The first time I saw Predator was an ideal movie-watching scenario. It was a Saturday, it was raining, I was ten, and my Dad was taking a nap on the couch behind me. I can remember the patter of liquid hitting the window and the looming noise of machine gun fire from the television. What drew me into the story was how well the movie handled its midpoint. We went from attacking the cartel to liberate a hostage to hunting an alien in the bush. And all of it hinges on the line, ‘If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It’.Today, I want to look at the structure of Predator and get into it all. Let's dive in. Predator's PlotThe movie Predator is actually a pretty meticulously structured story. It was directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas.The story follows Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch Schaefer, the leader of an elite rescue team on a mission to save hostages in a Central American rainforest. The hostages are being held by a rogue military group. After dispatching the militia and saving a hostage, our team encounters the deadly Predator (Kevin Peter Hall), a skilled, technologically advanced extraterrestrial who stalks and hunts them down. Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, and Shane Black are supporting co-stars.Predator's StructureI am an absolute screenwriting nerd, and I feel like when I watch a movie, sometimes I am brought out of it trying to figure it out. But...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 9 April