PREDATOR (1987) Breakdown | Easter Eggs, Hidden Details, Making Of & Ending Explained

[@heavyspoilers]

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[@mikeylicksit]

i've probably seen this movie a hundred times, no exaggeration. i had no clue jean-claude van damme was involved. this is why i watch heavy spoilers. great job brother. a classic!

[@AceSpaceSpades]

Yes this is exactly what I was wondering. Just spent 5 minutes looking for it before seeing this comment. Will have to set up a vpn, Meanwhile take these tears from Thailand to further fuel your immortality...

[@serwinzzalot9989]

Dude are we gonna get a full length commentary? This video was short...man I'm loving these tentpole call back videos. 13th warrior deserves a directors cut and is one of the biggest hidden gems. Hope you cover this too sometime.

[@tahuaroa]

Optimus Prime

[@6dayzofchaos584]

Nowdays we would have a Billy origin. A dutch origin hell all of these guys would get their own movie. it would be nuts. Also, "classic action movie" this is the classic action movie.

[@SolidPain6624]

One of those movies that you can rewatch at any time. Truly a masterpiece.

[@jrf2112swbellnet]

Any time...

[@SolidPain6624]

@@jrf2112swbellnet stick around

[@YudazOwn]

It is a Masterpiece!!!! and I'm sure u never use the term loosely.

[@owie4070]

Quite right. It's just so much fun.

[@M0980a]

When I was little I watched this movie over sbd ove4 do much I wore put the original VHS tape after years on enjoyment

[@blainwilson7937]

Predator is a movie so good that if today’s studio was given a unlimited budget with the best actors, they still couldn’t achieve what this masterpiece did!

[@JustARTificial]

In a way, Expendables tries to capture the days of having massive names in action movies but it still only serves to prove those actors were in far better movies in their day.

[@Cenot4ph]

Money can't buy talent

[@alexsliver2185]

With woke culture and cancel culture it's impossible. Macho mans? No "macho they" and a sensible strong woman. No smoke, no alcohol, no drug, no sex but gay couple team mates. Telenovela tipe storyline, and "New Ken" tipe man or stupid good looking guy to a group of women... Just look at new Disney, or the prequel to "the thing". Or Old Lara croft against new Lara Croft.

[@dustinmichel7608]

​@@alexsliver2185you do know that predator is an attack on masculinity and until dutch throws away modern weapony and ego to defeat his enemy. Literally the "woman" the mother figure educates the men on what the creature is.

[@davidwagstaff47]

​@alexsliver2185 yes yes, everything that you don't like is woke

[@christopherphillips647]

One of my local TV stations aired what they called "Sci-Fi Saturday" one weekend when I was perhaps 7 years old. They played Predator, then Predator 2, then Aliens, all back to back with no filler. It remains the single most joyful day of television I've ever watched. Thanks for doing these, I stumbled across the channel through your Terminator 2 video and was super impressed. So glad to come back for more!

[@CHRISANDREOU4199]

That truly was a great day of TV 👍

[@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb]

yes. i had no idea there was a predator 2 before that. good times

[@Conscious-01]

that sure sounds memorable! i am glad you had a good time... so did i ✌🏼

[@beayn]

Predator, Predator 2, and Aliens at 7 years old? My 7yo son and 10yo daughter would have nightmares for months after. Can't let them watch.

[@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb]

@@beayn how do you know?

[@SteveBrant55]

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this. It's such a huge adrenaline rush of a film. Great retrospect as always!

[@DanSlotea]

I lost count at 43 in 1998 😂😂

[@alexshank1414]

25:15The tree trunk that hit the Predator wasn’t a backup plan. It was supposed to be the weight to *pull* the Predator up into the sharpened sticks trap. It was just a happy coincidence/blind luck that the Predator happened to stop right under the trap weight. You can see this when Dutch looks up and is surprised that the Predator is directly below the tree trunk. Also, when Dutch activates the sharpened sticks trap with his foot, a vine attached to the tree trunk pulls up through the sharpened sticks trap.

[@galvinstanley3235]

Spikes.

[@1968joseph1]

Correct. Not a plan B but quick thinking in the moment on Dutch's part

[@gusmc2220]

Thank you! Was going to point that out too but you already did and explained it well

[@EddieJarnowski]

I always wondered that. Makes sense. If you watch close the loop that comes up is just a black line, like bad cgi lol.

[@TheNenadau]

The trunk fall was the primary trap. Watch again when he scopes out the area and starts thinking about how he will trap it. The spikes and vine were a dummy that would impale but not kill it. The log fall counterweight was the primary trap.

[@heavyspoilers]

Huge thank you for checking out the video. Thanks for all your support on the Classic Movie Breakdown series.

[@spinningbackkick6021]

Well actually🤓The hunter was being hunted the whole film

[@spinningbackkick6021]

I believe he flashed his eyes to taunt him into wasting ammo.

[@WandererNamedGuy]

Well think the consensus is be it old or new we enjoy the breakdowns ya do brother. Thanks for all the videos, hope ya drinking lots lemon tea with honey and chewing on some ginger

[@retrorandy77]

Do you take requests? Please do Rambo or Rocky. Two Stallone movies generally overlooked as macho action fluff, but for me are phenomenal character acting.

[@heavyspoilers]

@@retrorandy77no doubt gonna cover first blood at some point

[@sequenza]

Hands down my favourite film ever. It's perfect.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Look at all the stuff they changed it could have been total crap. Its amazing such a great movie could be made from chaos

[@thamor4746]

One of my all time favorite ever too. Thet really got lucky in some things like changing the alien, nothing wrong with Van Damme, but the early production alien looked really bad. And we wouldn't have gotten the iconic Predator looks without them changing it.

[@hman2912]

Me too. True horror movie. Watch it many times

[@petarperkovic942]

Best action movie ever i watched IT when i was six and i my eldest has already watched IT 5 times He’s only 10 im 41

[@eamonokane2469]

I agree, Predator, Terminator 2 and Aliens, still to be bested

[@seanmillette4323]

The team blindly firing into the jungle, juxtaposed with the Predator blindly firing into the jungle is a great scene.

[@Demonmixer]

Grass cutting time!

[@bennym5244]

I love the look on Dutch's face when they start firing into the jungle. You could tell he thought it was a bad idea and a waste of ammo but he was backing his boy.

[@LizardSkin]

That scene as well as the thermal vision are the ones that were burned into my childhood memory. But as an adult the whole film is memorable.

[@seanmillette4323]

@@bennym5244 The homies asked no questions, they just let ut rip. 😆

[@huupper]

It's the save the rainforests scene

[@grownmantravels]

R.I.P CARL WEATHERS…..AKA DILLON 🙏🎬

[@GlassGhost74]

Here here, devastating loss...it's all in the hips.. Weathers was the best of them

[@MrKrewie]

Aka Apollo Creed

[@PaperAmmo]

He was football teammates with my friend’s dad at SDSU. Real classy dude. He never let the fame get to his head.

[@artvandalay13]

RIP Chubbs. Hope you are in heaven beating up that alligator.

[@Venmaylove]

Carl died? That son of a bitch.... pushing too many daisies.

