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Despite the off-rhythm styling, there's not a lot going on.
It is so lean, so exciting and so imaginative that you can watch it every month or two, year in and year out, and never get tired of it.
Alternately grisly and dull.
It's a slick, high-energy action picture that takes a lot of its strength from its steamy locations in Mexico.
It achieves a sort of sublime purity: it is Action Movie, nothing more and nothing less.
films that understand that when Shane rode away at the end, he was probably just looking for a place to die.
The level of beefcakery reaches hilarious proportions...
The film just rocks, thanks to McTiernan's muscular approach to the material and Predator's utter refusal to surrender to camp.
Predictability ultimately hurts it, while the creature itself and the battles and special effects save the day.
Just about the epitome of '80s macho action.
The scariest thing about Predator is that its lead actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is currently serving as governor of California.
An unpleasant action thriller that's about as thrilling as watching a fixed fight in the pro wrestling circuit.
A fast paced, high testosterone, edge-of-the-seat experience...
A dumber version of the Alien franchise, but this initial picture works anyway, as an atmospheric exercise in pure, primal action with a science-fiction-y twist. [Blu-Ray]
one fo the coolest movies ever
Arnold vs. alien action is violent, ultra macho.
One of the best sci-fi/action films ever made.
One of Schwarzenegger's best.
With its stilted dialogue and hammy acting, the film has the look of an expensive production but the feel of a B movie, delivering the sort of undemanding monster mayhem Arnie's fans have come to expect.
Oddly, the special effects have dated quite well, and the action scenes -- shot by relative newcomer John McTiernan -- work well, despite a few clunky spots.
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