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Men. Manly men. It’s the most testosterone-filled movie of all time. The theme song for Two And A Half Men could be retrofitted for Predator because it’s all about the fucking muscular juggernauts that bulge out of the screen.
“A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.”
Director: John McTiernan
Writers: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, R.G. Armstrong, Shane Black, Kevin Peter Hall
Release Date: June 12, 1987
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Men. Manly men. It’s the most testosterone-filled movie of all time. The theme song for Two And A Half Men could be retrofitted for Predator because it’s all about the fucking muscular juggernauts that bulge out of the screen.
Arnold Schwarzenegger specifically asked for McTiernan to helm this project after seeing Nomads. Something about the weird psychological mystery tickled the action star’s fancy, and damn if it didn’t pay off.
So many parts of Predator are iconic. The dismount from the helicopter, followed by the Dutch and Dillon handshake, sets the tone. After that, you’ll see Mac making impeccable facial reactions, and Billy epitomizes what fear in the heart of a fearless man feels like. Blain’s gun is gerthier than an average grown human, yet it’s no match for the actual Predator.
Part of what makes Predator work so well is its simplicity. Drop a bunch of seemingly immortal killing machines into a unique environment and watch them deal with an entity no one has ever seen. The camouflage, heat vision, and voice-changing alien test the limits of what cinematic action hero manhood can handle, and it’s only right that the most macho of all the combatants can come out alive.
Predator is one of two McTiernan films that started a franchise, and whether or not you prefer the legacy of McClain or the Yautja is a personal preference. Personally, give me the extra-terrestrial who can survive a bazillion bullets fired into the impenetrable Amazon jungle.
STANKO RATING: A
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