Predator 2

 

Predator 2 (1990)

• Director: Stephen Hopkins
• Seen by this director: Lost in Space
• Based on book: no.
• Cast: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Danny Glover – 2012, Be Kind Rewind, Honeydripper, Dreamgirls, Manderlay, The Exonerated, Beloved, Bopha!, Lethal Weapon, The Colour Purple, Silverado, Witness
• Gary Busey – something, probably
• Rubén Blades – Once upon a Time in Mexico, Cradle Will Rock, Mo’ Better Blues
• Bill Paxton – The Circle, Edge of Tomorrow, A Simple Plan, Titanic, Twister, Aliens, Terminator, Streets of Fire
• Why? Danny Glover
• Seen:  8 March 2023. Completely inappropriate for International Women’s Day.      

       The first Predator film was ridiculously bad but I bought this one at the same time and I do like Danny Glover so I will give it a try.

       In the first fifteen minutes there’s more shooting than in WWII, all observed by the shimmeringly invisible alien. It’s LA and there’s a drug war going on. And then it becomes a war between the alien and Danny Glover.

       Is it better than the first one? Marginally. The ending is somewhat cool. But it’s one of Glover’s worst films. 

1½ * of 5