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Not like any of John McTiernan's other movies!

posted 8 years ago by !!!deleted!!! (12526472)
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Is this a good case of the early work of an ambitious experimental director, before getting sucked into the Hollywood machine and making more conventional (but still frequently brilliant) mass-appeal movies? I wonder at the thought processes of who ever hired him to direct Predator after seeing Nomads, what a strange (but very successful) choice.

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[–] legnadibrom (5702) 4 years ago

& then capping off his career with Basic,
quite a variety in his filmography

[–] Wuchak (8101) a year ago

I wonder at the thought processes of who ever hired him to direct Predator after seeing Nomads, what a strange (but very successful) choice.

Schwarzenegger said in his autobiography "Total Recall" that he was so impressed with the atmosphere & professionalism of the low-budget "Nomads" -- directed and written by McTiernan (his first film) -- that he convinced the producers to hire McTiernan to helm "Predator."