[@radupopescu2370]

I watch this film at least once every year, and I still have the same reactions as the first time I saw it. It really is timeless.

[@w4tkn]

Same here, have you seen it on 4k bluray? It looks so good, much better than 4k streaming

[@tigerfistuppercut1]

This movie, along with Commando, defined my childhood. My friends and I would watch it over and over, and go off into the woods and re-enact it. Even now, decades later, it hasn't aged. Just perfect.

[@mikeworkman3593]

Yep, I was like 12 when this movie came out. Unfortunately I lived too far away from the movie theater at the time, and had to watch most of these on VHS or HBO, but back then that was just the way it was done lol

[@vladyvhv9579]

I didn't actually see Commando until sometime in the 2000s. Not a bad movie, but probably not one of Arney's best.

[@mikeworkman3593]

@@vladyvhv9579 Pfftt! Bro, you're not part of the club. Watching Commando in the 2000's and not one his best, those 2 things don't even belong in a sentence.

[@Mike12131984]

@@mikeworkman3593😂

[@mikeworkman3593]

@@Mike12131984 LOL, These punks have to learn.

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

11:16 The red light is commonly used in military vehicle interiors as it allows you to see well enough while keeping your eyes adapted to the dark. It's not necessarily meant as a metaphor. 25:15 The log falling on the Predator wasn't a backup plan. that was the counter weight that was supposed to be used to pull the vine up that would pull the Predator into the spikes in the logs. Dutch simply lucked out that the Predator happened to stand under the counter weight. You can see the vine(the animated image though) rise up after Dutch kicks the trigger to the trap.

[@Alachas1985]

I came here to say this, and was not disappointed to see that someone else had noticed it, too.

[@fett713akamandodragon5]

Spot on, also red light doesn't travel as far due to wavelength i.e. redshift in astrophysics, as well as military maps are inked specifically for readability in red light as well as normal lighting.

[@cwx7587]

agreed 100%. The look on Dutch's face says its all when the Predator doesn't fall for the trap and walks around. Sheer luck saved him.

[@nunocarocinho6857]

The red light filter that could care less to tint Dillan's flashlight's metaphor, i dont even wanna know what the original trap was, maybe the Predator being under the spikes and Dutch clapping or something... I actually wonder how someone with this amount of insight has over a million subs

[@saneman7177]

I never understood how he managed to get a tree trunk to hang in the air using a stick to anchor it tbh

[@Polymathically]

I was lucky enough to visit the Predator filming location back in 2015. It's now a zip-line tourist attraction called Canopy El Eden, just outside of Puerto Vallarta. The enemy base camp seen at 13:37 is now a restaurant next to the river. They even have a life-sized statue of The Predator there!

[@trumpsextratesticle8590]

Brah, you got any pictures of that thing?!?!?!

[@Polymathically]

@@trumpsextratesticle8590 Just look up videos of Canopy El Eden Predator here on the site. You'll get a good view of it. There are also the remains of one of the helicopters; it was dismantled, and parts were taken as souvenirs.

[@killerkendro]

Holy shit I never knew this existed! Thank you. On my bucket list now

[@cristianplaza1466]

But the second part of the movie is in another place I Think Chiapas (place where was the big tree and waterfall )

[@BarnDoor-won5ve]

😮 this is did not know!

[@rogal6661]

I was born in 1986, this movie and Terminator 2 were my favorites as a small child. I played the VHS tapes so much they started to deteriorate. I still watch them whenever I get a chance. Thanks for the breakdown of this classic!

[@max7even284]

Same here😂. I was born in 86. T2 and predator were my go to films as a kid on VHS.

[@Jealod24]

I’m 40 and grew up on these movies. My dad would always rent Arnie movies, regardless of how violent or gorey, and the two of us would stay up late watching them. So it hurts me to point this out… because I love this movie and have watched it with my 9yr old… but if the predator had various options for its vision, you’d think it would switch to something else when it couldn’t find arnie and multiple fires had started, blowing out its vision. It eventually threw off its helmet but a little too late. Still love it all and wish more movies nowadays realize what made arnie movies so great. It wasn’t crazy cgi or shaky fight scenes… you cared about the characters… you could see growth. I was 9 when I saw terminator 2 remember crying at the end. You wouldn’t get a movie like that anymore

[@Dignitymuffin]

The predator took off his helmet and dropped his canon to fight Arnie in hand to hand

[@manojkale4408]

i agreed, true indeed

[@Rob_-_]

This movie and Aliens are the two movies that made me absolutely love sci-fi. It came out 2 years before I was born so I grew up watching it on VHS repeatedly. I have a core memory of my mom telling me I was going to wear out the tape. Good times. Simpler times ❤

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I remember being a kid and having no CONCEPT of a bad Predator or Alien movie, it just seemed impossible. Now we have like 25 terrible sequels for each

[@Rob_-_]

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 The number of terrible sequels is TOO DAMN HIGH

[@galvinstanley3235]

​@@Rob_-_Two was pretty good.

[@Rob_-_]

@galvinstanley3235 I can appreciate 2, honestly. It wasn't anywhere on the level of the first movie, but still decent. Way better than AVP 1 and 2. All in all I think the classic, Prey, Predators and 2 are all good movies. The AVP films just cast a HUGE shadow lol

[@sevenproxies4255]

Top formative films of my childhood that occupy the top shelf of my DVD collection: Alien, Aliens, Alien³, Predator, Predator 2, The Terminator, The Terminator 2 and Robocop. I was technically too young to watch them, but man they still blow me away in terms of quality, mood and themes.

[@MrCarnivoure]

4 movies shaped my youth. Predator, Terminator, Rambo and Robocop. Shame they don't do movies like that anymore 😢

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

C'mon. You have Barbie

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Those would be my top 4 too

[@BarnDoor-won5ve]

Predator 1&2 Terminator 1&2 Robocop Ghostbusters 1&2 Universal soldier Alien & aliens There are many others but I'd say these were hands down THE most watched the first 20 years of my life

[@JinxMarie1985]

I wasn't so much of a fan of Rocky and action like movies but I want to see this now. I've always loved Terminator and Alien so I'm wanting to watch these awesome classics. I was born when these were made so it took me a while to get into them however I now am a huge fan of action films. Like Indiana Jones I loved and still do. I know this is a spoiler but it will still be new for me to watch. Thanks

[@sJs78]

And aliens.

[@jubeaumont6305]

*rest in peace Kevin Peter Hall* a terrible, tragic thing to have happened to someone who seems to have been a genuinely nice bloke. At least he will be immortalised and always have his fans as the predator

[@philiplongee1149]

KPH, despite his imposing size, had a background in modern dance. Even with all that outfit on in the jungle, he could still move like a predator, a jaguar. A big cat that actually lives where they filmed in Mexico. In all the succeeding Predator movies, they kinda clunk around.

[@DavidStowers-o7k]

Although I knew Kevin Died at such a young age, I wasn't aware of what actually killed him. To now know that he died of AIDS is truly tragic not to mention heartbreaking. Before I saw Predator, I loved hiring out Misfits Of Science, where he played a guy who hated that he's tall and tried making himself a little smaller only his "scientific solution" worked too well and whenever he activates his power he ends up having to wear a G.I. Joe (Action Man in England) outfit. In the hearts of 80's action movie fans, he will always be One Ugly Mother Fucker.

