Predator DVD > Reviews

Advantages: Script, action, sound fx, special fx, direction
Disadvantages: too much macho posturing, weakish ending.

A surprisingly solid well made "Arnie" film that holds the right balance of suspense, drama, action & thrills in equal measure. Predator is no more than "Alien" versus "Rambo" for a rumble in the jungle. This could quite easily have been a Z-rated movie ending up on the video shelf with not even a fanfare to cheer it along. However, this film rises above the dross because of three solid elements - Director, John McTiernan (of Die Hard fame); Jim ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent special effects which wouldn't be out of place today
Disadvantages: none

John Mctiernan is the director of this brilliant action packed blockbuster. If you were to combine Alien and Rambo with a bit of Vietnam into one film this is what you would get. After being recruited by the CIA Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite squad of US Commandos to the center of the South American Jungle where they have been assigned to rescue some milatry hostages held by Guerilla fighters. Instead of what would be a fairly straight foward ... Read review

Advantages: Guns, muscles, action, tension.
Disadvantages: None

A simply stupendous film with non-stop action, a memorable score, some genuinely scary moments and big Arnie with a machine gun!! Not to forget the barrage of sharp one liners that perforate every Arnie movie, some excellent casting with the 'team' and some impressive direction from John McTiernan. Arnie and his 'rescue team' are sent into the Central American jungle to ostensibly retrieve a downed helicopter and its political passengers, held ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent action sequences
Disadvantages: Wooden acting

...connection with nature. Above all Predator is a rip-roaring gore filled action movie. Arnie, muscles bulging, looks the part and if anyone can defeat the predatory alien he can. After a slightly ponderous start where the main characters are given their brief character development the pace of the film is excellent and hurtles to an exciting finale. There is some mystery to begin with about what exactly is lurking in the jungle but since the ... Read review

Advantages: You know what your gonna get - limited acting but lots of violence.
Disadvantages: Lots of jungle but no time for Frolicking.

... Die Hard (1988) DVD Feautres: 1) Predator Remastered with DTS Sound 2)Predator Audio Commentary Featuring Director John McTiernan 3) DVD Rom Content. 4) Mulitple Language subtitles 5) Original Theatrical Trailer Run Time: 106 minutes ... Read review

Advantages: Everythign you could ask for in an action flick
Disadvantages: Some puritans could criticise the acting

Wow! I am not exaggerating to say i have seen this film well over a hundred times. Why? Well, it gives so much and asks so little! It draws you in, and if you're into the plot, it intrigues you, if not, it's just as enjoyable putting your brain into neutral. From watching it so many times, i know every aspect well, but will not ruin the ending for you. So, to set the scene; a group of highly-skilled and macho mercenaries are tricked into going ... Read review

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The realisation that I know this film line by line has brought me to the solid conclusion that I am well qualified to write about it! In this, a bulging and well-oiled Arnie, plays Dutch, the Major of an elite yet loveable group of rogues who are sent on a mission to investigate the disappearance of a Helicopter (and the president-like-person who was in it) in a South-American Rainforest-type location. It turns out that this wasn’t a routine mission ... Read review

Advantages: Good effects, gets better towards the end
Disadvantages: Wooden acting

...of the film when the predator mercilessly hunts down the mercenaries. The predator itself is very efficient in its killing of the other lesser characters, but it meets its match in Arnie, who has to learn to fight it without the use of guns. The fist fight at the end is a good scene, giving Arnie one of his more memorable one-liners. Ok, so the acting is not great, (the chap in the predator costume is the least wooden) but this film is a pretty ... Read review

Advantages: Typical Arnie.
Disadvantages: Not much storyline.

The plot of this movie is really simple. An alien comes down to earth to hunt people for sport and ot collect trophies. Thats almost it! Add Arnold Schwarzenegger and a double crossed mercenary and you have all the makings of a real good action movie. And yes, it is a good one too. Theres plenty of muscle, explosions and bodies. The performances are what you would expect from a John McTiernan movie with Arnie being your stock action hero goodie type. ... Read review

Advantages: Great action
Disadvantages: none

The original Predator film was first released in the UK in 1988 and was a great event at the time. Produced by Joel Silver, Lawrence Gorden and John Davis. Written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas Directed by John McTieran Edited by Mark Helfrinch and John F.Link. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Elpidia Carrillo, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham and Kevin Peter Hall. The films starts with an elite unit of specially trained ... Read review

Advantages: Arnold, cast, well performed action/suspense/drama
Disadvantages: None...

...though you know who the predator actually is. (Or do we?!) The first time I sat through this movie, I was a nervous wreck, sitting on the edge of my seat. And yet I simply had to watch it all. I had no idea who or what was killing off this group of men. And I never would have guessed the outcome, or the menace behind it. For anyone who has yet to see this film, all I can say is it is worth watching. And I really do not want to give too much ... Read review

Advantages: a spot on film, Schwarzenegger is great, the weapons on "the predator"
Disadvantages: gory!

Predator was one of the action flicks of the 1980s. Arnold Schwarzenegger starred as the almost superhuman leader of a group of crack commandos sent into the deepest, darkest parts of the South American jungle to infiltrate a guerrilla camp and rescue some diplomats lost behind enemy lines. Once the mission is accomplished the troop find themselves fighting a new enemy - a camouflaged alien with gadgets and an incredible arsenal of weapons, who ... Read review