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"Predator" is pure machismo at the max. Not only is it one of Schwarzenegger's best films, it is also amongst the best action films ever made.
Essentially, "Predator" was created with the idea of combining "Alien" with "Rambo", and to make it a Schwarzenegger vehicle. However, over the decades, this film has become much more and gained an ever loyal fan base.
The action is intense, the catch phrases are aplenty, and the creature is not only memorable, it is iconic. The alien in the film is one of Stan Winston's greatest creations, and it shines in "Predator", as well as in the less impressive (yet still trashy fun) sequel "Predator 2".
As a young boy, I idolized half of the cast in this film. Who doesn't want to grow up to be a hardcore bad ass like Billy, Blain, or of course, Dutch?
Over the years, I've always wanted to see another franchise start featuring a monster at least have as creative and imaginative as the aliens found in "Predator", "Alien", or "The Thing". However, nothing even similar has spawned. Today it seems that even with he special effects, modern artists lack the creative imagination of people like Stan Winston or Rob Bottin had in their prime. Or, could it possibly be that filmmakers try too hard nowadays? Either way, the magic of "Predator" is still something that exists today for modern audiences to enjoy.
What else is there to give this but a perfect 10? Sure the effects are a bit outdated, but who cares? The movie itself is possibly the greatest action movie of all time, and the horror elements can’t be matched by 90% of what comes out today.
I just got done writing about how Black Sheep wasn’t very gory, and I was very refreshed to view Predator because it has just about as much gore as Black Sheep but it does something movies have forgotten—the gore isn’t something so generic you’ve seen a thousand times. Some of it, like the head on the stick, are so much more over-the-top than what films attempt today it’s just amazing. At one point blood flies so thick it literally covers the screen for a few seconds! To the makers of 30 Days of Night, The Decent, and The Mist: why couldn’t you guys at least show as much carnage as a monster movie that came out decades before your sucky films? Shouldn’t we be pushing the limits of gore, not making more retarded cut-off scenes?
Also, I’d like to mention the well thought out-ness of the movie. Contrary to sucky copy/paste monsters in the movies I just mentioned, the Predators actually took some thought to design. They really, REALLY make most action-monster movies today look retarded. At one point when a character asked what was trying to kill them, I replied out loud: “Vines that eat people!” referring to the suck-cheese-fest The Ruins. Really, at one time we had Predators (some of the coolest creatures imaginable), now we have talking vines that eat people (some of the most down-syndrome creatures imaginable). Predator stands the test of time to show me that our generation doesn’t have a single original idea in their cheese-filled heads that shout: “No, this is too much gore . . . the audience can’t handle this . . . we have to make another cut-off scene.”
From beginning to end Predator is utterly flawless. I can only imagine what it would have been like to view when it first came out, before all the surprises were given away and become part of pulp culture. But even for someone who has seen both AvP movies, thus knowing every surprise that this superior film has, Predator is still one of the most flawless movies . . . ever.
