 What's going on guys welcome to a brand new retro review today We're gonna be revisiting the original predator that came out in 1987 Of course, this is leading up to the brand new shame black film the predator I haven't done any retro reviews in a while, but I want to start doing them for the predator So with this we're calling this kind of like instead of the journey to infinity where we're telling this the journey to the predator We have predator 1987 predator to Predators with Adrian Brody, and then it will top it off with the new predator now Of course you guys probably wondering where's the only inverse predator? I don't really want to talk about those I could care less to revisit those they are not good But they will be included in the ranking when I do rank them all after seeing the new shame black one But of course guys comment I won't tell me what you guys thoughts are on the original predator 1987 predator I had a blast re-watching this film and I'm so excited to talk about it Just a small detail. I might be doing some spoilers throughout this movie So if you haven't checked out the predator and you want to go check it out come back watch the review But guys, let's get into the predator 1987 I have a really soft spot for this film. This is one of the first rated our films I ever saw growing up my dad and me have very fond memories of watching this Constantly re-watching this movie and just totally having a blast with it I've Arnold is like one of my all-time favorite like action stars because even as a kid Terminator this and just going all over all his filmography These are two of the most main films that I ever watched as kid in the predator is not at those extents I mean my dad showed me this is a very young age and I was so into the film That it's always been engraved into my head that I've always been more of a predator fan Then the alien fan and just this is kind of like one of my first like things going into movies learning about facts about the movies learning that shame black is actually in this movie and Now he's writing and directing the new one which I just think is cool And they had him on set for this one because he constantly had to keep changing the script So they were like always put him as an actor I think that's so cool And then just all these other small little details of like why they made the film like the reason they made it it's because of Rocky for and the fact that They were like well of Rocky to fight someone has to be an alien and just cool little details like that that like my Dad shared with me and my friends shared with me when we talked about this movie And I think one of my favorite things is that the blood is like supposed to be like this of Mountain Dew types thing Which I mean I don't drink Mountain Dew it looks gross But I could imagine it being like a little alien blood maybe that's actually what Mountain Dew is It's actually predator like predators are real. I was curious to see how this film would work I haven't watched this film in quite a few years, but I just picked up the 4k's which let me tell you this the fork It looks amazing like it looks amazing. Last time I watched this was on the blu-ray and the blu-ray was not the best quality It's pretty bad a 4k does something where it just Enhances the screen. I mean that's what 4k is supposed to do But it really enhanced everything in the screen the look the feel this movie looked like it had come out yesterday Besides the special effects which we'll get into but I mean this film is so it's one of the most highly acclaimed action films for a reason It has the one-liners it has the high octane action has the thrilling moments and has a really good score to it That just adds the intensity it has big muscle bound buys who are all washed up and all bad-ass I mean you look at Carl Wethersen here and the guy's like boom bam boom cha-cha Of course Arnold is the big old man the big Arnold man. I just love that. I love it Like it's this is just a total like it's like you grab the bunch of your action figures When in the jungle and just played around with them And that's what this film feels like it has all those action beats from the 80s that you want again The 4k's really do show that this film holds up in at least its looks the special like so for the predator is the one thing That caught me off guard because I forgot that they do not hold up They're still fun to see and some of the effects do still hold up with him But the one of the camouflaging not the best it kind of looks like big foot in camouflage suit Just like jumping from the trees and stuff and it's a little weird But I'm not gonna like totally go against it because the film did come out in the 80s 1987 and it's still Enjoyable it's still fun. It doesn't it's not like a huge glaring issue You got to remember that this film is older, but it still looks good for today It's just that's not something that we'd see today And especially the film is filmed in general like all the action sequences are very much different but that's what you go to see these films because It's sad that some of the action in this film is filmed better than a lot of the action It is today some of its wide shots from of its up close shots And of course this isn't like a fisticuffs thing even though Arnold does literally go hand-to-hand combat with the predator By the end of the film which Yeah, it's cool. It's fun. I like it. That's something I've always liked is the one-liners in here I mean Arnold has so many memorable one-liners like I you could literally write a book with all the one-liners The guy has in here and one of my favorite ones is always when he goes if it bleeds We can kill it love that love that line and then get to the choppa. I mean those are two of the most like iconic lines from Arnold's filmography and It just comes from this one movie even like all the supporting cast of course like all The crewmates have something to them. Yeah, they're not like they're just simple Caridizations I mean even Arnold is you don't really care to animate any of these characters You don't understand any of their background history really just besides that they're a bunch of commandos and a jungle on a rescue mission And it goes wrong with something hunting them down one by one and that is a very intriguing concept You know like it is a really cool concept to hear that and just they put this imposing force Which the predator in the makeup in the suit looks awesome? Like I love the special effects the puppetry that they have on the mask Especially when he pops it off and you actually see the face it looks awesome And just everything that the predator looks like it looks like it's a real real thing And that's something that I was curious to see is again. How does that hold up? Yeah, the special effects are okay But how does that hold up and it just does there's a couple great moments in here with a predator and Arnold are going At it and he's shooting his rockets into the the tree lines and it just makes them some great cinematography shots right there and That's not something I expect from a 1980s action film a predator brings that and predator is still one of the most iconic action films This film is great. It carries some great awesome One-liners in here Arnold gives just a badass performance You've got an awesome villain in the predator and just insane that this film still holds up today Yeah, the CGI whatever the score is great. It fits the tone of this film the actions high octane It's thrilling it gets you on the edge of your seat and it's bloody. It's gory and it's intense It's one of those things that you've got to see if you've never checked up the predator You have to check it out. So with all that said I'm gonna give the predator an A minus I'm curious to hear you guys thoughts on the predator though So make sure to comment down below and tell me what your thoughts are on the 1987 version Tell me are you guys excited for the new one? Are you excited not? What's your favorite predator film? Let's talk about it down below in the comments here curious to hear you guys thoughts But of course guys if you guys are new here Get up sandwich on films right down there because right down there you can get into advanced movie screens like the predator We're doing giveaways for that. 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