" Billy! You ain't afraid of no man! There is something out there, . . and it ain't no man "

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2011)

The planet earth is home to a plethora of savage, vicious and lethal killers. However, they dim in comparison to the most dangerous hunter of them all, . . . . the Human animal. Thus it is incredible to discover, despite all of his creative weapons and intelligence, this Human Hunter itself has come to the attention of a new menace. The story itself was created by John and Jim Thomas who with director John McTiernan offer this incredible and fantastic film called " Predator. " It tells the tale of a planetary visitor who's ancestors have been visiting earth for generations hunting the most dangerous animals on Earth. It's challenge is to confront a special squad of professional soldiers in a duel to the death. R.G. Armstrong plays General Phillips who with C.I.A. Operative Dillion (Carl Weathers) invite the finest American team leader available lead by Major Dutch, (Arnold Schwarzenegger) their operation's commander to seek out and rescue a special cabinet minister from enemy hands. Taking the elite members like Jesse Ventura, Bill Duke, Shane Black, Richard Chaves and Sonny Landham as Billy, Dutch begins by dropping into a dense South American Jungle and discovers the gorilla rebels are low caliber soldiers and nothing compare with them or their real enemy. What begins as an exercise in jungle combat, the special Team suddenly realizes it's up against a sophisticated alien (Kevin Peter Hall) out to not only defeat, but to kill and display them as trophies. Elpidia Carrillo is Anna, who tries to explain, the strange killer has visited earth many years before. This movie is terrific in it's inception, violent in it's delivery and wonderfully graphic in it's confrontation between Earthmen and their Nemesis. Schwarzenegger will no doubt go on to make other great films, but this dramatic movie will nonetheless become a sci-fi Classic for all time. Superb! Recommended, for the strong at heart who seek a military adventure from out of this world. ****