If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (2001) (V)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

A behind-the-scenes look at the 1987 sci-fi/action film that has since become one of the modern classics...

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Crew | Cast | Behind The Scenes | Alien

Cast

Craig R. Baxley	...	Himself
Shane Black	...	Himself
Elpidia Carrillo	...	Herself
Richard Chaves	...	Himself
John Davis	...	Himself
Bill Duke	...	Himself
Kevin Peter Hall	...	Himself
Joel Hynek	...	Himself
Sonny Landham	...	Himself
Beau Marks	...	Himself
Donald McAlpine	...	Himself
John McTiernan	...	Himself
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Himself
Joel Silver	...	Himself
Jim Thomas	...	Himself
John Thomas	...	Himself
John Vallone	...	Himself
Jesse Ventura	...	Himself
Carl Weathers	...	Himself
Stan Winston	...	Himself

Runtime:

29 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

Automat Pictures

Goofs:

Factual errors: Two filmmakers claim that Predator (1987) was a box-office failure, but in actuality it made a profit of three times its original cost.

Movie Connections:

References Commando (1985)

pretty good

This 28 minute, 46 second documentary on the making of "Predator" can be found on the second disc of the 2-DVD set special Edition of the aforementioned movie. Combining behind the scenes footage and vintage interviews from the time of the making of the film with new (well new as in 2001) interviews with the cast and crew members, this packs a lot of information in under 30 minutes. And yes there's a bit of the typical Hollywood back-slapping to be found in this, but thankfully the kept it to a minimum. It also features clips from "Commando" (another great Arnold vehicle). The Sonny Landham story was a bit creepy in it's connotations. There's a few humorous stories as well. All in all a great documentary on a great action movie.

My Grade: A-