Could This Be Ahnuld's Best Ever?

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2012)

I cannot think of another movie the Terminator has made that is as good as this.
"Predator" is so amazingly good that some tend to overrate it. It is, no doubt, an excellent film, particularly when compared to many of the films in its genre, but that hardly makes it the 'flawless masterpiece' it is often called by its devoted legion of fans. Though the film is professional and of good quality throughout, the script can hardly be called perfect, featuring some of the most unintentionally hilarious moments in A-movie history. Also, though some of the acting is excellent, Schwarzenegger, even in action hero terms, is hardly the greatest actor to ever walk the planet. He is simply incapable of producing a performance similar to Sly Stallone in "First Blood" or "Rocky", or similar to Bruce Willis in "Unbreakable", or for that matter McTiernan's masterpiece "Die Hard". The cinematography and score more than make up for this however, and the action scenes are absolutely superb. McTiernan also makes the wise decision not to show the Predator in full for quite a while, saving the monster for the final sequences and adding a lot to the film in terms of tension and atmosphere.
All in all, rousingly entertaining blockbuster action!!!