Soon the hunt will begin.
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Science FictionActionAdventureThrillerguerrilla warfarecentral and south americapredatortrapaliensurvivalstalkingcreaturealien invasioninvisiblecommandoaggressive
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, plot-driven and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerMajor Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
- Carl WeathersAl Dillon
- Kevin Peter HallThe Predator / Helicopter Pilot
- Elpidia CarrilloAnna Gonsalves
- Bill DukeMac Eliot
- Jesse VenturaBlain Cooper
- Sonny LandhamBilly Sole
- Richard ChavesJorge "Poncho" Ramirez
- R.G. ArmstrongMajor General Homer Phillips
- Shane BlackRick Hawkins
Crew
- John McTiernanDirector
- Jim ThomasWriter
- John ThomasWriter
- Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
- Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
- Mark HelfrichEditor
- John F. LinkEditor
- Lawrence GordonProducer
- Joel SilverProducer
- John DavisProducer
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