It is common knowledge that the
main marketing demographic
for action films is the (heterosexual) male moviegoer.
Arguably, John McTiernan's 1987 action-filled, sci-fi horror
blockbuster, Predator, is one of the most
testosterone-driven features in
cinematic history. Not only is this
retelling of Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" fraught with
many
of the genre's trademarks -- hyperkinetic movement and pacing, rampant
masochism, violent death, and a plethora of gunfire -- it contains only
one
female performance. Alongside such
works as McTiernan's own Die Hard,
Zach Snyder's 300, John Boorman's Deliverance,
Don Siegel's Dirty Harry, David
Fincher's Fight Club, Ted
Kotcheff's First Blood, Ridley
Scott's Gladiator, Quentin
Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, and
James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment
Day, Predator is often considered
the arche(read more...)
