Fun

Rating: Null/10 (26 March 2004)

This film is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. A bunch of steroidal pro- wrestlers...I mean, a small group of special forces soldiers (and one pro- wrestler) are sent into the humid depths of the South American jungle on a top secret mission. A bunch of cool explosions and one pretty prisoner later, the mission is accomplished...but the movie has just begun. Something is stalking the unit through the green hell of the steamy jungle, something not human.
Predator doesn't waste time with character development, or even much in the way of plot. It's basically a chase film, but that's fine. I don't always want a brainy, intellectual film...sometimes I want cinematic junk food, and this film fits the bill perfectly. The self-camouflaging, tarantula-faced, green-dredlocked monster is really very cool, standing well over 7 feet tall and blasting the crap out of the overly confident and testosterone drenched soldiers with some pretty spiffy weapons. Even Arnie gets the crap kicked out of him... a guilty pleasure in itself, considering the fact that I live in California and paid full ticket price to watch the crap-fest that was "True Lies." Seriously though, this isn't a GREAT film, but it's good fun, a sort-of bare bones "Alien." If you like nasty, scary monsters and sweaty soldiers getting slaughtered, have a few beers and watch "Predator." You won't regret it in the morning.