[@mroctober3657]

And Misfits of Science.

[@jubeaumont6305]

​@@philiplongee1149 Yes he gave the predator a kind of graceful movement - just like an actual predator, like a cat , as you said. And yes , the modern ones seem to be more 'big scary monster' than a natural killing machine. Nice of the director to give him the role of the chopper pilot so KPH could actually be seen on the screen

[@faceless2302]

I always figured the ending laugh was the Predator acknowledging the absurdity and humor of the situation that it was somehow still bested by the cunning of the last living member of the team long after he was stripped of all of his friends and fancy guns. It's more like sharing a laugh with a friend who also understands the situation rather than a last attempt at cruelty and spite.

[@AnthonySforza]

As a kid, I thought that, as well. Like "Bwa ha... you got me." As if to say "Touché..."

[@Gregsclafani]

Killing Dutch with a suicide bomb would be dishonorable, especially after being bested. The laugh was a way to get past the language barrier, essentially telling Dutch 'RUN!'.

[@papahellmann]

I ended up at the point that it was probably a warning, cause that laughing sounded evil af to him after that guy kills the scorpion like the bug it is, so he lets out the only menacing sound he heard them make after he sees Arnie standing there like an imbecile looking at the countdown, to tell him to book it

[@TheDennys21]

Nah if that was the case he wouldn't have triggered the bomb.

[@jahprime6932]

If you're a "The Wire" fan, it's similar to Avon smiling when he accepted that he was caught and going to prison for a long time.

[@anthonyhudak9363]

I love the fact that once it's just Dutch and the Predator, there is very little to no dialogue. It just becomes so raw and primal which makes it so epic. Also a little detail I noticed. When Dutch was goating the Predator to kill him, he did want him to move under the tree because the trap he st off would've had the log fall, raising the vine and impaling the Predator on the spikes. He was just lucky the log was right above the Predator when he moved to the other side

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Yeah, it's a "deadfall" meant to drag something kicking and screaming into other hazards. In his trap, it would yank the predator upwards into the various sharpened stakes he had made, also probably strangling it while it was at it.

[@toweypat]

Great visual storytelling. Arnold is ignored by the predator, looks at the mud caking his body, and realizes what's up. Perfect.

[@nicholasbullock1709]

@@toweypatI appreciated that they spared the audience from stupid exposition dialogue in that scene and just showed it. Show, don’t tell. Something like saying out loud: “he can’t see me?!” Like, yeah dude, we get it too. High-fives and all that.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Its the opposite of the "deforestation" scene where they shoot down the whole jungle and dont kill it. Ofcourse Arnie loses most of his technology and takes down the Predator with primitive weapons and his wits

[@sprinkleddonuts6094]

No it wasn’t lucky, he made that trap for that very reason. He knew the predator would see the spikes, and knew he would go around, hence low crawling under the spikes, with the log above him. You see this when he building the trap.

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

I am convinced the predator did play it as a last laught to Dutch, maybe not laughing that "ha, you're dying with me", but he definitely knew what it meant and was trying to communicate with Dutch. I think it was actually laughing sincerely, happy that he had found a match to his own skills and was having (as later materials would tell us) a honourable death.

[@georgeboyd4619]

i can get behind this

[@Shaathurray]

It certainly has a "good job mate" feel to it.

[@Hjerte_Verke]

I always thought it was played as an evil laugh, a warning that yes this is a bomb and you better start running and a sort of finality that the Yautja is going out with a last laugh or last words.

[@TheLAGopher]

I think at that point the Predator didn't care one way or the other if Dutch survived. He was honorably defeated and had to destroy himself and his tech to avoid contaminating human technical development. It's almost as if the Predator knew it was dead but wanted to amuse itself by seeing if the human who defeated him was sharp enough to grasp the danger he was in and run for his life. It seemed that the fact Dutch recognized the danger and was running away, reenforced that he was a worthy hunt and victor. The Predator seemed to be enjoying the thought that Dutch could very well live to tell the tale but his superiors would never believe him with no evidence.

[@aswinastro]

@@TheLAGopher To be honest, you are 90% right, except the last part. I don't think the Predator had time to think or care about whether somebody would believe what Dutch had just gone through. The Predator was more laughing at itself for being bested by a human and set the bomb, but either warned or mocked Arnold about his impending death due to the bomb going off.

[@johnstevens9673]

Always loved The Predator. It was way ahead of its time and still watch it now and again. The main thing that made it so epic is the Score. The music used in the scenes fits perfectly with whats happening and adds more emotion with each particular scene.

[@TheLAGopher]

Predator also had some of Arnold's finest acting of his career. Dutch cares about his men.They are not disposable characters. And he generally makes sound tactical decisions. You don't really have any stupid deaths.Dutch and his men are just totally out of their depth.

[@TheFirstCurse1]

The Predator is an absolutely trash film that isn't ahead of it's time at all. It spit in the face of the franchise and it's by far one of the worst movies ever made. I don't care about the music at all. That movie is a joke. Saying that you like it on a movie about Predator is like a mockery, an insult.

[@insert_coin_plz]

​@@TheFirstCurse1 I think he means Predator 1987 and doesn't realize The Predator is the 2018 one. But yes I agree, The Predator is an abomination to the franchise

[@TheFirstCurse1]

@@insert_coin_plz I hope so.

[@necsoiub]

R.I.P. Carl Weathers 😔

[@revakrockhard3288]

You can see Sven Ole Thorsen at 13:43 mins, who appeared in just about every Schwarzenegger movie of the era, from Conan to Running Man and Red Heat - and also Predator! Great video, thank you very much!

[@killerkendro]

Literally in them all 👏🏻 he’s also the final gladiator in Gladiator

[@joedonnellyiii4596]

Sven is an old friend of Arnie's and actually appears in Conan the Destroyer wearing a mask to hide from the audience, but has a snake on his headdress! Jesse Ventura also appears in a number of Arnie movies, and a low budget movie with Sven called Abraxas!

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Blain saying “I aint got time to bleed” is one of my favourite lines in movie history.

[@michaeltaylors2456]

I’m partial him telling Hawkins? that dipping tobacco will make you a sexual Tyrannosaurus

[@redpillnibbler4423]

@@michaeltaylors2456 . . . Just like me!

[@christiancee6333]

"You got time to duck?"

[@redpillnibbler4423]

@@christiancee6333 “Tis but a flesh wound” Oh . . . wrong film 🤭

[@dsl32]

You got time to duck

[@HuskyType]

My dad took me to see this in the movie theatre when I was exactly 10 years old, and at a time with no internet, social media, spoiler trailers, or tv commercial bombardment, the movie absolutely blew me away. It’s an absolute tribute to the magic of movie making, and holds up decades later, I’ll watch anytime it comes on to give it the proper respect.

[@southlondon86]

Sir are you in the US? How the hell did they let a 10 yr old watch this?

