The original Predator film was first released in the UK in 1988 and was a great event at the time.
Produced by Joel Silver, Lawrence Gorden and John Davis.
Written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Directed by John McTieran
Edited by Mark Helfrinch and John F.Link.
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Elpidia Carrillo, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham and Kevin Peter Hall.
The films starts with an elite unit of specially trained soldiers being airdropped in to the thick jungle in Guatemala.
Major Alan 'Dutch' Schaefer (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads the unit on the orders of General Phillips to rescue presidential ministers who were kidnapped by guerrilla forces.
Major Alan's old army friend, Major George Dillan (played by Carl Weathers), enlists for the mission.
When searching through the jungle they ...
blissman70 19.02.2008
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SPACE 1999
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Here we are again with another memorable sci-fi series from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson whose other 'Hits' included Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds and UFO.
Space 1999 was set on the Moon where a Moon base has been built and nuclear waste from the Earth was stored, but things are not well and soon the nuclear waste explodes blowing the moon out of earths orbit and sets it on a course out of the solar system.
The series then follows the crew left alive the Alpha moon base as the travel around the universe and as they meet many strange aliens and come across other civilizations and weird planets.
The program aired from 1975 - 1977 and actually only lasted for 2 series but with 24 episodes in each series it seemed to go on for a lot longer.
The crew consisted of some well known ...
there is no doubt that this is an action adventure movie as it is packed full of great fighting scenes and steakouts. Although you dont actually see the predator until half way through the film the action still builds at a phenominal rate. It is obvious arnold schwarzenegger was not put in the lead role of this play because of his acting talent alone but he plays the part very well. Considering the time the film was made the special effects in the explosions and predator himself are excellent. Compared to other films in this era predator is up there as a classic and would do its self justice in anyones dvd collection. I think if you are thinking of buying this its a very good choice especially if you like action movies such as rambo platoon even apocolypse now ...
james0000 15.08.2008
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