Viewed in
2008
Premise
Arnold Schwarzenegger and an elite group of American soldiers in the jungle are attacked by a camouflaged alien hunter.
Who should watch
Arnold fans.
Thoughts
This had some good old fashioned American blood and guts, biceps and big explosions.
I somewhat enjoyed the R-rated gore, cussing and explosions. An amusing fact was that this movie featured two future U.S. governors, with Arnold and Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Seeing Carl Weathers not as Apollo Creed was interesting. Last but not least, the great Stan Winston created yet another beautiful creature.
Despite all this, I was a bit bored. There was not much story, nor suspense. Had I watched it when it first came out, I might have thought the decent special effects and infrared vision was cool.
Overall, it was okay.
What I would change
I would have deleted the middle action scene when Arnold and company attacks a terrorist compound. That was clearly just for the sake of blowing things up. I wanted to see more of the Predator.
Random
Now I finally know where 'Get to the chop-pah!' catchphrase came from.
