Waste of time

Powerful

A Masterpiece!

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

This is one of Arnie's best movies, and it still holds up quite well. There are some effects that are outdated, but otherwise it's still very good, and the only good movie with a Predator in it. The effects have improved in recent movies but they still haven't put one out that's as exciting as this debut. I'm curious with the new upcoming movie by Shane Black-who starred in this original. If you enjoy this, I'd Alien Vs Predator (the first one) is not too bad. Also Predators is ok, but I have yet to rewatch Predator 2. There are also a lot of really good comics with Predator in them, including crossovers with some super heroes.

'Predator' is (alongside with Die Hard) one of the most important and best Hollywood action films of all times. It is a masterpiece. No one expects some thought provoking ideas from movie where Arnold Scwarzenegger fights with monster in the jungle. 'Predator' as one can expect doesn't rely on deep, but still well written (the humor and banter between characters is enjoyable) script, as much as the chemistry between characters and well orchestrated action scenes combined with fantastic score bu Alan Silvestri. The plot is very thin and honestly pretty poor B-movie material, and it all started with a joke about Rocky ran out of opponents on Earth so his next fight will be with an extra-terrestrial. Well, from that small joke one awesome action film grew out that any cinemaphile can enjoy and appreciate. Even if you find the plot thin as one layered toilet paper you can't over look John McTiernan's genius directing.

When you watch this movie, it is obvious it's at least 30 years old, but on the other hand, it offers a lot of stealth action, tension and drama, things that many movies lack today. I must admit that the movie has a bit to slow pace for my taste, but at the end the fight sequences between Arnold and the Predator, who by the way, looks sick without the mask, made this movie what it is today. Of course, a lot of macho moments, cliche quotes and all of that, but it is from the 80's when all of that was awesome anyway.

Muscular, opaque alpha male commando hunts sometime invisible, wholly lethal, extraterrestrial manhunter which becomes hunted itself in a South American jungle. Supporting cast of meathead mercenaries.