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LEGENDARY performer-turned-director, Randy Spears, certainly has an odd sense of humour. Most of the quirky films he’s involved with have a unique kink to them, and My Imaginary Life is no exception. Continue reading “My Imaginary Life” »

House of the Dead: Overkill

By Josh Jennings

POV zombie shoot-em-up video game House of the Dead: Overkill, bears the distinction of using the most f-bombs in gaming history, according to the Guinness World Records.  Pick up the controller, spend five minutes getting trigger-happy on the relentless flock of zombies mobbing your screen and just see if you don’t wind up cursing like an NWA rapper with PMS.

That Overkill is classified suitable for the 15-plus market in Australia (while being restricted to 18-year-olds in the Unites States in Britain) might seem like good news for the Australian gamer kids who have just turned 15, but not everybody in Australia is chuffed with the current censorship laws.  Under these laws, the adult population is forbidden access to games such as Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (a T&A extravaganza, featuring a slew of perky animated characters and Benny Hill-esque shenanigans). Continue reading “Censorship: Computer games lose out” »

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Race Ace

V8 Supercar star, Jamie Whincup, explains his passion for racing, his partnership with Craig Lowndes, and his love of Australian Penthouse Pets    Interview: Steve Harkness Continue reading “Five Minutes With… Jamie Whincup” »

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Roaring Lion

The last of the muscle cars: behold the HSV W427. Story: Steve Harkness Continue reading “Motoring… Holden HSV W427” »

Trevor Treharne gets his hands on the hottest text tappers on the market…

Continue reading “Gear.. Just your type” »

Porn pushed anal sex out of the closet nearly 20 years ago, but that doesn’t mean we talk about at the pub—or does it? Story: Humphrey Snorts Continue reading “Back Door Bliss” »

Before I begin, let me say that individuals should be allowed to do whatever they want with their own lives. Gambling frequently comes under fire from clueless do-gooders like the Reverend Tim Costello, who enjoys haranguing governments into finding new ways to take away personal freedoms. Continue reading “Poker… Blow up the Pokies” »

Renowned Austrian glamour photographer Manfred Baumann and Australian Penthouse is offering one lucky reader the chance to win an exclusive copy of Manfred’s sexy and gorgeous limited-edition (one of 1500) 320 mm x 470 mm a 2010 calendar, featuring some of the world’s hottest nude models. Click on the link for the winner! Continue reading “Win a Manfred Baumann 2010 nude art calendar–winner announced!” »

PREDATOR (1987)
DIRECTOR: JOHN MCTIERNAN
STARS: ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, CARL WEATHERS, BILL DUKE, JESSE VENTURA
20TH CENTURY FOX

Review: Suzan Ryan

THE LOWDOWN

SCHWARZENEGGER is Dutch, the leader of a covert special ops team called in by the US Government to rescue a group of American cabinet ministers whose chopper went down in the South American jungle, on the wrong side of enemy lines. Prior to deployment, Dutch is met by former friend and colleague, Dillon (Weathers), who informs him that he will be joining the rescue mission (the handshake between the two is cinematic gold).

The squad locates the remains of a previous rescue effort by Delta Force, the soldiers’ bodies left hanging from the trees, skinned alive by unknown assailants. In the team’s efforts to track the remaining soldiers, they discover an enemy encampment that instead of being a holding point for the cabinet ministers is a military intelligence hideout filled with info the CIA secretly tasked Dillon to recover.

Sole survivor of the camp is Anna (Elpidia Carillo), taken hostage by Arnie and his men and subsequently tracked through the jungle by the titular predator, an otherworld killer who tests the limits of Dutch’s muscles (and ingenuity) while picking off his elite team.

NUTS AND BOLTS

Hot on the heels of Commando, two Conan movies, Raw Deal, Red Sonja and The Terminator, Predator is Arnold’s cinematic tipping point to massive international success. Following Predator came The Running Man, Red Heat, and the seamless segue from brawny action killer to brawny emotive softie, with Twins.

Not only does Predator provide the cinematic lynchpin for Arnie’s success, but it’s also a kick-arse movie in its own right. Written on-the-fly by Shane Black (Predator’s Hawkins, and the screenwriter of Lethal Weapon 1&2), Predator is a pop culture orgasm of classic one-liners, a memorable and unique monster, and all-round action hero excellence.

DVD EXTRAS

Surprisingly, the standard DVD edition continues to provide superior fan features than the latest Blu-ray incarnation: shame. The standard DVD featurettes that reveals the behind-the-scenes competitiveness between Weathers—and specifically Ventura and Schwarzenegger, over the size of their biceps—is side-splittingly funny. The wry commentary from screenwriter, Shane Black (who spent most of his time on set writing The Last Boy Scout) and director, McTiernan, is also a highlight.

VERDICT

With a total body count of 64, this movie, to quote Blain (Jesse Ventura), “will make you into a goddamned sexual Tyrannosaurus—just like me”. Unbeatable action escapism.

Can’t get enough Predator?

1. Live your life like an action hero:  Predator Life Lessons, or

2. Watch Arnold and Jesse Ventura headfuck each other over their biceps:

Australian Penthouse magazine’s December 2009 Pet of the Year issue is out now!

Buy December’s Australian Penthouse magazine to discover which Pet of the Month was crowned the 30^th anniversary Pet of the Year in our special bumper issue—where you get 16 extra pages for no extra cost! Continue reading “Inside the December 2009 Issue” »