A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
Steve Boyum
- Hostage Executed by the Russian
- (uncredited)
Franco Columbu
- Medic
- (uncredited)
Peter Cullen
- The Predator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Henry Kingi
- Guerilla Soldier Blown Up in Van
- (uncredited)
Sven-Ole Thorsen
- Russian Officer
- (uncredited)
Jack Verbois
- Guerilla Soldier Helicopter Pilot
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film provided a variety of hardships for the actors, such as leeches, snakes, stifling humidity, heat, and rough terrain. All of the night scenes were filmed during freezing cold temperatures, which was especially hard on Arnold Schwarzenegger during the latter half of the film, when the mud he had to wear (actually pottery clay) became cold and wet. He was warned it would take his body temperature down a few degrees, and he shivered non-stop, even when they tried to heat him with lamps (it just made the clay dry out). He tried drinking jagertee, a schnapps mixture, to warm him, but that just got him drunk.
- GoofsWhen Dutch and his team raid the guerrilla camp, they are still looking for hostages, as they only know for certain that one of the captives has been executed (the one shot by the Russian advisor). Yet during their assault, they virtually raze the camp with reckless abandon, blowing up entire buildings without ever bothering to check if the hostages might be inside. It isn't until after the firefight that Mac bothers to look for the men they are there to rescue.
This has been listed as a plot hole although whilst potentially a character mistake it isn't a plot hole. The plot of the movie isn't broken because of the way the team attack the camp. All the hostages were dead anyway (even though the team didn't know it at the time), so in the end it didn't matter.
- Crazy creditsAll the 7 main cast members re-appear in ascending order as their names are displayed to give a smile to the audience in appreciation.
- Alternate versionsIn a version commonly shown on American television for a 2-hours-with-commercials time slot, all shots of the Predator's naked face and all instances of the Predator mimicking human speech are removed. The corresponding scenes are *not* removed for Predator 2.
- ConnectionsEdited into Quantum Leap: The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) - April 7, 1970 (1990)
- SoundtracksLong, Tall Sally
Performed by Little Richard
Written by Little Richard (as R. Penniman), Enotris Johnson (as E. Johnson) and Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell (as R. Blackwell)
Courtesy of Specialty Records
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They Don't Make Them Like This Anymore
This movie is an absolute classic. This is the machoist movie ever made. Schwarzenegger in his prime, Carl Weathers, Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Bill Duke--I don't think the line up could have been any better except if they added Sly Stallone.
"Predator" is one of the rare movies from the 80's that I can watch again and again and not feel as though it's dated. The action was great, the lines were memorable and the predator was a beast.
"Predator" was a fresh addition to the action movie genre. No fighting gangs, or terrorists, or enemy nations--this was the toughest of the extraterrestrials versus the toughest on Earth. Man they don't make 'em like this anymore.
"Predator" is one of the rare movies from the 80's that I can watch again and again and not feel as though it's dated. The action was great, the lines were memorable and the predator was a beast.
"Predator" was a fresh addition to the action movie genre. No fighting gangs, or terrorists, or enemy nations--this was the toughest of the extraterrestrials versus the toughest on Earth. Man they don't make 'em like this anymore.
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- Also known as
- Depredador
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- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $59,735,548
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,031,638
- Jun 14, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $98,268,458
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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