

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Practical Effects
Stan Winston's creature design still unmatched forty years later.
Acting
Arnold's 'Get to the choppa!' — cinema's greatest delivery.
Score
Silvestri's tribal drums pulse like the Predator's heartbeat.

Director
John McTiernan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jean-Claude Van Damme originally played the Predator but quit after two days, finding the suit 'ridiculous' and the role 'stupid.'
The thermal vision effect was achieved by filming the jungle with infrared cameras, then reversing the negative — accidentally inventing a franchise's entire visual language.