That cheeky cat-and-mouse dynamic would continue throughout all six of the “Predator” films to follow, permanently fusing the high-octane legacy of the action-packed ’80s with timeless alien invasion horror equally as badass.ĭirector John McTiernan and Schwarzenegger would pass their respective plasma torches to director Stephen Hopkins and “Lethal Weapon” star Danny Glover in 1990 for “Predator 2”: an underwhelming sequel that would eventually spur the famous “Alien” crossovers. But when strangely skinned corpses and mysterious shimmers in the trees reveal a hulking alien hunting humans for sport, the reluctant fighter is forced to embrace guerrilla warfare - and a brutal personal philosophy - to survive.Įquipped with intergalactic firepower, a sci-fi cloaking device, voice-changing technology, and a ruthless attitude, the Predator poses a fantastic threat to Schwarzenegger’s formidable protagonist, whose most effective weapons turned out to be his cunning and knack for improv. So, naturally, he begins operating by earthbound rules. Sent into the perilous jungles of Val Verde, a fictional location first seen in the Schwarzenegger-starring “Commando” (and again in the Bruce Willis-anchored “Die Hard 2”), Dutch assumes he’s on an earthbound mission. Arnold Schwarzenegger kicks off his legendary performance as Dutch, the alien-fighting star of the first and best “Predator” movie, with a warning: “We’re a rescue team, not assassins.” It’s a fitting starting block for the 1987 action classic-turned-seven-film sci-fi series, though you might not know it at first.
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