[@Kangaroojack1986]

​@@southlondon86his dad took him

[@southlondon86]

@@Kangaroojack1986 Even still… it’s an 18 rated film

[@HuskyType]

@@southlondon86 New York City in the 80’s… plus it was my birthday, hahaha.

[@HuskyType]

@@southlondon86 if you think that’s bad, that same year my dad took me to see Eddie Murphy Raw at the theatre, even though I’ll admit most of the jokes went over my head at merely ten years old. However both experiences were once in a lifetime opportunities which I still cherish to this day.

[@maurreese]

This movie and Alien and Aliens are the definition of iconic creatures in my opinion. Great breakdown!

[@bennym5244]

There hasn't really been any since. The reason simply being both monsters were real. A real person behind a real physical creative puppet makes all the difference. You can throw any impossible looking extravagAnza on screen using cgi and it's not the same.

[@smorrow]

@@bennym5244 Balrog

[@gamescape7758]

This is my favorite movie of all time I think. At least top 3. Thanks for this!

[@corybernthon2885]

Back when action movies were action movies. Now I'm a Batman fanatic and that Matt Reeves last Batman movie was the best one but.... if I'm wanting to get a huge adrenaline kick I'd go with the classic eighties action movies and that of '90'S. Some great movies from the eighties and nineties action flicks. Put this on your blu-ray player in your TV through your stereo and man let me tell you what it makes a great deal of a difference! Awesome action flicks! And this one is of favorites and it's my favorite action hero of all time who needs no introduction! Love your channel and it makes me appreciate those movies way back in the day!

[@jons4917]

The dead drop log wasn't Dutch's "backup plan", it was only there as the counterweight that would provide the power for the spike, it was sheer improvisation on Dutch's part to use that part as a weapon - so "backup plan" is a complete misnomer

[@MrMice...]

Complete misnomer? Mmm. 'Improvised' is to 'backup' is to 'last min/sec'. 'Plan' is to 'intention'. At the last second, Dutch intended the counterweight to take out the Predator, his back up plan. Plus Dutch is a super, elite...he had back ups to his back ups to his back ups 😁

[@Olearius]

In my opinion the wooden spikes were only a fake trap. The predator should discover the spikes and take the other way, were the wrecking ball is waiting. So it was Dutch‘s ab initio plan to kill the predator by the trunk. If the trunk was connected to the „fake trap“ with the spikes, it couldn’t fall unbraked onto the head of the predator. Also, when Dutch call on the predator to kill him, that happens to call attention on the fake trap. And when the predator then reverses, you can feel and see how Dutch is waiting for the moment the predator stands exactly under the trunk. Very clever move by Dutch.

[@donovanbradford8231]

That was something I missed for years as a kid. You think the spike are a fake out. Until you hear Dutche's voice mumble "oh no" meaning oh no he sees my plan. But also it's a blink and you'll miss it the vine Dutch used not only to hoist the log but trap the Predator goes up. So if the spikes were a fake out there'd be no reason to have the vine place right beneath the spikes. Dutche's plan was always to implae the Predator on the spikes. Also Dutch is a veteran of the Vietnam war in which traps like those and bear traps where used quite a bit so Dutch would pulling every trick he knew to take out the Predator.

[@Olearius]

@@donovanbradford8231 As always with movies there is scope of interpretation. We have here three possibilities: 1. Spikes and trunk are two separate traps and are unattached to each other 2. Spikes are the trap and the trunk is only a part of it (as some kind of counterweight or accelearation force), Dutch uses the trunk at end in an act of necessity and unplanned (or as a plan B as last resort) 3. The trunk is the only trap, the spikes are a fake trap, easy to discover, to set the predator on the wrong track and to force him to take the other path (where the trunk hangs) If the spikes are a real trap, be it separate or attached to the trunk, how should this trap work? The predator is bullet proof (a fact that Dutch knows), so how could some wooden spikes pinned only with vines around a limb harm this godless creature? If the trap is some kind of squash setup and not an impale trap, then the spikes are waste. For squashing you need enormous force to jam the predator with his other-worldly power. How should this work with the trunk? The trunk needs to be attched to the limb and when it falls down the limb or limbs need to be closed like a scissor. I can't imagine the mechanism. As asked before: How does the trap operate?

[@serwinzzalot9989]

Mctiernan is king of the improve scenes in action movies. The briefcase bomb in die hard 3 comes to mind. The American captain taking control of the soviet sub in Hunt for red october..the computer c4 explosion in die hard 1 come to mind

[@ericwill2133]

Such a fantastic movie. Love how it starts off as a typical 80's action movie and transitions into a sci fi slasher film. Endlessly rewatachable and learned new facts and details through your video so thank you good sir.

[@DoctorFurioso]

It's great right-- as a lot of people've already pointed out, with it's parody of toxic masculinity and really critical stance on American Cold War geopolitics, it's also a really clever satire on top of a popcorn action flick.

[@Phoenix7786]

I did want to point out one thing about The Predator firing wildly that you missed; it's not firing as haphazardly as we the viewer might guess. It's actually surmised that Dutch is hiding in the trees it once did. It's actually firing up at the branches now, until it does manage to dislodge Dutch.

[@joshreichert6564]

Which is the same basic thing that he said.

[@iNeverHadMercy]

23:18 Most EPIC yell......EVER !!!

[@tonydann-nb7ce]

19:16 was just Billy laughing in the background where he's not in the shot...this wasn't the predator laughing but only in the self destruct and mimic scene LOL

[@thetruebatman4632]

These breakdowns of all these movies that are literally my childhood staples at this point are too much fun man. You’re redistributing all these emotions and feels that I haven’t felt in so long but are warmly familiar. I know these videos are a task and a half to make but it’s going to be so fun in a few years when I get to sit on the couch with my kids and just binge them one after the other after we watch the original films.

[@unappealingpig8592]

Timeless film, never gets old

[@SaveDaLastZombie]

This is a real man's movie. Liberal democrats soy boys don't like it. Too much masculinity and testosterone for their taste. If they had it their way Dutch would've been flamboyantly gay, black guy, handed out rainbow unicorn stickers to the gorillas, amd belted out love sonnets.

[@ellafieldipops]

I like hearing about the behind the scenes info and how they filmed the shots/special effects 😊

[@heavyspoilers]

Thanks! That’s my favourite part to research too, some hilarious stuff going on with it

[@michaelbuettner1487]

@@heavyspoilers Smash the like button count: 3billion

[@TRAYBALL187]

I was 8 years old when Predator was released on VHS, we were such good customers at our local family run rental shop that my mum convinced Arthur the owner to sell us a copy on release, as I had heard so many great things about it from the older boys down my street that watched it at the cinema. It cost £80 which was so much money back then. It was an early Christmas and Birthday combined and I had to wash my mums car for a year to seal the deal. This video has brought back one of my best movie memories from my childhood so thank you.

[@Xanderfied]

I love this movie. I also love that mission in Ghost Recon : Wildlands, where you and the team are in the jungle and run across the predator's ship, and then a bit later the predator. Even plays the Predator movie soundtrack.

