Predator [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Predator [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Predator
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS MOVIES JUST AS GOOD TODAY AS IT WAS WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, AND NOW THANKS TO HIGH DEFINITION IT LOOKS AND SOUND BETTER THEN EVER! :)Movie Review: Fox blows it on Blu-Ray again
Summary: 1 Stars
My 1-star review is not for the movie, Predator, which I love. I bought it twice on DVD: the first single-disc release with no extras, and then the excellent 2-disc special edition. I am not going to be buying on Blu-Ray, however, until the chowder-heads over at Fox start including all of the ALREADY PRODUCED extras on their Blu-Ray discs. Case in point: Predator.
Predator on Blu-Ray features a higher definition transfer (though on a single layer disc), but carries over none of the special features from the 2-disc DVD. How hard would this have been? Make it a dual layer Blu-Ray, and just throw them all on there in standard definition. That would have guaranteed and instant buy for me. But this habit of dumping the film bare-bones onto Blu-Ray is reminiscent of the early days of DVD, and I thought we were past that. Other studios are doing a fine job of including all the special features, so why is Fox being dumb? And why are they slapping a $40 MSRP on a bare-bones release?
You would have had me with a good release, Fox. I would gladly plonk down the cash for a true upgrade from my DVD version. But you blew it, and you're not getting my money.
Movie Review: Wait for a better release.
Summary: 3 Stars
While the movie itself is a pretty good action sci-fi flick that has a not-so-subtle commentary on the 80's action hero phenomenon, this disk is not. You get no extra features for one. Another thing to consider is the movie on this disk is going to be grainy. That's not a fault of the transfer so much, though the movie is encoded in mpeg2. The movie was filmed in the Super 35 (grainy format) using Kodak film (that was also grainy). Aside from color separation the difference in resolution won't be that big. Still it's likely the best looking transfer you will ever see for Predator.
Now I've been getting different reports on the audio. Amazon is saying all you get is English 5.1 DTS-HD (lossless audio), but I have been getting reports the disk will also have English Dolby Digital 4.0, French Dolby Stereo and Spanish Dolby Mono. I'm also getting conflicting reports on subtitles where Amazon is saying English and Spanish subtitles while I hear you will also get English SDH, Korean and Chinese.
With all these misreports it makes me wonder if there is another release on the horizon. Either way I would wait for and get the mess of extras that came on the Special Edition DVD instead of the single disk with just the grainy movie. That's right. All you get is a theatrical trailer on this release and the fact the disk is D-Box ready (that's a motion control system installed inside a chair so it moves and shakes to events in a movie or video game... don't see many people having this in their living rooms).
Verdict? I say wait. They WILL release a blu-ray version with a score of extras if for no other reason than the fact they already made one on DVD.
Movie Review: This one never lets up
Summary: 5 Stars
The last time I saw Predator was when I was pretty young and at that time I loved it. Luckily age has been very good to the film being that it was even better then I remembered. As far as sci-fi flicks go this is by far one of the best. It has just the right amount of sci-fi and action to make it a non stop classic.
The story follows a group of commandos sent on a rescue mission deep into the heart of the South American jungle. However there mission doesn't go quite as planned. They have just walked into the biggest nightmare of their lives going up against an creature not from this earth. The mission focus quickly changes to how they will be able to survive.
This is a tremendous flick. It has everything you need, especially if you are a guy. I would absolutely recommend Predator for any fan of the genre.
Movie Review: Arnold against Predator!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Predator" (1987) is just a new Classic Thriller. So good it was that unavoidable sequel ensued. When I first saw this film at the theater I was fascinated. Such a good sci-fi movie is just a treat for buffs like me. Usually the genre provides lots of second rate stuff or in the other hand when they try to be "serious" they end just "pretentious".
In my own ranking "Predator" stands side by side with "The Terminator", "Blade Runner", "Alien", "Brazil" and "The Matrix".
The story is as follows: a commando unofficial party penetrates a Centro-American jungle in a rescue mission. Things go mysteriously awry and the patrol finds itself deep in the jungle, followed by an invisible enemy and decimated one by one disregarding their overwhelming fire-power.
The film follows this wild chase with unfaltering skill giving place to high voltage anthological scenes as the final confrontation between a mudded Dutch, almost single-handed & the wounded, yet lethal, Predator.
Arnold Schwarzenegger gives his second best interpretation; of his early actor's career (IMHO the best was as The Terminator). His unflinching personification of the ex-Green Beret is paramount; he won't smile even in the final credits. It's amazing how an actor almost expressionless, as Arnold, will convey such stamina charged performance & captivate the audience.
The performance of the rest of the Team is far over standard characterizations, not one or two, all of them: Carl Weathers (best know as Rocky eternal rival Apollo Creed) fleshes a granite Special Agent, Bill Duke as powerful Mac, Jesse Ventura (now into politics as Arnold) performs as Blain, Sonny Landham is the monosyllabic Billy, Richard Chaves a suffering Poncho, Elpidia Carrillo is Anna the captured guerrilla and last but not least Kevin Hall is the Predator in person!
Director John McTiernan shows his great ability & sense of rhythm for full fledged action movies, as he will show more than once directing "Die Hard" (1988), "The Hunt of Red October" (1990) and "The 13th Warrior" (1999).
Cinematography in charge of Donald McAlpine is very good & special effects are outstanding!
This is a recommended film for sci-fi and action film's fan.
Reviewed by Max Yofre.