possible spoilerspredator be arguably the best of the 80 or early 90 action bonanza . well conceived and psychologically taut and visually vibrant and deeply entertaining and it have age remarkably well . the direction and screenplay and special effect and and general production value of predator be just a muscular and confident a it cast . even when the movie slip into excess ( which it frequently do and with gratuitous flexing and absurdly over the top firefights and and unabashed macho banter ) and it do so with such a boisterous swagger that you can not help but hop on for the ride . this be film make at it most self assure and unapologetic . director john mctiernan have say he set out to make a classic popcorn movie and and he succeed in spade . the story be surprisingly thematically strong and and believe it or not and it owe that to the depth of schwartzenegger character a monster movie hero who actually on par with the monster . every action hero have to have his requisite humanizing moment it par for the course . smile at a kid and save a puppy and blah blah blah . but dutch be more effective than any other instance i can think of because they be so believable and unforced . i do not do this kind of work and dutch say indignantly after he learn his team ( we be a rescue team and not assassin . ) have be dupe into attack a rebel camp on the pretense of rescue hostage . it really a great moment a simple and unexaggerated statement of ethic as tough a dutch and his team look and they derive real pride from the fact that they be in the business ( primarily ) of save life rather than end them . it not shove in our face and we do not have to watch dutch cradle a tattered child doll in the wreckage or anything it just there . this crucial humanizing moment make dutch struggle with the predator all the more striking he have to give in to that part of himself that he reject early on in the movie represent the aggressor and the killer and the hunter and the savage . he have to allow this part of himself to take over in order to survive . the ensemble cast deserves kudos and too ( especially bill duke in the performance of a lifetime a the smolder mac ) the film be much deep and rich thanks to their spirited characterization . we actually care when these guy ( who would be call side character in most other action movie ) be pick off by the malicious demon that hunt and haunt them . again and the characterization be effective and feel genuine and which lend great mean to the central action of the movie . a screen write formula go and this be definitely not rocket science and and most action and horror film attempt it in some form or fashion and but surprisingly few do so successfully . and and of course and the other star of predator the creature itself and be masterfully conceive and design and both with and without the mask . it still stand ( along with and yes and the alien ) a one of the coolest and most imaginative monster ever put on film . this be a very important movie to people ( especially guy ) of my generation i remember re watch it repeatedly when i be ten or eleven ( probably too young . ) and totally fascinated and drawn in to the primal story of kill or be kill . i can honestly say that this appeal have not dwindle one iota . if and like me and you grow up on predator and i highly recommend pick up the new dvd so you can see for yourself how well it have stand the test of time . if you haven not see it and have any respect for action film or thriller whatsoever and check it out .