[@jringo45acp]

The really funny thing about Dylan's lie is that had he and the General just told Dutch and his team that a team of Green Berets went missing on a mission to stop a Russian invasion, they probably would have agreed to go in to rescue the team.... thus completing Hopper's mission in the process.

[@ZDiddy7777]

Nah, Dutch is a white man...... as we've all learned over the last few years, you cant trust a white man. Dylan had no choice but to lie to Dutch- the evil white devil.

[@jamesknapp64]

Interesting bit.

[@MaynardCrow]

Yeah, I've frequently pondered that too. A decade of experience makes me believe military brass is dumb enough to do it the hard way and tell the joes unnecessary lies that could compromise success of the mission for....reasons.

[@bennym5244]

Also, in reality they don't always tell the boys the full extent or background of the mission so if they are captured they can't spill the beans on something they don't know.

[@jringo45acp]

@@bennym5244 You're absolutely right. I do think in the case of a legitimate rescue mission, like this COULD have been for Hopper's team, they would have told them, and then had Dylan attempt (in secret) to complete Hopper's original mission. Dutch could have gotten just as mad that his team was used as a way for Dylan to go in and spy, even with a legit rescue mission for Hopper. But of course, it's a movie, and you have to have conflict, or it's just boring.

[@luizpz]

I remember watching this in English no subtitles and I was 12 years old and did not Speak the language and I loved it ! now that I’m in my 40s this is definitely one of the best movies that forever change and influence my childhood! 80s-90s ❤️ I’m saving this movie for my kids 😂 just waiting for the right time to share it with them 😊

[@andrewcoulthard-clark]

Great video! According to Schwarzenegger's autobiography, his credit portrait wasn't filmed because he had to leave early for a wedding. You can still find the original shooting script at AVP Galaxy, and the film originally opened with a field of stars, panning down through the atmosphere to the chopper landing on the beach. The novelisation, which the early draft of the script is based, opened with the Predator waking from hypersleep, in a reference to Alien. The original ending was changed at the last minute; it featured Dutch finding the Predators ship and his human trophies. This idea was reused with the sequel. In 1987, a thermal camera was so big that it had to be mounted on the side of an aircraft. It was also so expensive that they could only get a few shots. Which were artificially coloured in post production. By 2005, shooting AVP, thermal cameras were a button press on a standard camera rig, and they were so sensitive they could pick up coffee left on the set. Billy had a whole death scene, however his drunken antics saw him fired from the movie and that is why his death is off camera.

[@juansotelo3996]

And there is many more details missing in this video

[@jubeaumont6305]

Its amazing how far thermal camera technology has come in less than 20 years. I always wondered how true to life the thermal vision was in the film, now I know. Its yet another example of life imitating art regarding technology anyway

[@MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch]

AvP was released in 2004.

[@andrewcoulthard-clark]

@@MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch Doesn't blink, slowly squints...

[@christopherphillips647]

Thanks for the extra info! I was super curious about Arnold's missing credits portrait and hoped someone in the comment section would have some info.

[@hardcoreholman303]

RIP Mr Weathers

[@Welther47]

22:48 This scared more the most as a child. "It's still freaking after him!" That's so scary to think off. I had literal nightmare of the Predator coming out of the water. Yes, this is my favorite film,followed by Aliens, Terminator 2 and Alien.

[@JAMESBALL-f4e]

Two of my favourite films of all time Predator 1987 and The Thing 1982 .The vast jungle and the cruel cold of the Antarctic adds to both the terror of nowhere to get away quick enough.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Oh yeah

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

The THING is def. a scarier situation the Predator tends to kill you quick at least and youre not in sub-zero temperatures

[@universalflamethrower6342]

Thing is proper body horror, Predator not much

[@EddieJarnowski]

I saw the thing way too young. I was the youngest and that film scared the crap out of me lol. Not enough to give me nightmares or anything though.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

I could sit and watch endless videos on Predator. It's such a well written film and knockout cast.

[@leehessey1154]

I grew up watching 80s and 90s movie's they don't make em like this anymore unfortunately 😢

[@paddypoolfc3579]

Big shout out to bill Duke. He was immense in this movie. Fabulous performance.

[@johnjr578]

"If you give our position, I'll bleed you" Mac's character so intensely interesting

[@tenzingmurillo]

Hated his death... 😢

[@andrewcruz1931]

I don’t know about that ending theory . The predator was physically laughing , not just playing the recording (if at all) . The laugh also gets louder and more hysterical as the charge starts up . The recorded laugh never went to that extent. Theres also that honor saying ; “ if I die you are forgiven . If I live, I will kill you. “ Predator is indeed getting the last laugh . Laughing and thinking ; “ haha well, you better run then. “

[@asimpson164]

Omerta

[@dalechristensen3640]

The greatest Sci-fi, Action, Alien, Horror film of all-time!

[@hakimzane]

Memorable score, characters, quotes, and moments. No other Predator even comes close. An absolute classic.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Every character is awesome in their own way other movies cant even produce 1 person worth caring about truly Predator destroys the competition

[@dnice4145]

Greatest 80s action movie ever!!! The intro when the Predator is pulling up to earth and that theme music kicks in, chills!

[@Impuritan1]

Aliens first, Predator second.

[@BenDavies1977]

I loved how after all that planning with Dutch's traps, it is in fact his super-quick thinking to release the trap's counterweight that actually wins the fight. The Predator was wary of the lethality of traps, but wasn't aware of the dangers of their mechanics (i.e. a very heavy log suspended via a vine).

[@galvinstanley3235]

He figured out that the trap mechanics is the log full of spikes hidden with camo.

[@BenDavies1977]

By 'mechanics' I meant the counterweight that was suspended above them. OBVIOUSLY the Predator discovered the spikes and realised it was a trap (I have watched the film many, many times), but he didn't then realise that the counterweight posed a danger as well.

[@danielciocilteu3545]

Altho i love this last act of the movie a lot, it is very unrealistic. I mean a guy working on setting up traps all day long would have certainly drawn the hunter's attention, just like he watched them when they were setting up the traps in the earlier scene. Still the scene is brilliant in showing the juxtaposition of the very high tech alien weapons versus the primitive wooden spike traps. And when Arnie does his battle cry i get shivers every time! :)

[@galvinstanley3235]

@@danielciocilteu3545 He knew Dutch was getting ready and gave him one night to prepare for a final fight.

[@kingfamilync6809]

In all this time, I didn’t realize the log was counterweight. I thought it was a back up trap. Thanks for the observation!

[@king_kurt_2000]

One point you didn't mention is the excellent score this movie also has. Just epic.

[@elrey8876]

Yeah - it's incredible. It raises the hairs on your arms and just doesn't let up. Arnie had two great film themes - Predator and Conan the Barbarian. They both add 30% of the power and atmosphere.

[@eyespy3001]

John McTiernan knew how to make movies, man. He knew how to tread the line between giving the audience what they want and not treating them like babies. This movie does so much in that respect. He gives us that bombastic, almost cartoonish action sequence in the beginning, which is what audiences wanted to see (big guys, big guns, and big puns). Then, immediately after- and almost as if saying, “now that we got that dumb shit out of the way,”- he begins to deconstruct the war/action genre by showing that no matter how big your guns or your muscles are, you’re still vulnerable. _Predator_ was McTiernan’s statement on America’s involvement in the Vietnam War, cleverly disguised as a sci-fi/horror/action mashup.

