On the Hunt

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2009)

The Ultimate Predator, battles the Ultimate Prey: Man.
This is, in the smallest nutshell physically possible, the plot of the 80's sci-fi, action, horror film "Predator", from "Die Hard" director John Mctiernan. Now wait a second, from the director of "Die Hard"? then how come nobody ever seems to give this film a second thought? Sure everybody knows about the not-so-amazing Alien vs. Predator crossover, but the original Predator? Nah, you'd have to dig pretty deep to find somebody who remembers that.
For somebody who has never seen or even remembers the release of Predator, may be shocked to here that it earned a pretty good box-office and general critical reaction to the film was positive.
To be honest, I think that Predator is an overlooked gem that brings back some of that 80's, action film nostalgia that so many people subconsciously strive to find. Though not on the same level as say "Terminator" or "Aliens", "Predator" is a classic in it's own right, many more recent films have borrowed a lot from this movie. Many images, which have become iconic in modern cinema, actually have roots in Predator.
Predator is also one of those films that improves with age. It's almost refreshing to see an old style action movie that doesn't feel like a cliché, simply because it's one of those movies that has actually created those clichés to begin with.
If you're an action movie fan who loves Terminator, Die Hard, and Aliens then this movie is for you. If you're not really that type of moviegoer, I think Predator works well enough to actually make a space in your heart for this kind of film.
Well crafted action flick