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movie review - Predator

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

For "movie night" we watched this old gem in honor of the passing of Carl Weathers. By 'old' I mean it dates to when I was about the same age that our son now is. It's the tale of a high-testosterone US special forces team sent into the jungles of central America in search of some Big Wigs who have been taken hostage. Or so they are told. What they find instead is that something they can't quite see is hunting all the armed men in the area, and that this super-predator has taken an interest in them. Can they learn what it is? Can they defeat it?

It's a bit dated, now, but there's no question that this is an original story with a good introduction to the characters and the situation, and then a smooth transition into a who-is-the-hunter conflict. Some of the scenes are of course far-fetched to the point of being a distraction, but it's better made than you might think for a muscular action piece from that era.

Recommended.