10 Movies That Completely Switched Genre Halfway Through

2. Predator

From Dusk Till Dawn Quentin Tarantino George Clooney Salma Hayek
20th Century Studios

With his reputation as the action genre's biggest star firmly established following The Terminator, Commando and Raw Deal, audiences were expecting a standard Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle based on the marketing for Predator, which focused on the uber-macho ensemble of veteran soldiers.

So far, so familiar, as we were introduced to our cast of memorable supporting characters as they made their way through the jungle, blowing sh*t up and gunning down an army of faceless goons in the process. However, one heat-vision shot of a massive claw later, and Predator was turned upside down.

The invisible extra-terrestrial picked off the team one-by-one, and what had initially seemed like a standard 'Arnie goes on a one-man rescue mission' story soon pivoted into hard sci-fi that saw the big Austrian facing off with an eight-foot tall alien with mandibles and a bloodlust for human trophies instead.

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