[@elrey8876]

McTiernan and James Cameron are the only directors to get a great, natural performance out of Arnie. I really hoped he would return to directing after he got out of prison, but it doesn't seem to have happened.

[@EvilOttoDetroit]

Aliens and Predator… my two favorite action/sci-fi movies of all time

[@ADB696]

I still remember seeing this with a friend back in '87. There was another film we used to rent on video made in 1980 called 'Without Warning'. It had Kevin Peter Hall playing an alien that hunted humans. Schwarzenegger went on to say during interviews in the 80's that Predator was inspired by this film. Theres a scene in Predator 2 where you see it scan a whole lot of different light spectrums so yes it does hunt in various lighting depending on the type of prey its hunting. I miss the 80's. It was a decade of great films that are now considered classics.

[@markaradigan]

This video was so informative and Entertaining. Learn so much new things from the movie. Love the little details. Great job on this.

[@nemilyk]

YUS! I've been waiting for this one. Re: the ending comment on Arnie's acting, I think his acting mostly gets knocked because English isn't his first language... if you look past his muscles and the accent, he's pretty damn good at emoting. Whatever emotion his characters are supposed to be showing, he can show it.

[@owie4070]

I agree 👍

[@nemilyk]

@@owie4070 It first struck me actually rewatching this movie a few years ago. I had to pause it right after the Predator takes Hawkins, right after Dillon points out "they did the same thing to Jim Hopper." The look on Arnie's face is just perfect. Like you see him as a character thinking about what Dillon just said, processing it and going "oh shit..."

[@marysmith2060]

Check out Maggie. It's a small budget film, with a nuanced performance from Arnie.

[@nemilyk]

@@marysmith2060 Ah, hadn't heard of that one. I shall :)

[@markwilliams9697]

What's interesting is that he gets to act in his first language, his range seems to explode, there's not many scenes where he does but his emoting when speaking in German just goes through the roof

[@corrosivecabal]

I always thought the use of Billy's laugh at the end was because the Predator chose to go out on his own terms, similar to how Billy had. Albeit Billy was curb stomped, whereas the Predator was outsmarted.

[@mroctober3657]

I like how the Predator gave Billy the full skull treatment out of respect.

[@ddc2957]

Watching the film again recently I noticed among its many, many great qualities, I think my favourite is the pacing. There is not one line of wasted dialogue, not one scene or sequence or conversation that goes on too long, or is just a little too short. There’s absolutely no fat on the movie. Shot for shot the pacing is flawless.

[@unropednope4644]

Disagree. The scenes with Hawkins telling his misogynistic and tasteless jokes aren't needed or funny. The only true movie that meets what you're describing is back to the future.

[@ddc2957]

Predator is not for the woke. I bet you complain about what Jesse Ventura says in the chopper, too. Lay off the soy.

[@universalflamethrower6342]

Nope

[@kennethsykes7334]

I love this movie, I remember watching as a kid and at first it scared the heck out of me, but over time and many reruns it's a true gem. Like one of the other comments, a remake with an unlimited budget wouldn't even come close. The rawness and little use of special effects makes it a true visual spectacle. A band of macho hardasses getting humbled and wiped out, then the killer getting his come-up-ance at the end, just simply awesome. The 2nd one was OK but went more techy when they were hunting it in the meat factory. Predator is just pure class in the way it was done, as at the time there wasn't anything like it and the way it played out. *****

[@nickybowers468]

When I watched this as a kid I missed the opening scene where you see the Predator's ship in space, so only realised that they were being persued by an Alien much later in the film. It played out much better and added a kind of 'Whatdunnit' quality to the film. Also when first hearing Anna's story about The Predator visiting her village, I initially thought she called it, "The Demon who makes catas - trophes of men". Which whilst incorrect, I always thought was a darker translation.

[@yal100]

Me too, I watched the movie several times but it was well over a decade before I saw the full opening scene with the space craft. Ironically I had the same experience with The Thing. The scene where they go over to the other Antarctic outpost and see the carnage had a bigger impact on me.

[@danielciocilteu3545]

Anna says "Il demonio cassador des hombres" which means the demon who hunts men. Many years ago i made the entire subtitles for the movie in my language and also included the spanish lines she said. It was one of the best movies i made subtitles for. Even if they didnt show the ship scene i think people would have figured out it was an alien when he started firing his plasma gun and used optic cammo. But i guess the director chose to include it so that the audience is more clued in that this is gonna be a sci-fi movie. This movie came one year after Aliens in 87 so at the time sci-fi movies were very popular and i think that is why the director chose to keep it.

[@NewShockerGuy]

I've watched this movie 20+ times easily and I can't believe how many things I've missed from you pointing it out. Love it! Thank you. Such a bad ass movie. I'm glad I was born in the 80's. This movie is still easily one of the best.

[@stirling84]

Don't think he mentioned seeing Dutch when covered in mud through the predators vision. Yeah no heat signature but you can still see his skeletal structure in multiple scenes. My friend showed me as a kid. Seen it over 20 times too haha probs around 30, mostly in younger days.

[@jordansteiner9322]

Keep doing these classics. I really enjoy your take on them

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you, really enjoying doing em too, thanks for the support

[@kievitz]

Not only a classic but a truly legendary movie.

[@RETROCENGO]

Look at how many Predator movies came out after this masterpiece!! None of them captures the awesomeness of this movie, they all have predators in them, but the main star Arnold and team are i replaceable. Schwarzenegger is still the king❤️

[@joseyeastwood]

Commando is my favorite Arnold movie,but Predator is a close second,one of the truly great sci fi movies that in my opinion doesn’t get a lot of respect. Your analysis of it was great.

[@antimatta8714]

It's a classic, and the best acting performance Schwarzenegger ever did. The Predator is one of the greatest horror villains of all time. The visual design of the predator is fantastic, and rightfully iconic. 👍

[@manoz6194]

Very scary when you are a kid lol.

[@elrey8876]

This and True Lies are his best performances.

[@seanmillette4323]

My favorite scene, that gets overlooked a lot, is where the predator kills Billy and within seconds is right on top of them without a noise and kills Pancho. It shows how quick and deadly silent it can be.

[@D-Fens_1632]

I kind of didn't like that, as initially the predator was more calculated and took its time between kills, savoring his trophies. Then all of a sudden it goes all Alien and wanted to kill everything on sight and as quickly as possible. But I guess they had to do that otherwise it'd be a 3 hour movie. I'm sure other theories include "the predator knew it was running out of time" and such but I dunno, it feels rushed and goes against the "one at a time, like a hunter" motivation. It works though, and is definitely effective in the way you're describing, that is it shows that they'll never see or hear it coming.

