Great Action + Great Dialogue + Arnie = Classic!

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2008)

One of my all time favourites, Predator is all you want out of an action flick. It combines elements of action, sci-fi and horror to create the ultimate entertainment beast! Throw in some insanely violent action sequences staged with aplomb by John McTiernan, some great special effects courtesy of Stan Winston and Joel Silver and some easily quotable dialogue for the pub and you have the ingredients for a great film. Although Arnie's marines, the symbol of 1980's muscular American foreign policy are the driving force of the film and spar of one-another, the star of the film is without doubt the Pred, who not only looks the part but sounds like a complete nutter too. Watch in awe as he takes out Arnie's platoon with a vast array of sadistic intergalactic guerrilla tactics, most of which on multiple viewings become hilarious after Mac, Dillon, Blaine and co's macho posturing. But the Pred didn't count for one thing...The big Austrian guy!
9/10