Survival of the fittest.

Rating: 10/10 (19 April 2003)

SPOILERS WARNING:This Scifi/action/horror/suspense is personally the greatest movie I have ever seen.Carl Weathers is fantastic.He went from being the slimming, and lean Appolo Creed. To a 6'2 behemoth body builder. Who's body comes in second only to the irrisputable king Arnold Schwarzenegger. Although some critcs doubted his acting and although I think (along with many others) that it was captivating. Who needs acting with muscles like those. Schwarzenegger was brilliant, the perfect commando. With muscles that could make any other actor look like a piece of French cheese cloth,And Jesse Ventura was classic as Blain.A typical testosterone charged tough guy.And was most people don't know about his famous one liner-"I ain't got time to bleed" was that it was actually the title of a book written by this former Navy seal. Bill Duke is terrifying,And plays the magnificent role of a soldier slowly losing his mind. Which eventually leads to his demise. But those aren't the only reasons this movie is cool.That fact that the first time I saw it,It was late at night all by myself in a dark room.I was nine years old and had just been allowed to start watching rated R movies.And it shocked me senseless.Upon seeing Jim hopper and his men skinned I nearly fainted I jumped out of my skin,And my heart nearly stopped when I watched Mac (Bill Duke)slaughter a boar with his bare hands and a Knife. I also liked it because it's the type of movie where anything go's. In other action flicks all the good guys always win. everybody go's home alive and well. But not this movie, In this movie you can't tell who will live and who wont. You Know that at any moment the character you've taken a fondness to could be slaughtered.And thats what keeps first timers on the edges of their seats. That and Elpidia Carillo who's presence and innocence slowly allure you into a false sense of security. And then theres the character of Poncho. look how much smaller he is than the other men and yet how much farther he gets. Even after nearly being crushed by a log. And one no bigger than the one that took out the Predator or Yjuata. And thats why this is the best movie ever. (And for those of you that are saying "He forgot Hawkins" I didn't-I'm just worried about exceeding my word limit. Although He was awesome to).