[@tohrazul]

@@D-Fens_1632 It wasn't really savoring the kills prior to Billy. First, it kills Hawkins when he is chasing after Anna, alone, like how an opportunistic hunter will kill a single prey animal that has wandered away from the herd. Next, Blaine is specifically targeted, likely because he holds the most dangerous weapon, while they are searching for "the guerillas" that took Hawkins body. This prompts Mac to unleash a firestorm on the jungle, which the other join in on, and they actually manage to wound the Predator. This creates a brief respite between the hunter and his prey, where they set up a defensive position for the night while the predator tends to its wounds. Later that evening, the Predator is looking to reclaim its trophy and uses the confusion of the boar attack to do so. The next day, it gets caught in the net trap they set for "the guerillas" and inadvertently injures Poncho during its escape. After this, the group becomes separated with Mac going on the hunt, Dillon going after Mac, while the rest of the group continues on to the chopper. After taking care of the 2 hunters (Mac and Dillon), it immediately continues its pursuit of the group. Dillon's death scream prompts Billy to cease running and "challenge" the Predator - which is why it honors Billy by taking not only his skull, but his attached spine as a trophy. It is also the only time we see the Predator actually "take" its trophy. It immediately pursues the rest of the group, taking the severely wounded Poncho. Dutch saves Anna by preventing her from raising a weapon to the Predator (she remains unworthy of being hunted by not being a threat), and is able to wound Dutch, who screams at Anna to get to the chopper, before fleeing himself. Ultimately, just as the Predator is closing in for the kill on Dutch, he loses his footing and falls down a cliff into the lake. The Predator takes a little time to pursue, allowing Dutch to lower his body temperature drastically from the cold water and getting covered in cold mud to mask his heat signature. The Predator may well think that Dutch didn't survive and abandons its search of him, going back to collect the now 4 trophies it has made over the course of maybe 15 minutes of screen time. The point is that it didn't take nearly as much time for its kills or behave as though it were savoring the hunt in the way you seem to remember.

[@zbigniewczaykowski514]

Nearly as skilled as Dutch when he is crossing the tree and the predator jumps in front of him, by the time the predator looks the other way and to where Dutch was , he manages to get to the under side of a huge tree and hang under it without making a single noise in about 2 seconds.

[@seanmillette4323]

@zbigniewczaykowski514 agreed. It shows how the hunter has become the hunted. Just like how the team was frustratingly blind firing into the jungle and later the predator was as well.

[@sandos101]

Did anyone overlook it?

[@CYPRUS008044]

You can actually see the Van Damne creature for a split second in the film still. When Mac is killed, the scene where you see his leg twitching, if you pause it just as that scene starts you can see the "face" of the VD creature backing out of the top of the frame. Such a great film

[@elrey8876]

Wow I will look for that next time I watch it. Thanks

[@CYPRUS008044]

@@elrey8876 Yeah you can see like the "point" of the creatures face and the white oval eyes if i remember correctly just before they move out of the frame

[@carloscanales3183]

This is it: my favorite movie ever. Frame for frame, scene for scene, and line for line, I find it to be perfect. To this day it holds up, and the hard work that went into filming it went completely unsung.

[@SonOfTegz]

RIP Carl Wethers

[@mailelouie658]

Excellent breakdown Paul! At the time it was one of the most original movie. I don’t think It was highly advertised but spread quickly by word of mouth. I remembers some guy friends calling me excitedly saying I had to see it and they were picking me up the next night to see it and i passed it on by taking another group of guys! Excellent again Paul! Thanks!

[@D-Fens_1632]

Now that you say it I don't remember seeing much about it at the time. I was only 8 but you always saw the trailers for big movies like this on TV or in a theater before a feature, or people talked about it at school. I only learned of Predator randomly on HBO or Skinemax quite some time after it was in theaters.

[@ninjadude17]

One thing I like about Predator is that it’s tough to forget it’s an Arnold movie when you watch it because it’s a Predator movie.

[@galatian5]

I like the fact that Arnold wasn't smiling at the end and instead they showed him turning with a concerned look of danger in the distance. It gives a sense of how it could not be over and that our hero is ever vigilant for the next enemy. Supposedly the Dutch character was supposed to be the original lead in Predator 2, but was replaced by Harrigan.

[@Liverpool5095]

It turns out the reason there was no shot of Arnold smiling at the end was because he refused to come back to film that part as it was all done in post production after the resf of the movie was already filmed. Arnold said he was busy so they reused old footage.

[@JustinLaFleur1990]

Harrigan was pretty awesome too

[@Woody-nc1ru]

I thought it was suppose to be Dutch's brother for P2?

[@TheLAGopher]

@@Woody-nc1ru The script for Predator 2 went through several drafts.The original idea was to have Arnold play the brother of Dutch who was a New York cop. Later, the idea was changed to the series focusing on a new main character with each film. So the Harrigan character was developed. Arnold was working on Total Recall, and didn't want to do another Predator film, so the studio hoped he would cameo while another character took front stage. Dutch was supposed to come back in an extended cameo filling the role of Gary Busey's character. He would survive and recruit Harrigan to theunit after his victory over a Predator.

[@Woody-nc1ru]

@blkyank1 Ahhhh, cool thanks.

[@krisorgan]

This is one of very very few movies I consider perfect. There isn’t a single scene or line I’d change. Literally movie perfection. Definitely in my top 10 movies of all time.

[@MarkSmith-lt3ug]

Predator is one of the best ever. Always watchable. Great movie

[@kevinmccarthy1992]

The film is a masterpiece and so is this breakdown

[@st3althyone]

A true Arnie classic, thanks for the breakdown, Paul. Hearing about the camaraderie and hijinks between the crew is hilarious, I'm glad they all had fun. 🥰🥰

[@nixneato]

7:09 So lovely that you cracked up with us at the pranks they would pull. Fantastic video, thank you :)

[@Lei-AICPhD]

God bless and Keep you Paul! You’re amazing and are so important to our childhood when we finally saw the resurrection of these films in the 2000s. Thank you Kind Sir. Thank you everyone else for al the performances of a lifetime

[@TheRafcave]

My all time favorite movie. Thanks!

[@ryanmason2502]

13:00 It could even be, since the gun was left in the jungle, that it was found by black-market merchants, travelled, and finally ended up in Sarah Connor's secret armoury in Mexico. Terminator, Predator, Die Hard and Commando all in the same universe! Dutch could even be the soldier the Terminator was based on, the toughest Earth man!

