![]() The effects are rougher and less polished - a result of the on-location filming and the ostensible creature’s own clunky design - compared to other flicks released around the same time - films like RoboCop, Aliens, and Arnold’s own Total Recall, for example. Watching Predator again for the first time in quite a while, I was surprised at the low-budget quality of the production. ![]() RELATED: Prey Trailer & Poster Teases Hulu Release for Predator Prequel ![]() After his crew is picked off one by one, Dutch must defeat the ugly hunter, or end up as a trophy on the creature’s belt. The premise is simple enough: a military rescue team led by Alan “Dutch” Schaefer (Schwarzenegger) - and consisting of Dillon (Carl Weathers), Mac (Bill Duke), Poncho (Richard Chaves), Blain (Jesse Ventura), Billy (Sonny Landham), and Hawkins (Shane Black) - does battle with a mysterious alien in the jungles of the fictional country Val Verde. Plus, it all but cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger - coming off the heels of The Terminator and Commando - as the de facto action star of the 1980s. Believe it or not, John McTiernan’s Predator blasted into theaters 35 years ago and went on to rip $98 million from the worldwide box office.
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