Predator (film)
Sign in to savePredator is a 1987 American science fiction action horror film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch, the leader of a paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in a Central American rainforest, who encounters a deadly Predator, a skilled and technologically advanced extraterrestrial that stalks and hunts his team down. The film also features Elpidia Carrillo, Carl Weathers, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura and Shane Black.
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Predator is a 1987 American action, science fiction, horror, and thriller film directed by John McTiernan. The screenplay was written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, with music composed by Alan Silvestri. The cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, and Kevin Peter Hall. Production companies involved include Universal Pictures, Silver Pictures, Davis Entertainment, and 20th Century Studios. The film was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+.
Filmed in Mexico and Puerto Vallarta, the narrative is set in Guatemala. The original languages include English, Spanish, and Russian. Donald McAlpine served as director of photography, while Mark Helfrich was the film editor. The movie has a runtime of 107 minutes and carries an R rating. It was followed by Predator 2.
The film had a production budget of $15,000,000 and generated box office revenue of $98,268,458. It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Audience and critic ratings vary, with an IMDb score of 7.8, a Metascore of 47, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 64%.
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Film · TMDB
7.6A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
- Carl Weathers as Al Dillon
- Kevin Peter Hall as The Predator / Helicopter Pilot
- Elpidia Carrillo as Anna Gonsalves
- Bill Duke as Mac Eliot
- Jesse Ventura as Blain Cooper
Themes
- guerrilla warfare
- central and south america
- predator
- trap
- alien
- survival
- stalking
- creature
- alien invasion
- invisible
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
499,718 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
47/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 6 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- predator
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Original language
- Russian
- Series
- Predator (franchise)
- Followed by
- Predator 2
- Director
- John McTiernan
- Cast member
- Sven-Ole Thorsen
- Composer
- Alan Silvestri
- Producer
- Joel Silver
- Production company
- FPT Corporation
- Cinematographer
- Donald McAlpine
- Narrative location
- Guatemala
- Filming location
- Puerto Vallarta
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 987948
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-08-27
- title
- Predator
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- distributed by
- Disney+
- capital cost
- 15000000
- box office
- 59735548
- film editor
- Mark Helfrich
- media franchise
- Predator (franchise)
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 7.8/10
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action horror film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch, the leader of a paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in a Central American rainforest, who encounters a deadly Predator (Kevin Peter Hall), a skilled and technologically advanced extraterrestrial that stalks and hunts his team down. The film also features Elpidia Carrillo, Carl Weathers, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura and Shane Black.
Predator was written in 1984 with a working title of Hunter. Filming ran from March to June 1986 with creature effects, devised by Stan Winston and a budget of around $15 million. 20th Century Fox released the film on June 12, 1987, in the United States of America, and it grossed $98 million worldwide. Initial reviews were mixed, but the film has since been considered a classic of action and science fiction genres and one of the best films of the 1980s, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
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