# Predator (1987)

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**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
**Directed by**: John McTiernan
**Written by**: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
**Starring**: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura

> *Soon the hunt will begin.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Central American jungle, summer, helicopter rotors. 
A team of commandos drops in, guns drawn, surrounded by dense foliage. 
McTiernan shoots action with a visceral intensity.

**Mood tags**: dread, raw

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.8/10 (499718 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 64% · Metacritic 47/100

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