Predator

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 12, 1987

8.7	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 797 Ratings

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ReynaldojavierApr 18, 2021

This movie is one of those classic that are SUPER overrated from people that have a lot of nostalgia. How can people call THIS A MASTERPIECE? Like what!? If this for you it’s a masterpiece you need to learn a little more of the aspects ofThis movie is one of those classic that are SUPER overrated from people that have a lot of nostalgia. How can people call THIS A MASTERPIECE? Like what!? If this for you it’s a masterpiece you need to learn a little more of the aspects of filmmaking. There’s no plot, bad acting, bad script, the plot it’s not that thrilling, it’s boring and the only thing that is good for it’s time is the special effects, it’s just a piece of awfully directed crap. It's arguably one of the emptiest, feeblest, most derivative scripts ever made as a major studio movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger fights an outer-space monster in a third-world jungle. The monster never has a chance. Neither does the jungle. Neither does the audience. Then let’s not talk about the plot armor Arnorld had against the Predator. The shoulder canon is capable of firing powerful plasma blasts which have been shown to blow the heads clear off their targets, even Dillon get his arm destroyed by it and Arnold got a scratch....The Predator also has wrist blades, that he doesn’t use, super strength that he doesn’t use, spear, blade disc, etc. Dumb action sequences of Arnold fighting the Predator. Horrible movie 2/10… Expand

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JHillDec 20, 2009

Good special effects; otherwise cartoonish and boring.

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clem666Jan 16, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How come such critics, such admiration to what appears to be less than an average action movie ? The pace is bad, the plot unstructured, the acting is poor (excepting for Dillon who is embodied by Carl Weathers), the end is as long and boring as predictable, we don't know anything about the Predator, characters are pale stereotypes (with the notable excption of Billy, played by Sonny Landham), the whole story is just a runaway/embush plot, there is no balance between the opponents, the characters have no depth, the so-called thermic-view scenes are lame and visually disgusting.

I however have to admit that the soundtrack is great, the special effects are impressive, some lines are iconic (in the middle of dumb dialogues), the weapons are powerful and the jungle looks awesome. Only one scene, when they attack the guerila camp is awesome, but the movie sadly struggles in maintaining a decent level of tension among all these useless scenes and unequal battles. Nothing more to add: it is boring, empty, and ends up in striking nonsense (why doesn't the Predator see Dutch when he is covered of mud ? I thought it could detect warmth ? Why and how did Dutch survive the laser blast since it killed many of its brothers id arms ? Why does the Predator play so long with him rather than to immediately kill him and transform him into a trophy ? Why will so many questions remain unanswered ?).… Expand

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MarcosReisSep 28, 2022

I don't wanna make any mistakes of anacronically reading in this movie, but I'm moving apart from praising a fictional content just because of it is a 'classic' for some reason. I'm not sure how it when was it was released, or how was theI don't wanna make any mistakes of anacronically reading in this movie, but I'm moving apart from praising a fictional content just because of it is a 'classic' for some reason. I'm not sure how it when was it was released, or how was the reception. For this analysis it just doesn't matter right now. After all, fictional works age, and note everyone of them age the same way.

Given that, I found Predator the original movie boring. It doesn't stand the quality set by today's standards and can only fit well with people who like nostalgic movies and people who want to deeper understand the franchise.

It set the concept of the predator that was set in popular culture, but still, that's not a movie I enjoyed watching so much for itself. The idea is there, but the execution is not so good anymore. So if I could synthetise it in simple words that would be: It's not for me.… Expand

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