Predator - Mini-gun vs jungle scene
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Predator (1987)
I love this bit in Predator (just as much as I love the rest of the film of course). In this scene, the commandos are moving around in the jungle looking for whatever enemy is lurking between the trees, not knowing the predator is nearby and about to strike. Everyone is treading carefully. Blain, played by Jesse Ventura, is carrying a hefty mini-gun which he used earlier to good effect. Unfortunately, he gets ambushed quite easily by the roaming predator. Mac, played by Bill Duke, runs up first and discovers his dead buddy’s body before unleashing a torrent of bullets into the jungle. When the ammo runs out, he picks up Mac’s awesome mini-gun and uses that up too. The others join in and completely destroy the entire bit of jungle in front of them, and a spooky silence descends on the scene of utter destruction. What a brilliantly played out scene. 
It’s worth noting that in the book, it’s mentioned that Mac and Blain served together during the Vietnam War. When Blain is killed and Mac is the first to arrive, Mac becomes a bit unhinged and has a kind of flash back, calling for his old squads Sergeant as if they were being ambushed back in the jungles of Vietnam. As you can see in the movie too, this is why he isn’t quite the same after Blain’s death.
August 30th, 2009 at 23:28
Yes, oh yes. This scene is absolutely phenomenol and one of my favorite all-time movie scenes. It goes from quite to all out chaos and violence then, as you mentioned returns to stunned silence. Raw emotion on the part of Duke. He’s so great. Very good description on your part. Thanks.