There's a lot of great trivia for Predator 2. I hope they do this one during their summer action movies thing. Not really being a fan of the first film, I was hoping that "Lost World" would be the "Predator 2" of it's franchise with dinosaurs terrorizing a new environment where dinosaurs aren't supposed to be, placing innocent people in danger, not just a bunch of trained soldiers, which we got for about 10 minutes at the end. It reminds me of "Jurassic Park", like how "Lost World" was pretty much the same movie as the first one, but they just remembered to bring guns this time. For instance, "Predators" seemed like more of a re-hash or a remake of the original than a different movie, whether it be a sequel or just another movie taking place in a universe where predators were running around.
If you have a more timeless setting, it kind of makes it seem like more of the same. I really liked the change of setting though, and I think that the movie being so dated (I would even say post-dated) actually helps, because if they did another one that took place in a city, at least it would be different from the OTHER one that took place in a city. It made its money back, but it was considered a big failure based on the success of the first one. Putting the action in downtown LA with rival Jamaican voodoo gangs was an utterly bizarre story choice. There are some great action sequences and gore, a fun supporting cast and it moves along at a great pace.Yeah, I think one of the things that helps the original is being set in the jungle, it doesn't necessarily put it in any specific time period. Overall, Predator 2 doesn’t deserve a lot of the hate and yes I miss Arnie but for me the star of this movie is the Predator himself. Predator… which sadly wasn’t worth getting excited about.Īlan Silvestri returns to provide another excellent score maintaining all of the original themes from the first movie the music manages to really add to the tension and stays quiet when it needs to but gets explosive during the action scenes. We also get our first glimpse of an Alien skull hinting at Alien vs. The finale in the spacecraft is actually now pretty legendary with multiple Predators appearing one of them hands Hartigan a gun from over a century ago proving that these creatures have been hunting humans for many years. There is also plenty of gore in this one and the extra threat of the Jamaican posses adds something a little different to the story. I like how even in all the chaos he leaves Maria Conchita Alonso alone because she was pregnant, so he doesn’t consider her a potential enemy. I know I talk about this a lot but the subway scene with the Predator attacking armed commuters remains one of the all-time great action sequences as it’s nightmarish and yet awesome at the same time. Where the first Predator was tension and build up in the first half, Predator 2 really ups the action and even has some of the best action sequences of the series. It’s a real attention grabbing opening scene and sets the pace for the intensity of the rest of the movie. The film opens in the far-distant future of 1997… errr, anyway there is a war going on for the streets of Los Angeles and bodies are dropping like flies. Gary Busey is as bonkers as always but his scenes with Glover are filled with tension and it’s also a nice little nod to the first Lethal Weapon. The supporting cast is impressive including Gary Busey, Robert Davi, Bill Paxton (who has some choice lines) and Maria Conchita Alonso who plays a complete badass the polar opposite of her annoying character from The Running Man. I have to admit though that I always found Harrigan to be quite an unsympathetic character as he’s just an asshole to pretty much everyone but then I realized, there’s a war going on and he has to be tough in order to survive. Like Dutch though, it’s all about using your brains to outsmart the Predator and Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Glover) holds his own nicely. This time Arnold Schwarzenegger is replaced by Danny Glover, which was an odd choice as he wouldn’t really be much of a physical threat to the alien hunter. Review: I think Predator 2 gets a bad rap and I actually love it nearly as much as the original the first one will of course always be the best but this movie still has a lot going for it. Plot: Amidst a territorial gang war, a sophisticated alien hunter stalks the citizens of Los Angeles and the only man between him and his prey is veteran L.A.P.D. There are some great action sequences and gore, a fun supporting cast and it moves along at a great pace. Predator 2 doesn’t deserve a lot of the hate and yes I miss Arnie but for me the star of this movie is the Predator himself.
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