[@myleskaplen3788]

FantAstic breakdown as always, though I'd like to comment on the end sequence a little. There are vague speculations that Dutch (compassionately?) considers "sparing the Predator's life", as well as on the intentions behind the Predator's infamous "last laugh", so I'd like to shed some light on this. (please forgive the length) When you consider that Dutch has just been in an epic battle with a powerful alien monster for days, losing his entire team in the process, this is actually the first time he's ever really been able to confront the thing up close and personal without the risk of certain death, which is why he pauses at the crucial moment, almost unable to believe his own eyes, exclaiming, "What the hell are you?" The Predator repeats the same line back to him as if to echo its own surprise/shock at Dutch's competancy as a warrior. At this point, Dutch realizes he's dealing with an entirely new species here, and being in rescue and recon that he is, it makes more sense that he (still in disbelief) might have been considering capturing it alive since the main threat had finally been neutralized. Dutch not killing the Predator with the rock was more likely an act of genuine curiosity coupled with concern for rescue/recon protocol. Now, it's been well-established that the Predator is a technologically advanced, highly intelligent hunter who's mastered space travel, so it stands to reason that it's self-destruct protocol, while seemingly an "act of honor" [DOES ANYONE REALLY CONSIDER SUICIDE IN BATTLE AN HONORABLE DEATH?], is ultimately a defense mechanism or evidence scrub to protect the technology and secrecy of its race. The way the Predator uses Billy's "laugh" at this moment is in fact a last laugh combined with humility. It knows it's just been bested by a human (of which it's already killed many, including Billy), and with its number finally up, must now sacrifice itself on behalf of its own race, just as Billy did. Realizing the irony, it even mimicks Billy's laugh physically by "laughing" along with the playback. The choice of recording and delivery were intentional here, not simply "its only way of communicating". It turns out the Predator actually has an ironic sense of humor after all. The laugh may also have been a subtle nod to the fact that, despite Dutch's brave victory in combat, he'll never really have any tangible proof of it to show to his own kind, aside from just perplexing, unanswered questions to keep as his "trophies", thus preserving the Predator's heritage whilst giving it a somewhat hollow victory. It then finally shows true honor to Dutch by timing the localized blast, giving just enough time for him to escape and truly earn his victory.

[@switchedeyes]

The first time I watched this movie, I missed the spaceship part. It made the predator more mysterious and gave me the vibes of “el sisimite” (Central American folklore) which is a humanoid creature that lives in the jungle and takes people away. This movie is so awesome!

[@thetavibes9021]

"Demon who makes trophies of men."

[@workingshlub8861]

the best predator movie hands down....

[@lukesmialkowski7870]

New to your channel. just subbed. Love watching your in-depth reviews.Great channel👍👍✌

[@harlyquin]

my dad rented this movie out on VHS thousands of years ago, i missed the very start with the spaceship, so it was a pretty big "wtf" when the movie went from some army blocks shooting stuff in the jungle to the best movie id ever seen.

[@michaelstewart1838]

Nice!! Blokes*

[@harlyquin]

thanks little fella

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Remember my brother telling me "They shot down the entire forest and the Predator didnt die" then the movie totally lived up to the hype

[@geniejunkie]

I think the predator is not killed by a second trap, but instead the counterweight, if that's the term, for the spike trap. (Lead predator under spiked tree, loose counterweight down, rope snares and drives predator into spikes) this makes the fight that much closer of a call. I never really considered Dutch examining the predator mercy but perhaps his release of the rock could distinguish humans from the predator culture. However, more important is another good look at the face and the WTH exchange. While Idk know if the predator is mocking Dutch, it does seem like he is communicating at least enjoyment or rueful glee. One thing I always think about is this has a lot of sub genres in it. War, slasher, monster, sci fi horror, survival horror

[@donovanbradford8231]

Very true on it's a bunch of movies in one. I have heard the theory of the Predator laugh being a fit of irony and the Jungle Hunter as he's called laughing at himself hence why he gives the count down. While I like and understand the irony theory the Jungle Hunter always struck me as a last laugh given the ton of the situation. Throughout the movie there are many scenes that show the crew knew what they wanted to do so if your furst reaction was, "ah a last laught effort" that's probably what they were going for. But either is fine for me.

[@azorestiger]

One of my favorite movies and genres! I watch all the Predator movies regardless of how cheesy they end up being. I feel the Predator had the countdown on his wrist to give Dutch a running chance. The Predator acknowledged his defeat, destroyed himself and the ship, to leave no evidence and so other Predators could come to Earth and compete! As we saw on Predator 2 with Danny Glover the Predators had been coming to Earth as far back as 1715!

[@Rambo4President]

in „prey“, they even show the gun from „predator 2“ as an easter egg!

[@SamuraiEAC]

Great breakdown! Probably the third time I've listened to it! I look forward to future breakdowns of the iconic movies of the 80's, 90's, and 2k's!!!

[@SierraSix5840]

My boys were born in 95 and 98, and whenever I would see this (or Aliens and Terminator) flipping through channels I would always stop. But my boys loved it, especially the younger one. When they made all the Predator toys he wanted them all and i remeber quite fondly acting out scenes using an old John Matrix Commando action figure with him while he hunted me across the vast jungle living room. I loved making those memories great stuff

[@startide]

I am sure someone pointed it out already, but the big log at 25:17 isn't a backup plan, it's the original trap. Dutch wanted the predator to get caught in a rope and pulled inside the spikes he set up (and the predator noticed). The log was here to lift up the massive chunk of muscles that the predator is Dutch ends up triggering his own trap to get the log to fall on the predator's head. That actually connects even better with what you say about quick thinking : dutch made a plan, but it's not working out so he improvise something to still get the upper hand on the predator. That also goes to show that the predator is indeed smart, and even with his vision impaired he can see through dutch attempt at deceiving him. That simple scene elevates both characters ! EDIT : someone did point it out :D

[@DrizztJL]

The red light in the chopper is to help the men retain their night vision. Like the eyepatch of the pirates, when made to go belowdecks when bright outside, take off the patch and you can see clearly in the dim light below. Same concept, red light does not blanch your rod's light sensitivity.

[@Ace-wd6qx]

it's also less noticeable at a distance

[@nickc8476]

Alan Silvestri score was insane such a shame it has not been released for the mainstream

[@gunterhamme3605]

It has

[@nickc8476]

@@gunterhamme3605 how ? what platform ?

[@omari2239]

This movie will never disappoint all time classic flick.😊

[@djchrismac]

Totally agree about the explosion and ending. Regarding Dutch escaping the explosion; it wasn't a Nuke (large explosion with lightning, yes), In Predator 2 Keys was probably exaggerating to Harrigan that it took out the area of a city block; the Predator clearly looks disappointed when Dutch puts down the rock, before going to plan B - explosion; he definitely keys in a time to challenge Dutch to figure out what he's done, with a small window of opportunity, one final test to escape; plus the clincher, when you view the topography, Dutch runs away from the explosion in what looks to be the area behind the Predator, who was propped up against a tree on a dirt bank of the jungle, in a dip, as Dutch is above where the lightning source of the about-to-explode-Predator is, as he's escaping. So that would also help shield him from the explosion, as does jumping over a bank and log into cover as the blast happens.

[@ACab05050]

Great content! I learned a couple of new facts here, like about the mini gun being the same one in both films. I do have to disagree on the pig scene though. When Poncho asks Mac if he could've found something bigger, he was making a joke, and Billy laughs on cue. Unless the alien knows what a joke is and how they function in human language, it's very unlikely it was the Predator there. I think Billy was there, but just not seen. Maybe the laugh was added in post-production, but it feels like a genuine moment to me. Mimicking is one thing, but knowing what a joke is, is another. (Sort of like the blood test in The Thing.) It is a horrifying thought, though.

[@TheLAGopher]

There litterally is another shot of Billy standing among the group. It totally makes sense for a tight knit group of soldiers to rib each other to break the tension after a threat has passed. Billy would have commented himself if his laughter wasn't coming from him.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

R. I. P Carl Weather's 😢 gone too soon