One of the best B movies of all time for the first 90 or so minutes.
So many twists, gore and delicious goofiness. Wears out its welcome towards the end, but why carp?
shareI think it sustains the magic all the way to the end. The final moments have Richter’s gruesome demise - both arms squished off and then plummeting to his death, and Cohaagen’s face turning inside out, his eyes on gore-stalks.
I’ll concede that Mars being flooded with oxygen is a little drawn out (do we need that many windows exploding?) But that’s a minor quibble.
In fact, the pacing is so amazing that it might be the most rewatchable film ever made. You’ve got constant twists, disgusting gory violence, mutants with 3 tits, and Arnie at his most crap/charismatic. It even has some killer dialogue (‘What have you been feeding this thing?’, ‘Blondes’)
I can’t decide whether this, Predator or T2 is Arnie’s greatest film.
I agree that Total Recall has great pacing, but Predator is probably the most well-paced movie of all time.
shareI would argue that Terminator 2 is the most well-paced movie of all time.
Then I would think that Total Recall, Pretador and Terminator 2 all have Arnold in them . Maybe Arnold is the secret God of pacing ?
My rationale is this: You're flipping channels and Predator is on so you watch the rest of the scene before moving on, only to watch the rest of the movie because there's no good stopping point.
shareWhile this is true, I think someone else would describe this not necessarily as good pacing, more like "a good movie"
shareWhile it is indeed a good movie, I consider it well-paced since there aren't scenes that seem to drag, and it flows well from one scene to the next, which is why it's lulled me into watching it in its entirety on more than one occasion.
shareConan The Destroyer had excellent pacing as well
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