Predator 2

Predator 2 is a 1990 science-fiction action crime horror film directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by John and Jim Thomas. It is the sequel to Predator and the second installment of the Predator franchise.

Plot
Los Angeles is enduring a heat wave and a crime wave, so the pressure on police officer Michael Harrigan (Danny Glover) to solve a strange string of murders is mounting. Harrigan thinks the culprit can be found among the warring gangs and drug cartels, but FBI Special Agent Peter Keyes (Gary Busey) knows the horrible truth: Their killer is a fearsome extraterrestrial (Kevin Peter Hall) with keen hunting abilities that include superior night vision and the power to make itself invisible.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Danny Glover's performance as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan is fantastic.
 * 2) Takes the setting from the jungle to a city which is pretty interesting.
 * 3) Just like its predecessor, it has a good bait-and-switch: the movie starts out as a standard early 1990s action movie before turning into a suspenseful horror thriller film once the Predator shows his presence to the audience and protagonists.
 * 4) Great creature effects from the late Stan Winston.
 * 5) It helped further expand upon the Predator mythos and started the popular comic book series of Alien vs. Predator.
 * 6) A fantastic soundtrack from Alan Silvestri.
 * 7) Great action scenes, especially during the opening and the final battle between Mike Harrigan and the Predator.
 * 8) Fantastic cinematography.
 * 9) Surprisingly good performances from the supporting cast, mostly from Gary Busey and the late Bill Paxton.
 * 10) The Predator's new weaponry is pretty creative.
 * 11) The scene where the Predator brutally kills people on the train is awesome and terrifying.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It wasn't very well received, with low box-office results and a 30% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
 * 2) The Xenomorph skull, while a great Easter egg, partially sets up the two Alien vs. Predator movies.
 * 3) The subway scene can be quite risky for viewers with photosensitive epilepsy.
 * 4) Depending on your view, Jerry Lambert can be annoying.
 * 5) For unexplained reasons, the Predator acts more like an anti-hero in this film compared to the villain he is in the first film, and he now only kills characters who are armed with weapons.

Reception
At the time of release, Predator 2 received generally negative reviews from critics, though reviewers were generally impressed by the casting of Danny Glover as an action hero. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of 30% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's consensus states: "The thrill of the hunt is gone in this hackneyed sequel.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Over time, the film is often viewed as being underrated and more positively and has come to be considered a cult classic.

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Trivia

 * The xenomorph skull seen in the Predator's skull collection was a nod to the Dark Horse Alien vs. Predator comic books, which were quite popular at the time.
 * The character of Keyes was originally going to be Dutch Schaeffer from the first Predator film, once again played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. However, Schwarzenegger refused to reprise his role because he didn't like the idea of Dutch becoming a villain.