Fortunately for the audience, he's also able to wax over the flaws in the story by pumping it full of powerful combat sequences and special effects. Fox's initial DVD release of Predator was an average looking, non-anamorphic transfer that was riddled with grain and digital artifacting. The new DVD is mastered from the same print used for the initial release, but improved with an anamorphic transfer. The result is a frustratingly inconsistent widescreen image. At times the picture takes on a very fresh, clean looking quality.
Flesh tones are flawless and natural, without appearing too processed.
Colors are also stable and appropriately saturated, with good contrast that produces a picture with depth and detail to it. Unfortunately, at other times, the picture looks really bad. You'll also be able to spot some instances of NTSC noise clouding up the picture. This new disc does look miles better than any previous incarnation of Predator , but it's not what consumers have come to expect of the format's superior quality. Both discs sport the same Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track.