after star a one of the most iconic and unstoppable villain ever in terminator and it be high time that arnie have a worthy foe to fight against . and he get way more than he bargain for with the predator . before his crown achievement of die hard and john mctiernan assemble a group of seven muscle bound commando in the south american jungle and let them unleash hell on latino and russian and alien alike with an awesome arsenal of macho weaponry . this be definitely a boys movie . both alien and alien hell and even friday the 13th have a thing about two female go head to head at the end . how be u guy suppose to get a kick out of ending like that . arnie play major alan dutch schaefer and the leader of an elite spec ops force . his team be call to duty by general phillips ( r. g. armstrong ) and the very suspicious dillon ( carl weather ) to rescue a bunch of government official and who have be shoot down in enemy territory in latin america . as soon a they arrive in the jungle something be watch their every move from the tree . and they get the feeling that thing just ain not right . the first rescue team be find disembowelled and skin . same go for their chopper . none of them trust dillon . he up to no good . there be no cabinet minister be hold hostage and just a bunch of his cia pal be torture by the russian . in no less than five minute and all seven of them completely obliterate a rebel guerrilla camp . the cia hostage be dead . dutch be angry and feel mighty betray . dillon lie to him and their mission be over as soon a it start . all they have to do be make a journey through one valley to the near rendezvous point and fly back home . not so simple when a high tech and seemingly invisible and 72 and extra terrestrial rastafarian hunter be pick them off one by one and keep their skull a trophy . this predator be obviously a fan of the 1932 movie and the most dangerous game . in the same way that he create nervous claustrophobia around the nakatomi plaza in die hard and mctiernan flood the movie with an oppressive and twitchy atmosphere . half of the film ominous tone come from alan silvestri militaristic and primeval score and with pound drum and lurk string and indicate that the predator haunt presence be everywhere . he could strike from any corner at any moment . and he do . nothing dutch and his men seem to do can thwart this enemy and in no time at all dutch be the last one standing . he run for his life with the predator in hot pursuit . the final act be no doubt the strong and can even be view a a separate movie altogether . mctiernan ditch the lush and steamy jungle from the first two act and completely turn it around into a strikingly gothic and baroque and supernatural landscape . there be a subtext of primitive brutality win over highly advanced super weapon . and there be enough testosterone between dutch and the predator to fill 100 tanker truck . woman and totally and need not apply . definitely one of arnie best and a landmark action movie . no doubt . outdone only by the sequel . note represent when the predator rise out of the lake and try to locate arnie and who be cover in mud and he notice a monkey sit on a log . freeze frame the film when he zoom in and you will see a single frame shot of a man in a white vest with an explosion or lens flare behind . it look like a shot from die hard ( which wasn not make at the time . ) and i have no clue how it get in there . weird huh .