Predator 2

Predator 2

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Predator 2

Adam Baldwin, Bill Paxton, Calvin Lockhart, Danny Glover, Elpidia Carrillo

Predator wreaked havoc in the jungle and struck box-office gold, so Hollywood logic dictated that Predator 2 should raise hell in the big, bad city. Los Angeles, to be specific, and this near-future L...( read more  read more... ).A. (circa 1997) is an ultra-violent playground for the invisibility-cloaked alien that hunted Arnold Schwarzenegger in the previous film. Scant explanation is given for the creature's return, and because Ah-nuld was busy making Total Recall, Danny Glover was awkwardly installed as the maverick cop (is there any other kind?) who defies a government goon (Gary Busey) to curtail the alien's inner-city killing spree. But why bother, when the victims are scummy Colombian drug lords? Don't look for intelligent answers; director Stephen Hopkins favors wall-to-wall action over sensible plotting, allowing Stan Winston's more prominently featured Predator to join the ranks of iconic movie monsters. And anticipating Alien vs. Predator in comic books and in theaters, there's a familiar-looking skull in the Predator's trophy case! --Jeff Shannon

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  • November 3, 2009
    Turned out to be a bad move to make a sequel for Predator. The plot sucked, the casting blew, and the acting gargled Danny Glover's Chocolate Salty Balls. Bill Paxton and Maria Conchita Alonso in the same room, ridiculously annoying. You went from Arnold to Danny Glover?? Gar...( read more)y Busey is great as always in the same role. Danny Glover?
  • August 28, 2009
    A cheese burger without the burger but with extra cheese. I liked it but it's not a touch on the original.
  • July 6, 2009
    Predator introduced one of the biggest bad-ass villains in movie history squaring off against one of the biggest bad-ass heroes in movie history, Arnold Schwarzenneger. It's only natural for Hollywood to make a sequel to a movie as awesome as Predator is.
    Unfortunately, Predat...( read more)or 2 offers none of the fun of its predecessor. It takes place ten years after the jungle incident, in a futuristic Los Angeles overrun by street gangs. These gangs have cartoon personalities, typical for 80s B-movies. They're extremely annoying. In my opinion, they're too easy prey for the predator, and thus, it takes the fun out of the movie. Most of Predator 2 plays like a bad version of Aliens, complete with a team of agents disguising themselves in foil suits to trap the alien so they can study it. When will these guys learn? And to make matters worse, Arnold has been replaced by Danny Glover, whom I like as an actor, but here, all he does is yell and scream at his superiors amidst talking to himself about how he is going to personally kill the predator.
    The action isn't particularly well filmed either. One particular scene in a subway train has so many flashing lights that it is more likely to induce a seizure rather than excitement. Other action scenes are poorly staged, haphazardly edited, or just outright boring.
    Ultimately, Predator 2 is completely void of any imagination. This film is very by-the-numbers, copying other alien flicks that came before it. The only thing worth mentioning is the now legendary shot of the Predator's trophy room that showcases an Alien skull. I can only imagine the excitement an Alien/Predator fan would have felt seeing that skull. It would probably have made up for having to sit through an otherwise dull, unentertaining sequel.
  • May 7, 2009
    Not as good as the original but the urban location, new look predator with new weaponary and amazing hold your breath action with an excellent ending leaves you wanting more hunting action.
  • February 17, 2009
    While "Predator" is one of the greatest guilty pleasures of mine, I found "Predator 2" to be better picture in every department. Not that I expect anything serious from that kind of filmmaking, especially when they have 80's all over themselves. "Predator 2" still have the flavou...( read more)r of 80's but it looks better, flows better and doesn't give us a massive attack of laughter as "Predator" does.

    So Danny Glover fights this charming, mysterious alien who spends most of time fighting the other spieces across the universe... Yes, at first, it surely looks like a joke. "C'mon, Danny Glover? The guy was funny in "Leathal Weapon 2" but this is a real deal, man...". Well, in a way, yes, but Glover has something of a everyman and his climaxic fight with Predator makes it all more entertaining. Everytime you put Schwarzenegger or Stallone, they just do the obvious. Not even that you know they will win, you know how they will win. Here? Well, I must say I was hooked. It is a fast, well-directed action flick and the Predator itself is presented much more interesting here. I guess maybe it's because the damn jungle quickly makes me bored. (Ever seen "Fitzcarraldo"? There you go.)
  • December 25, 2009
    the movie is rated 18 but wasnt that bad at all.
  • December 19, 2009
    Not as good as the first but still worth watching
  • December 12, 2009
    You can't see the eyes of the demon, until him come callin'.-King Willie

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    Director:Stephe Hopkins
    Cast:Danny Glover,Gary Busey,Ruben Blades,Bill Paxton
    Genre:Action,Science Fiction
    Year of release:1990
    Running Time:105 minutes

    Plot:
    Lt. Harrigan (Danny Glover) is a cop fighting the good war against drugs. But recently, the major drug lords have been killed off in a very brutal fashion. His superiors tell him to stay out of it, but Harrigan knows that something is wrong. His instincts are right when he discovers that the person behind the murders is none other than the Predator, the human-hunting alien who likes to make trophies out of his victims' skulls. But how can Harrigan stop the Predator when it can turn invisible and kill him without him knowing it?

    Review:
    After hunting Arnold Schwarzenegger in the jungle,the Predator returns to continue his hunt and this is in the hot city of LA.The original movie remains as one of the best action movies ever and when Predator 2 came out in back,it didnīt grab the audience like the first.But is a preety good action movie and is even more violent and intense.If you love the first one,you will enjoy this one too.

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    Danny Glover is the Predatorīs newest opponent,Lt.Mike Harrigan.I always love him since Lethal Weapon but in this movie heīs a complete badass.Not a bad replacement for Arnold who unfortunately refused to come back.Glover may not have the muscles but he sure kicks real ass.Gary Busey was great as Peter Keys.In this movie,we ll learn a lot about the Predator s origins thanks to this mysterious character.Kevin Peter Hall(RIP)suits up to the role of the ultimate hunter once again.He really kills everybody from colombians to jamaicans and not even the cops canīt escape from him.The Predator is indeed the most badass creature of movie history.
    The most horrifying scene of the film is when Predator ripps off King Willieīs spine and also the subway mayhem.

    Stephen Hopkins did a great job in this one.He may be not have the brilliance of John McTiernan but he was able to give a bloody violent movie.He did a good job on Predator 2 but i could expect more for Hopkins.

    Predator 2 may not better than its predecessor but is worthy sequel and a lot better than AVP crap.Bring it Predators because the hunting season is on.
  • November 16, 2009
    Couldn't they find someone who had rippling glamour muscles. Glover doesn't fit the profile, but he still managed to clear them vag faces out.
  • November 12, 2009
    Predator wreaked havoc in the jungle and struck box-office gold, so Hollywood now decided that Predator 2 should raise hell in the big, bad city of Los Angeles. That's right - it's a near-future L.A. in 1997, the never-ending battleground of street gangs and drug lo...( read more)rds. And in the middle of the battle is the familiar extraterrestrial villain who lives to hunt its victims and is protected by an invisibility cloak. Though Schwarzenegger didn't return for this action-packed sequel, our newest hero - Danny Glover - is a cop who defies a government goon to fight the city's crime; his acting performance is as good as his predecessor's. And so does this film...I like it! Yes, I know there is a Alien vs. Predator crossover franchise, but I hear there's going to be a Predators coming to theaters in 2010, and it could be better than this one.

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