and imminent danger. The plot doesn't hold up to much scrutiny, but the movie's so exciting and tightly paced that its weaknesses seem irrelevant
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weather, Sonny Landam, Jesse Ventura, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke. Sort of "Rambo" meets "Alien": top notch original actioner wtih Mr. Beefy leading a band of mercenaries into the jungles of Latin America facing more than they expected when they encounter a nasty, chameleon-like monster from another world with some violent results. Waycool effects and intelligently directed by John McTiernan.
