Film #7: Predator (1987)

Directed by: John McTiernan

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, Kevin Peter Halls.

Viva Pinata is one of the most addictive games ever! That's why I didn't watch a film all day. The time passed by and before I knew it, it was eleven O' Clock.

Luckily, the nice people at ITV put Predator on at that time. I was grateful because a) I could now watch a film and b) It's awesome.

In this film, an alien comes to Earth (for reasons unknown) and hunts down humans and soldiers. Arney and his team are sent to the jungle to find out what happened to their missing men and are automatically dragged into a game of cat and mouse but with a badass alien and some soldiers.

Obviously, this film coming out 20 years ago, the special-effects are a bit dated but at the time, they were state of the art. Having read some background info on the film (I was curious as to what the predator wanted from Earth) I found out about the effects and that they had to use some kind of red screen instead of green or blue because of the jungle setting. They also had to make it look like the predator was actually swinging from tree to tree whilst invisible.

The make-up is what is actually amazing; the blood effects, the skinned bodies, the fatal wounds and the predator's face.

The action is great and fast paced but while everyone is caught up in it, we forget what might be important; what does the predator want? What does it do with the bodies? Why is it even killing people? and why Earth?

If you don't think about it much, the film is great but if you are one to ponder upon things then don't bother.

This film is amazing and it's a shame that Alien Vs Predator didn't have the action that this did (not zoomed in and not dark).

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