Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) takes his team of commandos into the jungle on a rescue mission and find themselves hunted by an alien.

Predator has to be the pinnacle of the 1980’s action movie. It is perfectly streamlined, humorous, macho and features one of the greatest creatures designed for a film. The opening scenes are exceptional at conveying our macho team, explaining the mission and getting us into the thick of it fast. The helicopter ride in gives us a brief but telling insight into every member of the squad and then drops us into the action.

The action is explosive and brutal and the tension is amped up by a staccato score and the thermal images of the Predator’s viewpoint. And of course Schwarzenegger is at his height, both in terms of his muscle mass and his memorable lines.

Having watched this as a 30th anniversary screening it is good to know that Shane Black who plays Hawkins and is known to have provided the humour to the film with uncredited additions to the script will be providing us with a sequel next year as writer/director for The Predator.