The Predator

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    Haven't seen the original in a dog's age, so downloaded a BR rip - man, it is really good - tight and well-paced. From the opening titles it only takes 10 minutes to set up the premise, the story, and introduce us to the key players - and in a way that we instantly 'get' each of their characters. Glorious.

    What the fuck happened to making action films like this? Now we have 40 minute preambles where the entire plot is explained and the remaining 90 minutes are spent mincing towards the end and some fucking sterile, hogwash CGI explode-fest.

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    • This, this and this.MrT
    • I would love to see a movie like Commando done in the same way in 2017Ramanisky2
    • Loved the Rundown with the Rock. Underrated action flick that (I feel) had similar goodness going on.Gucci
    • I'd say it's actually a full blown masterpiece.inteliboy
    • It is a masterclass in muscular (no pun intended), lean, film-making. McTiernan is a great director. I watched Suicide Squad recently. Took an hour to get goingface_melter
    • Except the village attack, that movie is a masterpiece of is genre.ApeRobot
    • https://www.youtube.… take us back!ArchitectofFate
    • and the village attack wasn't directed by McT was it?MrT
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