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Director: John McTiernan, Stephen Hopkins
Dvd Release: 18th June, 2001
Number Of Discs: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Background Information: Predator

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Predator is a 1987 science fiction movie that was directed by John McTiernan & released on Friday, June 12. It featured actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, Elpidia Carrillo, Richard Chaves & Jesse Ventura. Energetic & full of machismo, the movie was successful enough to generate a sequel, Predator 2, in 1990. The mission began when 5 US Special Forces soldiers lead by Major Dutch Schaeffer are ordered to rescue a Guatemalan cabinet minister who has been captured by guerrilla forces after his helicopter crashed in the jungle across the border. Along with CIA man Dillon the team are dropped behind the border & began looking for traces of the minister & his escort. Instead they find the crashed chopper, which appeared to be a reconnaissance bird rather than transport, as well as traces of a dozen rebels being followed by several men with American equipment. Later on the mission, they also discovered three dead US soldiers hanging from trees, all of them mutilated horribly.

Background Information: Predator 2

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Predator 2 is a science fiction movie starring Danny Glover, sequel to the successful Predator. It was comparatively poorly received. It is revealed in this movie that government Black Ops have been following encounter sites of the titular alien Predator-race, trying to find out more about them; theyve figured out the pattern that Predators tend to stage their hunts on Earth anywhere that its very hot & that has armed fighting taking place. the Predators look for a region of fighting, searching for prey that has proved its prowess in fighting; for example, a human hunter would want to hunt the largest alpha-male buck lion it could find. Thus, the Predator in the first film hunted in a rain forest filled with guerilla -wars because it was in the middle of a swealteringly hot jungle & because mercenary & commando forces were fighting there. It then observed a battle between US commandos led by Dutch & proceeded to hunt Dutch as his prize. The government Black Ops unit theorized that Predators come from an environment with a much higher temperature, thus explaining this preference.

Biography: John McTiernan

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John McTiernan is a movie director, most notable for his action movies. He was born in Albany, New York, USA. Most action cinema fans agree that the directors best works career-wise have been 1987 s Predator, 1988 s Die Hard & 1990 s The Hunt for Red October. The director is currently working on the fourth Die Hard installment, with Bruce Willis back in tow, expected to be released sometime in 2006. Posters Of Die Hard

Editors Choice: Basic, Last Action Hero, Die Hard, The 13th Warrior, The 6th Day, The Thomas Crown Affair, Die Hard With A Vengeance, The Hunt For Red October, View DVDology

Biography: Stephen Hopkins

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Stephen Hopkins is a film director. A Nightmare On Elm Street. The Dream Child. Posters Of Under Suspicion

Editors Choice: Under Suspicion, Lost In Space, The Ghost And The Darkness, Blown Away, Predator 2, Predator, A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, View DVDology

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