Apex Mountain
Predator was called the apex Arnold movie though not Arnold’s personal apex; Carl Weathers, Ventura, Landham, helicopter drops, jungle aliens, body butter, death scenes, self-sacrifice, Alabama ticks, and closing-credit smiles were assessed.
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- Predator was distinguished as the apex of Arnold’s films, while Terminator 2 remained his personal apex.
- Carl Weathers was assessed separately as an apex case.
- Jesse Ventura was assessed as an apex case for his movie career.
- Sunny Landham was assessed as an apex case.
- Helicopter insertions were assessed as an apex action-movie device.
- Aliens in jungles were assessed as an apex premise.
- Body butter on action stars was assessed as an apex styling choice.
- Rocky IV beat Predator for Carl Weathers’s apex death scene.
- Alabama ticks were jokingly declared an apex.
- Billy’s final stand and Bruce Willis in Armageddon were compared as self-sacrifice peaks.
- The smiling character-credit sequence was celebrated as an apex closing-credit device.