One of Schwarzenegger's Best

Rating: 9/10 (3 December 2019)

Right from the start we see cigar-chomping Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his dream team (including Jesse "The Body" Ventura and writer/director Shane Black) are called upon by General Phillips (R.G. Armstrong) to rescue a cabinet minister from the depths of the Central American jungles. He also needs to bring along his old CIA-buddy Dillon (Carl Weathers) for the ride. This group is strong, tough, have monster firepower and just plain kick ass. Problem is they haven't faced the predator yet.
Once the predator is revealed we witness a pretty amazing look that was created by Stan Winston and to me this was one of his greatest creations.
Quite a great action movie that surprisingly to me was not exactly well-received when it was first released. To me really has an incredible pace that leaves you the viewer with your eyes attached to the screen.
Directed by John McTiernan and he shows his skills off here creating a tight, action-packed film. This was just his second film and to me it is quite impressive what he did here. The music is done by Alan Silvestri and man is it ever great. It adds excitement and especially tension in scenes where needed.
Followed by three sequels to date (not including a couple ALIEN VS. PREDATOR movies as well). But none of them really hit the stride that the 1987 original did.