Arnold VS. The Predator

Rating: 10/10 (10 November 2001)

Dutch(Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his team of commandoes go off into the South American jungle to rescue some hostages. His team includes Dillon(Carl Weathers), Mac(Bill Duke), Blaine(Jesse Ventura), Billy(Sonny Landham), Poncho(Richard Chavez) and Hawkins(Shane Black). They go in and encounter their enemies but soon discover something more terrifying: the Predator.
This is one of my favorite Schwarzenegger films to come out during the 1980's. The action is tight and director John McTiernan's direction is slick. The Oscar nominated special effects are cool. One should take into consideration about the violence in this movie. The violence hear is quite gory, yet hardly of the supergraphic kind. The skinless bodies of two men are found hanging from a tree, a man's arm is blown off, another man has a hole the size of a basketball blown into his chest, and another man's brains are blown out.
Last, but not least, a lot of praise should go to the towering, late Kevin Peter Hall for his excellent portrayal of the Predator; the silent, invisible hunter from another planet. He literally has all kinds of weapons up his sleave which include a shoulder blaster, a blade, and a powerful self-destruct weapon. Kevin Peter Hall returned to do the highly underrated sequel Predator 2 with Danny Glover and Gary Busey.
10/10