Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Predator Review








Predator


Release Date: 20th August 1987 - Australia


Production Companies
Amercent Films
American Entertainment Partners L.P.
Davis Entertainment
Lawrence Gordon Productions
Silver Pictures
20th Century Fox Film
Corporation

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 107 minutes


Budget: $18,000,000

Box Office Gross: $98,268,458 (Worldwide)

 
Plot Summary
A seasoned paramilitary
rescue unit led by Major
Dutch Schaefer is looking for hostages held captive by guerrilla fighters in the Central American jungle. At first, while it seems like a successful mission, something horrifying and inexplicable is about to happen. One by one, the men get hunted down by an enemy unimaginably more deadly than any in this world!


Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
Carl Weathers - George Dillon
Elpidia Carrillo - Anna
Bill Duke - Mac Eliot
Jesse Ventura - Blain Cooper
Sonny Landham - Billy Sole
Richard Chaves - Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
Shane Black - Rick Hawkins
R. G. Armstrong - Major General Homer Phillips
Kevin Peter Hall - The
Predator/Helicopter Pilot
Peter Cullen - The Predator (Voice) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - John McTiernan
Writer/Executive Producer - Jim Thomas
Writer - John Thomas
Associate Producer/
Production Designer - John Vallone
Associate Producer/
Production Manager/First Assistant Director -
Beau Marks
Executive Producer - Laurence Pereira
Producers - Lawrence Gordon,
Joel Silver and John Davis
Technical Advisor - Gary Goldman
Casting Director - Jackie Burch
Art Directors - Frank Richwood
and Jorge Sainz
Set Decorator - Enrique Estévez
Costume Designer - Marilyn Vance
Creature Creator - Stan Winston
Makeup Designer and Creator - Scott H. Eddo
Mud Makeup - Jeff Dawn
Director of Photography - Donald McApline
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Frank E. Johnson
Director of Photography: Mexico -
León Sánchez
First Camera Assistant/Steadicam Operator -
Robert Agganis
Thermal Camera: Second Unit - David Eggby
Unit Managers - Anna Roth and Antonio Rubio
Second Assistant Directors - J. Tom Archuleta
and K.C. Colwell
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator -
Craig R. Baxley
Special Effects Supervisors - Laurencio Cordero
and Al Di Sarro
Art Department Coordinator/Concept Artist:
Creature Effects Unit - Steve Wang
Art Department Coordinators: Creature
Effects Unit - Matt Rose and Shannon Shea
Mechanical Department: Creature Effects
Unit - David Kindlon, Richard J. Landon,
Brent Scrivner and Wayne Sturm
Visual Effects Supervisors - Michael Bigelow
and Joel Hynek
Visual Effects Producer - Robert M. Greenberg
Visual Consultant - Richard Greenberg
Design Consultant - Jeff Burks
Thermal Vision Effects Supervisor -
Stuart Robertson
Editors - Mark Helfrich and John F. Link
Assistant Film Editors - Kimberley Bennett,
Bryan H. Carroll, Mark Elson, Julie Feiner,
Carol Fitzgerald, Rudy Freeman,
John Henzel, William J. Meshover
and Willie Navarro
Supervising Sound Effects Editors -
Richard L. Anderson and David E. Stone
Special Sound Effects - John Pospisil
Special Vocalisation - Peter Cullen
Re-Recording Mixers - Don J. Bassman,
Kevin F. Cleary and Richard Overton
Foley Artists - Vanessa Theme Ament
and Robin Harlan
Music - Alan Silvestri


Awards

1988 Academy Awards
Best Visual Effects - Joel Hynek, Robert M. &
Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston (Nominated)


Review
PREDATOR may sound scary, but it is an action-packed sci-fi film with surprises. The movie mixes the two genres and has an engaging and suspenseful plot. It had groundbreaking visual effects and explosive action sequences. Arnold Schwarzenegger did a terrific job with his acting performance because he is my all-time favourite actor. It is the second time I have seen Chubbs. Oops! I mean, the character played by Carl Weathers gets killed off, the first being Happy Gilmoreand I love the quote by Arnie, "GET TO THE CHOPPER!"

Quite well put, I describe this movie in only one word. SPECTACULAR. It is a timeless movie that, even with age, will not be boring and unwatchable, especially for those who are once too young to watch the PREDATOR films.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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1 comment:

  1. It has been a while since I have seen this. I probably should give it a another viewing sometime soon.

    -James

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