Predator 2 (1990) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Predator 2 (1990) |
| Director | Stephen Hopkins |
| Screenplay Writer | Jim Thomas, John Thomas |
| Based on Novel by | Characters from Predator franchise |
| Lead Actors | Danny Glover |
| Cast | Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, Kevin Peter Hall |
| Genre | Action, Sci-Fi, Horror |
| Release Date | November 21, 1990 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 48m (108 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$35 million |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$57 million |
| IMDb Rating | ~6.3/10 |
| Notable For | Urban jungle setting, expanded Predator mythology, brutal action scenes |
| Special Effects | Stan Winston creature effects |
| Music Composer | Alan Silvestri |
| Franchise | Second film in the Predator series |
| Cult Status | Cult sci-fi action horror sequel |
| Famous Scene | Predator spaceship trophy room reveal |
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The Predator is back again for some more hunting only minus Arnold this time around. Set a few years after the first film this one is set in LA during an incredible heat wave. Also LA is being torn apart as two rival gangs compete for the drug business. Caught between the Colombians and the Jamaican Voodoo Posse is the undermanned and under armed LAPD. In this drug war filled urban landscape the Predator has ample game.
Hannigan, played by Danny Glover, is the standard take no shit rebel cop, who leads a group of three top officers in his squad. Hannigan wages war on the gangs and vice versa until both gang members and cops end up being cut down and strung up by the head collecting alien.
As if the gangs and unseen enemy are not bad enough Hannigan soon runs into Agent Keys, played by a Gary Busy, who begins to play the jurisdiction card when ever Hannigan’s squad comes close to finding out some answers to what’s going on around them. Soon Keys tired of Hannigan’s intrusions lets him in on what’s going on. Apparently since the last time a Predator showed up (1st movie) the government has been tracking and monitoring more of their kind. They have lucked out and found the one in L.A. and have been watching his patterns and learning his routine.
The plan is to catch the alien and observe him and his alien technology. Set in a slaughterhouse where the alien comes to feed the trap is sprung. To no surprise the alien gets away and it is up to Hannigan to stop it. We get to see a good chase over rooftops and into sewers and finally to a space ship for the final showdown, and a truly excellent ending.
This is the starting point for the Predator mythos, soon after this movie the comics and novels would begin to come out and explore the Predator world. In this one the Predator still has the hand blades, armor, shoulder cannon and of course the face plate. But we also get introduced to the homing disk, hunting spear, net gun and the best part “What to do if your an alien and get your arm cut off on earth handbook” which is a really good scene.
We also get to see that each Predator has a different face and skin color pattern, so that they are all not the same, plus each Predator can customize it’s own weapons and armor. But the best part of this one is it dips more into the Predator’s code of honor. In the first one we learned that the Predator would not attack unless you were armed. In this one there is a great scene involving an armed female officer that the Predator does not kill for other reasons. Showing the creature is not just a killing machine, but truly a great character and not just a monster.
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