Maps of Movies
Predator (1987)
Where Predator says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The jungle is Mexico, the country is never named, and the waterfall is real
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Scenes and places
The downed helicopter (1987)
Dutch's team finds the shot-down helicopter and tracks of guerrillas, then three skinned corpses hanging high in the trees. Dutch recognises them as Green Berets and starts to doubt what Dillon has told him.
Set in Helicopter wreck, Central American jungle — The crash site where Dutch's team picks up the trail of the missing cabinet minister.
A jungle clearing used as the first stop of the rescue mission.
Filmed at Jungle inland from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico — Principal Mexican jungle location; the exact clearing is not documented (coordinates are the city's). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The guerrilla camp assault (1987)
Dutch's team attacks the camp, killing the soldiers and their Soviet allies. Afterwards Dillon admits the cabinet-minister story was a lie to get Dutch to destroy the camp.
Set in Guerrilla camp — The jungle camp that Dutch's team attacks.
A remote armed camp deep in the jungle.
Filmed at El Edén area, south of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (unconfirmed) — One forum post links the camp to the El Edén area; the AFI catalog only says a restaurant of that name was a location. Coordinates are the nearby town of Mismaloya. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The march with Anna (1987)
Dillon takes a guerrilla, Anna, prisoner and the team heads for the extraction point. Billy senses something inhuman is following them, and the team starts to lose men.
Set in Jungle trail to the extraction point — The trail the team follows with a prisoner after the camp.
A dense jungle route toward the extraction point.
Filmed at Jungle inland from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico — Jungle scenes were shot inland; no specific trail is documented (coordinates are the city's). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The booby-trapped night camp (1987)
The team mines the perimeter and sets up camp for the night. A wild boar springs a trap, and in the confusion the creature takes Blain's body.
Set in Night camp in the jungle — The camp the team mines before dark.
A defended clearing ringed with tripwires and flares.
Filmed at Jungle inland from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico — Jungle camp scenes; exact clearing not documented (coordinates are the city's). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Trapping the treetops (1987)
Dutch realises the creature is stalking them from the treetops and frees Anna because he needs her. The team rigs a net, but it escapes and Poncho is hurt.
Set in Treetop trap site — The stretch of jungle where Dutch tries to net the creature.
A jungle stand with trees rigged as traps.
Filmed at Jungle inland from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico — Jungle scenes; AFI notes the crew added artificial trees, rocks and vines. Exact spot not documented (coordinates are the city's). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The cliff and the waterfall (1987)
Dutch tells Anna to drop her weapon and run for the extraction point, then distracts the creature and falls from a cliff into a waterfall.
Set in Cliff above a waterfall — The cliff edge where Dutch is cornered.
A jungle gorge with a tall waterfall.
Filmed at Misol-Ha waterfall, near Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico — Wikipedia says the Palenque shoot included the Misol-Ha waterfall; which scene it was is not stated, the cliff-and-waterfall match rests on that and the plot only. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The muddy shore (1987)
Dutch washes up on a muddy shore. The creature hunts him but cannot seem to see him, and Dutch works out that the mud hides his body heat.
Set in Muddy river bank — The shore where Dutch washes up.
A muddy river bank below the falls.
Filmed at Jungle around Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico — AFI says shooting resumed at Palenque in February 1987; which scene was shot where is not stated (coordinates are Palenque's). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Dutch's jungle traps (1987)
Seeking to avenge his team, Dutch builds makeshift traps and weapons. As night falls he covers himself in mud and lures the creature in with a war cry.
Set in Jungle trap ground — The ground where Dutch builds traps to hunt the hunter.
A mud-and-vine jungle trap ground at night.
Filmed at Jungle around Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico — Wikipedia's Val Verde article puts about half the final film in the Palenque shoot; the scene-to-place match is summary-level only (coordinates are Palenque's). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Dutch — The leader of a paramilitary rescue team sent into a Central American jungle.
- Dillon — Dutch's Vietnam War ally, now a CIA agent, who joins the mission to oversee it.
- Billy — The team's expert tracker, who senses something inhuman in the jungle.
- Anna — A guerrilla taken prisoner who knows the local stories of the hunter.