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(1987)

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Sex & Nudity

  • There are a few sexual jokes and comments.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is shot in the head with a pistol, we can see blood spurt but it is a long way from the camera.
  • There's a large raid near the beginning and Dutch and his team kill many men with machine guns and knives, as well as dynamite and explosives. Several structures are blown up, vehicles crash, and one man is impaled with a knife and stuck to a wall.
  • A man is stabbed - no blood, but we see the knife briefly dig into him.
  • A man is impaled by a knife - the man screams in pain but there is not much blood.
  • A woman is hit across the head with a machine gun - she gets knocked out.
  • A man gets dragged into the bushes from behind as if he is going to get his throat cut.
  • A man gets stabbed with several blades - we see blood all over him and a blood trail.
  • A man's organs are found in a bush.
  • A man is seen hung naked from a tree, covered in blood.
  • We see several people hung upside down, all skinned and covered in blood.
  • A man gets shot by the Predator's bolt - we see blood spurt. Later you see a shot of him with his rib-cage burst open and his insides missing. This shot is brief and undetailed however.
  • A man's spine is ripped off - he is already dead before this happens and the camera is far away so you don't see much blood or detail.
  • A man stabs a pig several times - you see blood spurt.
  • A man get hit by a giant log and is launched in the air - you later see him in great pain, implying his ribs could be broken.
  • A man is shot in the face by the Predator's cannon - he falls to the floor and dies - no blood.
  • A man is shot in the forehead by the Predator's cannon and blood sprays all over the camera - we briefly see his body twitching and gasping for air.
  • A man's arm is shot off then he is stabbed by several blades - we see his limb which is firing a weapon and severed arm. It is not that bloody or detailed however.
  • A man screams in pain (death not shown).
  • You see two dead pilots in the wreckage of a helicopter accident - lots of blood.
  • We see the Predator using medical equipment - you see its wound and blood.
  • A man cuts himself with a razor.
  • A man cuts himself with a knife to signal his existence to the predator cuts are shown.

Profanity

  • 24 uses of the 'f' word (in which 8 are paired with mother), and 2 in Spanish, many uses of shit and uses of a homophobic slur. Other profanity like ass, damn, goddamn, and hell, plus crass insults like pussy, , cocksucker, and bitch. Faggot is used once.
  • A few uses of "bastard."

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • The main character lights and smokes a cigar.
  • Some characters drink whiskey or another alcoholic beverage from a flask to cope with stress.
  • One character uses chewing tobacco a number of times, although it is condemned by another character.
  • A few illicit drug references, not explicit.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There's an intense battle near the beginning, involving 30+ deaths.
  • When the Predator removes his helmet, it has four front teeth that covers his actual mouth, small eyes, and dreadlocks. It growls.

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Violence & Gore

  • Dutch and the Predator engage in a brutal fight, and the Predator brutally beats Dutch, and blood spews from his mouth.
  • We see several shots of the Predator's blood after being shot.
  • The Predator is crushed by a log - we later see it bleeding to death. It is ultimately engulfed in an explosion.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The Predator is creepy when it hunts its prey. It uses cloaking technology to silently stalk its victims, observing them through strange, thermal-tracking POV shots with eerie, distorted sound effects. When it attacks, it often does so unexpectedly, with extremely fatal effect, going on to ritualistically remove the skulls of its victims as hunting trophies. It demonstrates cruel, even sadistic tendencies as well, like using voice replication to mimic and mock its victims.
  • There's a long and intense scene in which the Predator and Dutch hide in the jungle and fire projectiles at each other.

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