“Predator” may just seem like another macho, shoot ‘em-up movie but it is actually skilfully made. Parts of it are really engaging and so it really makes it stand tall among other 80s action films. It is also responsible for giving the world the Predator creature.

In “Predator”, a team of commandos, led by Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger “Commando”, “The Terminator”), embark on a mission in a Central American jungle. After their mission is completed they are hunted down one-by-one by an elite killer known as the ‘Predator’ (Kevin Peter Hall). Now, they need all their wits about them if they are going to survive because the Predator won’t give up.

The commandos are quite memorable for the most part but Dutch is easily the best. Towards the end of the film, he discovers a way to beat the Predator with using the weapons available to him and it shows he is a lot smarter than your average action movie hero. The Predator is actually a fascinating villain. Despite the fact that “Alien” is a much better movie, there is no real reason for the creature to kill the people. However, the Predator does it for sport and only kills if they are armed, he even likes to battle hand-to-hand if he thinks it will make it fair. The best thing as well is that he collects and preserves the skulls of his victims and has them as some form of trophy.

“Predator” starts off as your standard tough guy picture but as it progresses there are plenty of well-done moments that really are impressive. Armed with macho good guys, ridiculous phrases such as ‘sexual tyrannosaurus’, an intriguing villain (as far as aliens go) and some wonderful special effects, “Predator” surprised me. “Predator” stills remains one of the most popular action films of all-time and that’s because it actually turns out to have more brains than it first appears.