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Predator

1987 · Movie · 107 min

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Scores

  • IMDb7.8/10as of 2026-02-22
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer80%as of 2022-11-29
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.1/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic47/100as of 2025-06-16

What it is

Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action horror film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch, the leader of a paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in a Central American rainforest, who encounters a deadly Predator, a skilled and technologically advanced extraterrestrial that stalks and hunts down his team.

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Genres
Action / Science fiction / Horror / Thriller / Adventure
Original language
English

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