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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Advantages: Stunning views, sense of achievement Disadvantages: Unbelievably exhausting! Very expensive.
During the peak of the Inca Empire, many steep paved routes were built as a system of highways throughout the empire for the chasqui runners of its ruler (the eponymous Inca) to travel on. If people mention "the" Inca trail, they are referring to the most famous one of all - the paved path leading to the famous Machu Picchu, an Incan city perched on a mountain top high in the Peruvian Andes.
Since I was a child and heard of Machu Picchu, I wanted to hike along its famous and difficult trail. The city has a mysterious appeal to it - having remained hidden from the Spanish conquistadores, it was unknown to Europeans (though not to locals!) until 1911 when Hiram Bingham "discovered" it. Even today, the city (and its neighbouring modern town Aguas Calientes) are extremely isolated - you arrive there by train or on foot, not by road ...
Advantages: Excellent storyline, one for everyone Disadvantages: none, it's great
The Desperate Trail is an 129 minute, graphic western starring Sam Elliott {Road House, Tombstone}, Craig Sheffer {Nightbreed, A River Runs Through It} and Linda Fiorentino {Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma}. By and large this film centre around these three actors.
Characters:
Craig Sheffer- Jack Cooper, outlaw and con man
Linda Fiorentino- Sarah O'Rourke, outlaw
Sam Elliott- Bill Speakes, U.S Marshall
The film starts with Jack Cooper, Sarah O' Rourke and Bill Speakes among others travelling along in a Stagecoach. Jack keeps trying to make small talk with Sarah. Speakes tells him he's wasting his time with Sarah and shows him that she is cuffed to him, and tells him Sarah is heading for the gallows. A short time later there is an attempted hold-up on the Stagecoach that get's foiled. However in the excitement Sarah is able to ...
