
LAPD lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) and his cocky detective partner Jerry Lambert (Bill Paxton) soon realize that what seemed a bloody feud between voodoo high priest King Willie's (Calvin Lockhart) Jamaican gangs and Ramon Vega's (Corey Rand) Colombian drug gang is actually the work of a scary third party. Peter Keyes's (Gary Busey) federal team shields the crime scene even for the LAPD, but after forensics proves it must be an alien, who keeps making victims, the c... (Full plot summary below)
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LAPD lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) and his cocky detective partner Jerry Lambert (Bill Paxton) soon realize that what seemed a bloody feud between voodoo high priest King Willie's (Calvin Lockhart) Jamaican gangs and Ramon Vega's (Corey Rand) Colombian drug gang is actually the work of a scary third party. Peter Keyes's (Gary Busey) federal team shields the crime scene even for the LAPD, but after forensics proves it must be an alien, who keeps making victims, the chase brings them all together.
Leave your thoughts about Predator 2.
| Film ThreatClint MorrisA gritty, entertaining, and action-packed follow up |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrIt made bold choices to be a memorable sequel, and most of those chances are exciting. While it has some definite hits and misses, it finds its rightful place in the franchise. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyBeautifully outfitted and moodily photographed, the movie is directed by Stephen Hopkins, the Jamaican-born Australian responsible for Nightmare on Elm Street V. He keeps the pedal to the metal but never allows the explosive action to minimize his actors. |
| EmpireIan NathanMore story-led than the original with a high enough body count to make it a satisfying action movie. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Overall it's a timid and inferior follow-up to the more exciting predecessor, but it does strive for new ideas... |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordVirtually everything about the film is derivative--even the design for the eerie setting for the climactic struggle recalls the interiors of the more exotic old movie palaces--but its makers can't be accused of cutting corners. No doubt about it, those who ask only for pure action will be getting their money's worth. |
| Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertThere is so much violence, as gangs kill gangs, or gangs kill cops, or the predator kills all of them, that it's hard to watch without the brain succumbing to self-protective numbness. |
| Flickering MythShaun MunroA bold attempt to expand its predecessor's mythos, though fundamentally hamstrung by a schizophrenic tone and Hopkins' dull direction. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSince the predator is imaginary but the people who made this film are not, Predator 2 speaks sadly of their own lack of curiosity and imagination. |
| Tampa Bay TimesTom ZuccoThere are a couple of entertaining action sequences, including the climactic battle between the cop and the Predator. The special effects, all shot on film, and the makeup effects, are top-notch for the time they appeared, so as a historical record the movie is interesting. But it just doesn't have enough meat to sate a hungry hunter. |