Predator 2 (1990) Movie Review

Predator 2 (1990) Movie Review

Update: 2024-06-20
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Lions! Tigers! Bears! Oh my! Analog Jones continues their Predator franchise review when they watch Predator 2. How does the sequel hold up with no Arnold?


Quick Facts

Directed by Stephen Hopkins (Second unit director on Highlander, Directed A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and The Ghost and the Darkness)

Written by Jim and John Thomas (they returned from Predator)

Music by Alan Silvestri (Returned from Predator)

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Released on November 21, 1990

Budget of $20–30 million

Box office of $57.1 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 30% Tomatometer / 44% Audience Score


Starring

Danny Glover as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan, an LAPD Officer who is investigating rival Jamaican and Colombian drug cartels. He is stubborn and often is criticized by the superior officers for not obeying orders.

Kevin Peter Hall as City Hunter / The Predator, a member of an alien warrior race that hunts aggressive members of other species for sport, uses active camouflage and a plasma weapon, and can see in the infrared spectrum. Hall also played the Elder Predator, the leader of the Predators at the end of the film.

Hal Rayle provides the voice of the Predator, replacing Peter Cullen from the first film.

Gary Busey as Special Agent Peter Keyes, posed as a DEA agent leading a special task force investigating a drug conspiracy as a cover for his attempts to capture the Predator. The character is a replacement for Dutch, the protagonist of the first film, after Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to reprise the role. In this film it’s indicated he sent the Special Operations team 10-years earlier.


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Predator 2 (1990) Movie Review

Predator 2 (1990) Movie Review

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