Criminally overrated

Rating: 5/10 (26 August 2017)

I fail to see how this film has earned a reputation for being a 'classic'. 'Predator' is nothing more than an average action flick with a thin and uninspiring plot. In fact, looking a some older critic reviews, that's how it was received when it was initially released. Only a number of years after later did this film start receiving such rave reviews, and I can't see why.
Even for a so-called action film, there's too much waiting around, too much stumbling around in the jungle and not enough actually happening. There's nothing wrong with the action scenes, they are well made and some of the infra-red footage is cool, especially for its time. The film as a whole though is nothing special and far from being a classic. 'Predator' is a criminally overrated movie.