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Movie Reviews of Predator 2
Movie Review: Fabulous
Summary: 5 Stars
Now in Region 1, the Predator Two Disc--Special Edition isn't out yet. But this for Predator 2, is amazing and about as "special editiony" as you will get for this movie. I was shocked to see there was a documentary with this. The theatrical trailers are, always a nice bonus too. And well this movie is far underrated, because "Predator" set the bar so high. Order this DVD and you will be surprised!
Movie Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this sequel to the hit movie Predator. the city theme with cartels and PD is great especially with the intertwining of other films (Aliens) and hints at what transpired in the original Predator. When one is able to present a sequel in an interesting way that is eye catching yet make the story good by combining the current story with the original story line you have an excellent film.Movie Review: A great sequel to a superb film!
Summary: 5 Stars
Predator 2 is a good film. Not as good as the first but very entertaining. The Predator has more weapons and we learn more about why the Predator is around.Check this out it is a great film with more gore and bloodshed than the first film.
Definitely worth watching if you loved the first film like me.
Movie Review: Pretty Damn Entertaining...85%
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a huge Aliens and Predators fan and I've been one since I was 13. For other fans like myself, you've probably seen the first Predator, which was a Sci-Fi Classic and introduced another fantastic, gruesome monster to the world back in 1987, coincidentally the year I was born. The action was pulse pounding and the storyline simple yet gripping. Fans the world over couldn't wait for the next Predator movie, and for 3 years they waited patiently. Then in 1990, Predator 2 was released, the long awaited sequel to "Predator." And here's my take on the film...
The year is 1997, 10 years after "Predator." The place, Los Angeles. Crime in the city is rife and the police seem powerless to stop druglords, thieves, murderers, rapists and robbers. Enter Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover), a cop with his own rules and ideas of getting rid of the crime epedemic in L.A. This is not the only epedemic however as a great heat-wave hangs over the city. And as you may have learned from the previous movie, Predators are attracted by hot conditions and areas of conflict. And so in no time at all a Predator is lurking the streets and building tops of the city, hunting prey and searching for trophies. However, it seems that most of these trophies are criminals and drug-lords; (this is never really explained, but anyway) and so it seems that Harrigan and his partners must now discover the mystery behind these brutal murders. And of course, what they find is out of this world...the storyline is simple but really allows the action and intrigue to come to the fore, so it gets a comfy 4/5.
Unlike "Predator," you don't really learn as much about the characters (except for Glover) and you don't really get to see the full spectrum of their personalities or grow any kind of attachment to them. There again, it may just make the idea of killing the other characters easier, so that doesn't really detract from the movie. The Predators themselves are realistic and as gruesome and ugly as ever, and Stephen Hopkins really succeeds in maintaining the pragmatic and "dirty" look of the Predators. Hopkins certainly keeps the franchise afloat with this movie that adds to the mythology behind the Preds. We find out that they are actually social creatures and have spaceships and customs like human beings. In this way we learn more about the Predators and find that they are complex, ancient beings that are, in some ways, more similar to humans than we previously thought. The movie gets 5/5 for maintaining the franchise and giving us a greater insight into the social structures of the Predators.
Not only are we introduced to new concepts about the social and traditional aspects concerning Predators, but also some new weapons! This is the first time we see the "Disc" weapon, which seems to have a built-in guidance system and seems capable of slicing through most materials. Harrigan actually steals and wields this weapon on the hunting Predator later on in the movie. We also see that Predators have more than one or two modes of vision, which is also interesting. This Predator also uses a different Med kit to the one in the original movie, which is pretty interesting as this Pred burns the wounds shut rather than suturing as in the first movie. And of course there are the normal weapons like the classic wristblade, spear and shoulder cannon. Hopkins has truly expanded on the story of the Predators and for that he is to be highly commended. 4.5/5 for allowing us to see deeper into the world of these monstrousities...
Overall it's not quite as good as the first, but it's still pretty strong and certainly won't disappoint fans. "Predator 2" gets 85% overall, so it gets a big fat "A" in my book. It lacks a little due to some small factors and just doesn't quite have the same appeal as the first movie, but that aside, it's very good. So buy it today if you love Sci-Fi action and are a Predator fan! A very good buy...
Movie Review: Where's Arnold?
Summary: 4 Stars
Skipping past my silly title, I actually liked this movie over Arnold Schwarzenegger's first "Predator." While Arnold has an incredible physique, Danny Glover is more down-to-earth and has to rely more on his wits than Arnold.Danny Glover plays a maverick cop in the vein of Harry Callahan in Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry movies. As Danny hunts down Columbian drug lords, he soon runs across an alien predator also hunting the same Columbian drug lords. While Danny should be happy that someone else is taking out Columbian drug lords, apparently Danny would rather it be the police instead of an alien hunter, so soon Danny finds himself on the trail of the alien.
The original "Predator" had a number of plot holes that were easy to ignore because of the nearly non-stop action. "Predator 2" has even more plot holes, and occasionally they intrude into the action enough that you have to pay attention to them. Perhaps the biggest plot hole is the arrogance and stupidity of Gary Bussey as government agent Peter Keyes. It seems that in action movies the feds always end up being portrayed as too good for everyone's own good, including their own. If Gary and his team were as technologically astute as they appeared to be, they should have recognized that the alien could see their lights in the meat locker. While that particular incident may have been the biggest plot hole, there are a number of others that are occasionally distracting that I will leave for the viewer to discover.
The real charm of this movie is that Danny is physically not a match for the predator, and thus must rely much more on his intelligence to thwart the predator. The predator clearly has its own arrogance, for which it ultimately pays, but along the way the interaction between Glover and the alien provide for some very good scenes.
In one scene the predator has Danny Glover in a very bad situation. Danny is able to make use of the alien's high tech boomerang weapon to cut off the alien's hand. The alien escapes into a building across the way. By using a cool looking colander the alien mixes a little glass and some other ingredients to make a kind of patch for the stub of his arm. The noise the alien makes as it puts the molten glass and ceramic on its arm scares a little old lady in her bed, providing for a funny moment as the alien leaps out of the lady's bathroom and then her apartment, soon followed by Danny Glover, who has in the meantime found a clever way to get between the two apartment buildings.
"Predator 2" is not quite as slick as the first "Predator," and the plot holes are bigger. For all that, I thought "Predator 2" achieved more of the potential of the alien hunter than the first movie, and the action was more frequent and more varied than in the first movie. As with the first movie the final show down is between the main character and the alien, and the outcome is just about as uncertain. While each movie has its charms and its weaknesses, and I am sure some prefer the first over the second, I still think the second has a lot to offer.