Predator (1987)

 

 107 min  –  Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi  –  12 June 1987 (USA)

IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 from 195,468 users  

Metascore: 36/100

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Jim Thomas, John Thomas

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.

Plot Summary

A team of commandos, on a mission in a Central American jungle, find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.

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Cast

• Arnold Schwarzenegger – Major ‘Dutch’ Schaeffer
• Carl Weathers – Agent George Dillon
• Elpidia Carrillo – Anna
• Bill Duke – Sergeant ‘Mac’ Eliot
• Jesse Ventura – Blain Cooper
• Sonny Landham – Billy
• Richard Chaves – Poncho
• Shane Black – Hawkins
• RG Armstrong – General Phillips
• Kevin Peter Hall – Predator

Storyline

A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major “Dutch” Schaefer, are ordered in to assist CIA man, George Dillon, on a rescue mission for potential survivors of a Helicopter downed over remote South American jungle. Not long after they land, Dutch and his team discover that they have been sent in under false pretenses. This deception turns out to be the least of their worries though, when they find themselves being methodically hunted by something not of this world.

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