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V_Translanka

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Kill me! Do it! Kill me now! I'm right here! Aw, this movie was great. Sure, Arnold was a familiar character for him, but the real star is the alien hunter known as PREDATOR!!! So awesomely kick ass. Big ass forearm claw, shoulder-mounted...
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Kill me! Do it! Kill me now! I'm right here! Aw, this movie was great. Sure, Arnold was a familiar character for him, but the real star is the alien hunter known as PREDATOR!!! So awesomely kick ass. Big ass forearm claw, shoulder-mounted laser-sighted pulse blaster, and freaky infrared vision. Not to mention the self-destruct small nuclear weapon. It all came together to make him one of the most feared & ferocious monsters in cinematic history!

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Posted nov 13, 2008 2:26 pm pt

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Without a doubt the best predator movie made. Scary and action packed from start to finish. This movie is a classic.

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Posted may 27, 2008 12:54 am pt

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Arnold's faulty delivery of his dialogue aside, this is an action movie done right. (His speech seems only to fit when he's playing a titanium alloy T-800.) Nice suspense build up until we actually see the Predator. Even nicer payoff when the...
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Arnold's faulty delivery of his dialogue aside, this is an action movie done right. (His speech seems only to fit when he's playing a titanium alloy T-800.) Nice suspense build up until we actually see the Predator. Even nicer payoff when the audience sees the iconic mandibles of the Predator.

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Posted feb 10, 2008 7:02 am pt

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A CULT CLASIC IN MY VIEW ARNOLD DID HIS BEST AND IT WAS WORTH 20 BUCKS TO BUY

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Posted jan 29, 2008 2:42 pm pt

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great sci-fi horror action. excellent alien.

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Posted aug 30, 2007 9:40 am pt

FilipHolm

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Predator is a good movie. The story is nice, the acting is ok, the plot is good but corny sometimes. And one of the last lines in the movie made me laugh: "You`re one ugly Mother Fucker".

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Posted apr 13, 2007 8:01 pm pt

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Predator, quite simply, kicks butt. Its a strong contender for both best sci-fi thriller and best non-Terminator Arnie movie of all time. The Predator is quite simply one of the best movie monsters of all time, a more intriguing and technological...
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Predator, quite simply, kicks butt. Its a strong contender for both best sci-fi thriller and best non-Terminator Arnie movie of all time. The Predator is quite simply one of the best movie monsters of all time, a more intriguing and technological version of the Alien. Arnie brings his general badassity, and Carl Weathers, Bill Duke and Jesse Ventura add up to so much macho that the movie can hardly sustain itself. This is how you make an alien horror movie, something not done right since this and Alien.

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Posted mar 7, 2007 12:20 pm pt

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This movie is one example of how an action movie is supposed to be done. Great script, action, actors and suspense. Even has the memorable one liners. Enjoyable from the first minute to the closing credits.

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Posted feb 10, 2007 11:07 am pt

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Straight out of the comic book, "Predator" ranks as one of the finest sci-fi classics of our times.

With a strong cast, comic book quality scrip, and top level special effects, Predator kicks butt all the way through until...
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Straight out of the comic book, "Predator" ranks as one of the finest sci-fi classics of our times.

With a strong cast, comic book quality scrip, and top level special effects, Predator kicks butt all the way through until the end. I had no idea how the film would conclude until the final scene. Schwarzenegger is perfect as super soldier Major "Dutch" Schaeffer who has no idea what his squad of commandos has accidently gotten itself into. Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo and even Jesse Ventura all fit their roles to a tee. So just in case you've not seen this one, and you're into sci-fi/comic book action and adventure, rent it and put the popcorn in the microwave before turing the lights way down!

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Posted feb 8, 2007 12:30 pm pt

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A good old suspenseful and thrilling movie will always stay a classic mostly for its amazing special effects, a good story and a good development of events. One of Schwarzenegger's best.

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Posted feb 7, 2007 9:56 pm pt

• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  Moves at a breakneck pace, it has strong and simple characterizations, it has good location photography and terrific special effects, and it supplies what it claims to supply: an effective action movie.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  75
  It's got thrills and chills and one of the most elegantly conceived monsters in the history of movies.

  by Jay Scott | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  70
  Crisply stylish and suspenseful, making brilliant use of optical special effects, Predator is one of Schwarzenegger's best.

  by Staff (Non Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  50
  A slightly above-average actioner that tries to compensate for tissue-thin-plot with ever-more-grisly death sequences and impressive special effects.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
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  The movie, a rather pointless thing when you get down to it, has little of the provocative intelligence that was found in "Terminator." But at least it's self-propelling in terms of suspense and cheap thrills. [12 June 1987, Daily Datebook, p.78]

  by Peter Stack | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
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  McTiernan, regrettably, seems more interested in spectacle than suspense, and the attack sequences are filmed for splashy visual impact. And an apocalyptic finale that raises the antiwar message to the nuclear level is more than McTiernan's metaphor can bear. [12 June 1987, Friday, p.J]

  by Dave Kehr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  40
  Despite the off-rhythm styling and suggestions of primeval menace, there's really not much going on here.

  by Pat Graham | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  30
  Alternately grisly and dull, with few surprises. [12 June 1987, p.C6]

  by Elvis Mitchell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
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  Frankly, scarier critters have checked into Roach Motels. [13 June 1987, Style, g1]

  by Rita Kempley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
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  Arnold Schwarzenegger fights an outer-space monster in a third-world jungle. The monster never has a chance. Neither does the jungle. Neither does the audience. [19 June 1987, Arts & Leisure, p.23]

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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  It's arguably one of the emptiest, feeblest, most derivative scripts ever made as a major studio movie. There's no need to do a Mad magazine movie parody of this; it's already on the screen. [12 June 1987, Calendar, p.6-6]

  by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »