Predator 4K UHD
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Major Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the leader of a seasoned military rescue unit looking for allies captured by guerrillas in the Latin American jungle. Although at first it seems like a successful mission, something horrifying and inexplicable suddenly begins to happen: One by one the men are killed by a merciless, invisible, seemingly unstoppable extra-terrestrial enemy! Predator 4K UHD
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a code of honor which he will not violate, even when his life depends on it. Paradoxically, his code of honor gives him the backbone to survive as a military special forces operative when he is sent on a covert mission to rescue another group which was sent in to assist some nefarious U.S. government plan in a Latin American country. Predator 4K UHD
Additional information
| Aspect Ratio : | 2.35:1 |
|---|---|
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : | No |
| MPAA rating : | R (Restricted) |
| Product Dimensions : | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces |
| Item model number : | 024543553779 |
| Director : | John McTiernan |
| Media Format : | 4K |
| Run time : | 1 hour and 47 minutes |
| Release date : | August 7, 2018 |
| Actors : | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham |
| Dubbed: : | French, Spanish |
| Subtitles: : | English |
| Producers : | John Davis, Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver |
| Studio : | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| ASIN : | B07DQMMPJZ |
| Country of Origin : | USA |
| Number of discs : | 2 |
| Best Sellers Rank: | #316 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs |
| Customer Reviews: | (16,511) |
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blueog –
Near perfect SciFi thriller.
Arnie scores another hit (this time even with more than 5 lines). Great alien creature; one of the better “actor-in-latex” creations.
cookieman108 –
It came for the thrill of the hunt. It picked the wrong man
Now few may know this, but before Arnold Swarzenegger became `The Govenator’ of California, he actually starred in a score of action films. It’s true! Predator (1987), directed by John McTiernan, whose next film would be the hugely successful Die Hard (1988), solidifying his status as the director with the most machismo in Hollywood, stars the great lumpy one (Ahnold), although not quite as lumpy as he was in his first major action film, Conan the Barbarian (1982), along with Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed from the Rocky films), Jesse `The Body soon to be governor of Minnesota’ Ventura, Bill Duke (he also appeared with Arnold in the mindless 1985 action flick Commando), and Sonny Landham (Billy Bear in the popular 1982 Eddie Murphy film 48 Hrs.). There are a few others, but these are main players…along with the Predator, played by the colossal 7’2” Kevin Peter Hall, who passed away in 1991.As the film begins, we learn some gooberment officials have been captured as their chopper (that’s the cool way of saying helicopter, in case you didn’t know) has been shot down in some unfriendly country, which, I believe, is somewhere in South America, but they never really specify. Maj. George Dillon (Weathers) calls in a group that specializes in rescuing captures officials, dignitaries, and so on, lead by Maj. ‘Dutch’ Schaeffer (Swarzenegger). Among his team are Sgt. ‘Mac’ Eliot (Duke), Blain (Ventura), who carries one of the biggest guns I’ve ever seen, and Billy (Landham), along with a couple others. The mission? Go in and rescue the missing men…or so it seems, as later we find out that Dillon knows more than he’s letting on, but whatever…the group, with Dillon tagging along supposedly in command, enter the jungle, find the downed chopper, and make some horrific discoveries in that another team had been sent in prior to this one, a highly trained military unit, and only their `skinned’ corpses remain. Now, it’s never made clear whether Dutch’s group is actually in the military, or an ex-military group for hire, or mercenaries. Dutch claims they only do rescue missions, which would seem to indicate they are no longer in the military, as you don’t really get to pick and choose your missions, but his men still refer to him as `Major’ so I don’t know…I guess it doesn’t matter…as they travel deeper into the nasty, hot jungle, we get the impression they are being tracked. They find and neutralize the enemy camp, and Dillon’s true motives are revealed. This soon becomes a moot point, as they team begins to lose members one by one as a unseen hostile force starts picking them off. As they race back to a safe point for extraction (the choppers won’t venture in too far as the area is now `hot’, which I took to mean the group’s presence is known, and unfriendly soldiers are now swarming, looking for this small band), they begin to understand what they’re up against is more than they ever could have bargained for, as the elite team of fighters becomes fodder for something not of this Earth.If you are looking for sweaty muscle men with big guns, then you’ve found your Nirvana here. The characters never really reach much more than a two-dimensional level, but that’s of little consequence, as the name of the game is guns shooting, things blowing up, and pretty much non-stop action. I swear, I think this film has the most gunfire of just about any movie I’ve seen, and I’ve seen lots of them. Ventura’s character actually walks around with a Gatling gun, which looks uber-cool, but hardly the type of ordinance I’d take on a covert rescue mission. If you don’t know what a Gatling gun is, it usually consists of about six barrels or ten barrels mounted in a revolving frame and fires about 320 rounds a minute. Overkill? Maybe, but when it comes to the Predator, they don’t hit much. The battle scenes are exciting, as they’re filmed in such a way that puts the viewer into the action, rather than just watching it from the safety of your funky couch. The dialog may evoke a fair deal of wincing, as it’s chock full of macho witticisms, a few examples being, “If it bleeds, we can kill it”, or, when a character gets his arm grazed with a bullet, another character says, “You’re bleeding!”, to which the injured character replies, “I ain’t got time to bleed”. If it had been me, I probably would have been on the ground, crying, but then I’m neither cool or battle-harden like the characters in the film. The Predator costume looks very good, despite the age of the film and the technological advances since, so much credit goes to special effects artist extraordinaire Stan Winston. All in all, Predator is fairly pure actioneer, with a dose of science fiction and a dollop of horror (the skinned bodies…). The film and it’s makers know what it is, and there’s very little pretense to make it anything more than that.The wide screen picture looks about as good as it’s going to get, and does show some minor flaws, but the audio seems to have been remastered for a DTS soundtrack as well as a Dolby Digital 5.1. There’s scads of extras, including a commentary track by the director, text commentary, a making of documentary titled “If it bleeds, we can kill it”, a section titled `Inside the Predator’ which is broken up into seven featurettes proving a great amount of detail, a Predator special effects section with five featurettes, a few deleted scenes and outtakes, a Predator profile, a photo gallery, and even a few Easter Eggs (hidden features) scattered about. Is this two disc set the definitive Predator edition? I suppose so, that is until another one comes out, like they did with Terminator 2. (It’s definitive for me as it’s more than I ever wanted or needed)Cookieman108
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Amazon Customer –
Perfect 4K restoration
This is what a 4K restoration should be. It looks AMAZING. Especially compared to the blu ray. Colors are deeper. All the film grain is wonderfully and beautifully preserved, losing no detail. Sound is spot on. I would call this demo worthy.
DeAd MiKe –
Ultimate Hunter Edition is excellent. DNR only bad in a few scenes.
I used to consider myself a film purist but I guess I no longer can because I really enjoyed this ‘digital noise reduction’ version of the film. That’s because the excessive DNR was noticeable mostly in the first 10 minutes (before they got to the jungle) and for a few scenes outside of that – scenes which had incredible amounts of grain which is why they look bad when they were DNR’d to death in this release – but I imagine they would have looked worse, and more out of place, if they weren’t grainless like the rest of the film (Ah, but film grain is good, and it should have been left in – in the first place – right? Yes, I’ll elaborate later). For film, grain IS good. Grain basically ‘is’ the detail in the film. There’s no denying that. I already have the 2-disc Collector’s Edition DVD, which I’ve watched many times so I know how grainy it looks. It never bothered me because I understood that that’s how the film was shot. The thing is, the original Blu-ray release of ‘Predator’ used a poor codec and the disc was only single layered. So, the compression artifacts made the grain look even worse. People complained, and FOX came out with this release. If they did it right the first time, and used the proper codec and bitrate (due to having the 50GB dual-layer disc that they have now), I’m sure there would be a lot less complaints. But, they screwed up the first time.Wanting to satisfy fans and milk this franchise for all it’s worth (since they left out all of the special features on the last Blu-ray), they decided to “clean up” the picture, put back all of the special features, and give a little sneak peek to the new ‘Predators’ movie. It was a good business strategy, but film purists would not agree. At first, I was very against the idea of this release. But hell, Amazon was offering it for $13.99 and I always wanted to own ‘Predator’ on Blu-ray (with the best picture possible and all of the special features), so i decided to give the disc a try.The first scene of the movie looks excessively DNR’d. I’m not denying that at all. However, I’ll live with that since the rest of the film looks BEAUTIFUL. It looks like it was shot yesterday. I know, I know. It wasn’t shot yesterday. It was shot in 1986 and released to theaters in 1987. The film stock used was cheap, hence the film should look grainy. I know that. But damn, the picture looks so gorgeous now. I still have my Collector’s Edition DVD for when I want to be a film purist and see the picture in all of its grainy glory. I wanted the film on Blu-ray, and I wasn’t about go to buy the original release which was more like an upscaled DVD. If the movie were released, grain in tact, with the proper codec and bitrate, I would have bought that. I feel that this disc is the lesser of two evils.If you want the movie to look like it did when it was in theaters, please, go and buy the lovely 2-disc Collector’s Edition DVD. If you want the movie to look like it was shot yesterday, buy this release. I’ve seen the movie enough times to know how it’s supposed to look. If you can get over the first scene looking excessively DNR’d, then give this release a try. I’ve included a page with some comparison shots of later scenes in the movie (to see the comparison, check out the ‘Comments’ section). If you prefer the grainy pictures, buy the DVD or the original Blu-ray. If you prefer the ‘clean’ (DNR’d) image, buy the ‘Ultimate Hunter Edition’ Blu-ray. Aside from the first scene (the infamous shot of waxy looking Arnold – which really didn’t look as bad in motion on my TV as it did in the screenshot), there really aren’t too many parts of the film where detail is lost due to the DNRing that took place. I know, grain is detail, but I’m talking about the lack of sharpness that can occur when too much DNR takes place. That doesn’t really happen at all, aside from that first scene. Give the screen shots a look and judge for yourself. The detail looks very well preserved, which is the ONLY reason I recommend this release. If the whole movie looked like the first scene did, I wouldn’t go near it at all. But, the picture quality ends up being pretty damn amazing, albeit artificial (since I know what it SHOULD look like). Like I said, I think this release is the lesser of two evils, especially since I don’t think FOX will re-release it AGAIN any time in the near future. The lossless audio (DTS-HD MA) track is amazing, the special features are great, and the picture quality (artificial, I know) is astounding. If you are a film purist, stay far away. If you don’t even know what DNR means and you just want a nice looking movie, you won’t be disappointed.On a side note, the menus can be a little annoying. They are very Predator-like, but they take too long to navigate and while you fastforward, an image pops up on screen showing you what chapter you’re on – this is the only disc I have that does this. That stuff was only a minor annoyance that doesn’t really detract from the awesome disc.In summary, I normally wouldn’t recommend such a DNR’d release like this, but since the only HD alternative was the lower bitrate (and worse codec) Blu-ray that was already released (with no extras), this seems like the obvious purchase – especially since the DNR is only distracting in that first scene. Once the action starts, the film looks beautiful – and the sound is amazing.PLEASE CHECK THE ‘COMMENTS’ SECTION FOR A SCREENSHOT COMPARISON!
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Amazon Customer –
good movie.
My order DVD is on the way, I haven’t receive it yet but watched this movie previously. This one like other Arnold’s movies is a SIFI, which is well prepared & fantasized. I personally like Arnold despite have never met him in person. His Austrian accent is the best furnishing all his movies. I have purchased two of his bests, this movie is one of them.
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GreatHeart Reviews –
A modern sci-fi classic!
Arnold in his prime. A fast paced, well filmed, suspenseful movie of man versus monster. This movie is full of great one liners from several characters that always bring laughter. A start to a lasting franchise and a true modern sci-fi-classic.
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Critic’s Corner –
Hunter vs. Prey in this Exciting Sci-Fi Action Film!
I got the bare-bones DVD version of the first Predator film, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch, the head of a crack military unit whose guys are hired for extraction or rescue mission jobs. Dutch has a sense of honor that Arnold plays well in all his action films. His men will follow him anywhere. He is resourceful and demands a high military standard. His unit is called in on a “rescue” mission which he’s not too happy about. And his pal whom he thought he could trust, will go in charge of his unit! Hell!The battle scenes when they ambush a bunch of South American militants is right out of a Rambo movie, except smartly played. Schwarzenegger shows off his weightlifting roots in one scene as he blows up, chops up, and stabs his way through the compound. I love these cheesy lines: “Stick around!” as he stabs a guy through to the wall! Vicious!As vicious as these guys are, they find they themselves are the hunted. Hunted by a being from space who has a code of honor as strong and as vicious as Dutch’s. As his pals get skinned alive and their skulls become part of the Predator’s collection, the rest of the film is pitting wits against wits — blood and sweat against advanced alien tech. Who will win?The Predator is a cool creature — “ugly as hell” and yet recognizes when his prey is worthy of a true knock-down, drag-out fight! The other army punks and such are cardboard in their acting and characterization, frankly. It’s really Arnold’s film.Now that I’ve seen this film I really understand a lot of the innuendo in the last film, Predators, that was released this summer. Exciting action/adventure film, some gore and very little sympathy. A guy’s film!Cast & Crew:Directed byJohn McTiernanWriting creditsJim ThomasJohn ThomasCastArnold Schwarzenegger … DutchCarl Weathers … DillonElpidia Carrillo… AnnaBill Duke … MacJesse Ventura … BlainSonny Landham … BillyRichard Chaves … PonchoR.G. Armstrong … General PhillipsShane Black … HawkinsRecommended!Other Films You Might Enjoy:
Predator (Ultimate Hunter Edition) [Blu-ray
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Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem (Unrated Edition)
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a customer –
Classic
This movie spawned an entire series. That series has horrible chapters and excellent ones. This one has become a classic among action movies, sci-fi, and Arnold fans.Arnold’s characters was named Dutch. He leads an elite military squad. So elite that they could choose which missions they accepted, and could disobey orders without extreme consequences. They were trained to be completely lethal, but they weren’t assassins. They were a rescue squad, capable of eliminating anything between them and who they were sent to save.The Predator is a fascinating alien, both physically and mentally. He’s a reptilian humanoid. His eyes are nothing like human, he sees the world through thermographic vision. His psyche is that of a hunter and a warrior. Humans are his prey of choice. His primary weapons are wrist mounted blades and energy weapons. He also had a cloaking technology, that makes him nearly invisible to human eyes. He appears as nothing but shimmering or rippling image.As Dutch’s team moves through the jungle, they’re hunted by the predator. They faced something that didn’t exist in their training. As the hunt continued, their conditioned responses deteriorated. One by one they reverted to their natural/individual states.Mac had a complete break down. He chased the Predator into the jungle, while screaming maniacally. Dillon overcame his CIA training, and remembered how to care about people – he went to save Mac. Confronted by the Predator, he found redemption and died with honor. Billy eventually stopped running. He drew a large knife waited for the Predator. He died standing tall and strong.Dutch was far more than a trained fighter, he was a natural Warrior. He lead the Predator away from the few survivors and then found a way to block the Predator’s vision. He staked out a part of the jungle, and outfitted it with a variety of traps. Then attached grenades to a spear and arrow. Once his chosen battle ground was ready, he lured the Predator to him.On arrival the Predator found himself being hunted. Dutch hit him with both grenades, which knocked out the cloaking shield and left him bleeding. The Predator eventually cornered Dutch, and appraised him thoroughly. Then he removed his energy weapons and his mask. The final battle wasn’t hunter and prey. It was Warrior to Warrior – Face to Face.When lethally wounded the Predator activated a self destruct device. No one in the audience ever forgets when the count down was initiated. The Predator’s laugh is burned into the memory of every fan.
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Movie Fan –
Best Arnold movie ever!
Is it me, or has Arnold’s acting skills gone down hill over the years? He did a fine acting job in predator, but his movies since then, you almost wonder if he ever had any experience acting at all. I know that we all say, hey it’s arnold, he doesn’t need to be an oscar winning actor to be popular and likeable. All his movies, and corny calling card lines like I’LL BE BACK, doesn’t change the fact that his movies are mainly “action”. Blowing things up, shooting bad guys, chopping arms off, and yes he has done some extremly odd movies, such as “junior” (Oh my i’m almost ashamed to mention that I’ve seen it. It was horrible.) He should have just stuck to what he is good at. And that is sci-fi/action-thrillers such as PREDATOR. You still can enjoy predator to this day. The most unforgettable scene is when the alien takes his mask off for arnold. The face looked so real. It was all like moist, and freckled, and his teeth were shiny and yellow, and his gums were pink with saliva and he had that disgusting triple opening type jaw. And teeth both inside and outside of his mouth. How did they pull off such genius make up effects, or even the face itself. That is one hell of an imagination. If you saw this film for the first time, without knowing the date of when it was made, you’d never believe the date was 1987. I don’t even believe it. I also think that the action music added to the intensity. I miss these type of movies. How can anyone say the 80’s sucked. Like 90 percent of all my favorite movies were made in the 80’s, and they were so creative that writers copy the ideas to this day. Of course we can’t forget the occasional corny 80’s flicks, but you can’t say no good movies were made in the 80’s. This is by far the best alien movie ever. The writer obviously knew about predatorial behavior. IE. when the alien is eating his dinner, and he rips out the flesh of that guy, and screams into the darkness like a hungry wolf. The fact that his main advantage is he can camoflauge himself like many animals can do in the jungle (changing color when they feel thereatened to blend in with the jungle.) It’s as if the alien was made for the jungle. Next, tracking the soldiers by their body heat. Like snakes do. Rapid movement and body heat. But then you know he is from outer space because of his heavily equipped body, weapons, aimers, controllers, lasers, knives. You almost stop believing that they can even kill it. And at the end when arnold discovers he too can be invisible with mudd, was GENIUS. Too bad he falls in the pond and it all washes off. The guy who played the alein was this big and tall black guy. I forget his name but he also had a small part in the movie i think, as himself. He must of been hella hot in that space outfit. This will always be one of my favorite movies. I saw it when i was a kid, and still love it. It’s entertaining, funny, scary, intelligent, intense, and a classic. It is great.
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Thomas J. Venditto –
Classic Action Sci-Fi Film
I’m kind of embarrassed to have clicked all 5 stars for this film, but I really like it. Understand, I don’t take it entirely serious, I’m absolutely in stitches at times (like when Arnold and Weathers, old friends reunite and do the handshake/wrestle thing . . . with the camera focusing on their massive bi’s LOL)Predator is a great action adventure and sci-fi genre film. THAT’s what grabs me, I’m a sci-fi fan. In that regard, the story line is well written. It’s yet another example how Hollywood can take a perfectly good idea and (almost)ruin it. I watch the film, enjoying the monster, laughing at the macho stuff and ignoring the vulgar stuff(there are a couple of blatant and UNNECCESSARY vulgar remarks. When the kids were younger, I bleeped ’em out).At 107 minutes, Predator is about average length, but it seems longer because it’s really two films in one. First, there’s the Platoon style soldier interaction and prep, jungle entry and hasty retreat. Second, there’s the Arnold solo survival and bout with the creature.What I refer to as “Part 1” opens with Carl Weathers reuniting with his old buddy Schwarz for a special raid to save captured US GIs. Right away, the actors come across as WAY OLD for commandoes. Things start off routine and quickly run afoul as they discover mutilated bodies in the jungle. They successfully conduct the raid on a handful of unsuspecting combatants only to find no prisoners. Arnold realizes he’s been duped by Weathers, but now faces a real threat as his men, one by one, turn up mutilated as well.The dialogue is pitiful with Schwarz and Weathers struggling thru their lines. Still, the story unfolds with the help of the one female, Elpidia Carrillo who is able to enlighten our heroes as to the history of the creature they face. Ventura and Duke seem more natural, but that guy with the glasses? OMG, really? You can’t blame the monster! LOL.Part 2; the better half of the film IMHO, Arnold has his solo confrontation with the creature. It’s a battle of brute strength and wits with the creature dominating in both departments. Thankfully, Alan Silvestri takes over and Arnold only delivers about 3 lines. Notably, his war cry which is probably dubbed. Later he utters; “bad idea” as the creature hits him in his most invulnerable spot, his head and finally, “kill me! Why don’t you kill me!”, which the creature should (and the director as well).The film has plenty of blood, guts, muscles and bullets. The sci-fi angle works for me along with the life and death struggle thing. The music score by Alan Silvestri is both intense and memorable.Trivia1. They say you can see into the barrels of the guns revealing cone-shaped alterations to fire blanks only.2. The chopper pilot and the creature are played by the same actor Kevin Peter Hall.Similar obnoxious films I’ve enjoyed> “Aliens”, “Die Hard” and John Carpenter’s “The Thing”Oh, let’s not forget “Rocky” with Sly Stallone playing the creature. Enjoy!
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