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The Predator movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was one of the best action science fiction of the 1980’s. Released in 1987 the Predator movie was the first major studio film for director John Mc Tiernan. Predator was also one of the films where actor and former Mr. Olympia and professional bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger was at his all time biggest and most muscular since he starred in Conan the Barbarian. The Predator movie makers used ground breaking special effects to create a creature from outer space and mix it with live jungle action in the most remarkable way.

Jesse the body Ventura was a member of Arnold’s elite crew of crack commandos in this epic action film along with wild man Sonny Landham. It was reported that while the Predator movie was being filmed Sonny Landham needed a full time bodyguard, not to protect him but to protect others from him as the studio that released Predator the movie knew he had a reputation for going a little crazy so they had a bodyguard with him at all times.

Writer Shane Black took up an acting role in the Predator movie which saw him not only on set most days in his capacity as an actor but also to oversee the production since John Mc Tiernan the director had never been at the helm of such a big budget film before. John Mc Tiernan certainly didn’t let the studio down with this original and classic big screen blockbuster.

The Predator movie was released just 3 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger made The Terminator which was his biggest movie achievement ever at that time. The huge worldwide success of the movie Predator only cemented Arnold’s position as the biggest action movie star in the world. Although Arnold was neck and neck with Sylvester Stallone at that time the Predator movie made it clear that Arnold was, just like when he was a bodybuilding champion, “numero uno” at the box office.

Predator also saw Arnold Schwarzenegger team up with another actor he had previously worked with on the film set of Commando and that was Bill Duke. Bill Duke is the veteran of many action movies and puts in a stellar performance in Predator. There was one scene in particular when Bill Duke’s character picked up the monstrous gun that was held by Jesse Ventura just before he was killed by the Predator and started firing into the jungle. This huge gun in question was actually a gun that is normally mounted on a helicopter and not usually held by one man. Needless to say this scene not only looked awesome but sounded incredible as well due to the whizzing sound of this massive helicopter gun.

The Predator movie sees Arnold leading a group of commandos on a mission to find a group of military men who had gone missing in the jungle but they end up finding more than they bargained for when they encountered a violent 7 foot creature from outer space played by actor Kevin Peter Hall who unfortunately died not long after the Predator movie was made.

This was director John Mc Tiernan’s first big hit but he has gone on to become one of Hollywood’s great action directors. The Predator movie is classic Arnold and probably one of the most memorable films of his stellar career. One piece of interesting Predator movie trivia is that Arnold had a complete gym flown onto the movie set so he could work out and keep himself bulked up and huge for the role of Major Dutch in this film.

Predator review-stuff.com rating 9 out of 10.