I know Arnie has popped up more than once in this blog, but what can you do?! The fella made great cult films!
Plot: Special forces team and a CIA chap (Carl Weathers- Apollo Creed in all the Rocky films) are dropped in a jungle to do some covert stuff. All would be well, except it seems that an advanced alien race likes to use Earth as a safari/hunting preserve. Cue: big mini-gun (Terminator 2 stylee), rippling muscles (errr, that'd be every Schwarzenneger film) and some nifty (even today) special effects.
When a film spawns two direct sequels and a couple of hybrid spin-offs, you know it's done well.
Budget: $18,000,000
Gross: $98,267,558
Fun Fact: Directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard), this film was originally entitled Hunter and was written as a result of a joke, stating that as Rocky had run out of Earthly fellas to fight, next one ought to be an alien. Joel Silver cast Arnie though...well, Stallone had Rambo. Oh and it was originally Jean-Claude Van-Damme in the alien suit...he said it was too hot though and the fella from Harry and the Hendersons took the role.
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