Rodriguez's up-close, tightly focused direction means our eyes are always drifting toward the shifting focus of the background, hyper-alert for a shimmering Predator cloak.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rodriguez's up-close, tightly focused direction means our eyes are always drifting toward the shifting focus of the background, hyper-alert for a shimmering Predator cloak.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Brash, unsubtle, in-your-face, wall-to-wall action.

~ Gator MacReady -

Brash, unsubtle, in-your-face, wall-to-wall action.

~ Gator MacReady -

Definitely one of Arnie's best and a landmark action movie.

~ Gator MacReady -

Definitely one of Arnie's best and a landmark action movie.

~ Gator MacReady -

Rattles from one incoherent action scene to the next.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Rattles from one incoherent action scene to the next.

~ Tony Sullivan -

The over-abundance of cliched and banal action movie situations - the would-be witty one-liners, the should-have-been-impressive set-pieces etc - that never seem to have quite the impact the film-makers desired.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -

The over-abundance of cliched and banal action movie situations - the would-be witty one-liners, the should-have-been-impressive set-pieces etc - that never seem to have quite the impact the film-makers desired.

~ Keith Hennessey Brown -