See Dutch beaten to within an inch of his life by the Predator.

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2010)

Seen this movies over 20 times already - it is that DAMN GOOD!!!
A John McTiernan masterpiece!!! Just look at the superb, solid casting, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura and Sonny Landham.
Good script by Jim and John Thomas (Hard Time on Planet Earth 1989, Mission To Mars 2000) coupled with good special effects by Stan Winston and visual effects by R. Greenberg.
Plot: Dutch is conned by his ex team-mate Dillon into a rescue operation in a Central American jungle.
They land by helicopter and soon finds the bodies of General Hopper and his men who have been skinned alive.
They then discover the rebel base camp where Dutch sees a prisoner being shot though the head. And so extreme measures are taken and the rebels are exterminated.
They find no hostages and Dutch realizes he's been fooled by Dillon and he immediately pins Dillon to the wall and demands to know why he's been used in this manner, since he and his team are a rescue team and not mercenaries. Dillon quietly tells Dutch that he had no choice and if he had told him the truth he wouldn't have gotten so far.
Now they painfully make their way back to be picked up. And it is here that they are stalked by an creature that uses a form of light refraction as camouflage and is armed with high technology weapons.
For Dutch and his team the race for survival has just begun.....
Keep and eye out for Sonny Landham, Bill Duke and Richard Chaves who all give awesome performances. Jesse Ventura in his first big role is an instant hit. The only female presence is that of Elpidia Carrillo and she gives her best acting.
The star of this film is Arnold Schwarzenegger and this IS HIS BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT FILM (apart from Conan The Barbarian, Commando, The Running Man, and The Terminator).
The best scene if the film is when he is beaten up by the Predator and crawls his way into a cavity and as the Predator approaches him - he yells "Come On! Kill me ! I'm here !!! Come on kill me now!!!".
Score 1 Trillion out out 10.
Continue the good work John McTiernan - make Predator 3!!!
Whopeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS: why didn't J.M direct Predator 2 ?????? A mystery I'll never know...