I Love the style of this nintys flick. More Predator than the first one. Goofy, funny, over the top and absolutely enjoyable!

Predator 2 gets a lot of flak, mainly for not featuring Arnold and not living up to its predecessor. While it definitely does not best the 1987 original, I will argue that this is still a sequel worth looking into. First, the things that are true about the criticism leveled at Predator 2 - yes, it lacks the atmosphere and tension of the original Predator. The inhumanly muscular, quintessentially '80s' mercenaries from the first film are gone, replaced by more conventional cop characters, led by Lethal Weapon's Danny Glover who ironically portrays Mike Harrigan a loose cannon closer to to Riggs than to Murtaugh. The iconic jungle setting is changed to Los Angeles, inexplicably set 7 years into the future without any sort of technological advances or plot elements that make this a different LA than it was in present day 1990. Predator 2 is a somewhat more conventional, pulpy action/horror film, full of explosions and cheesy moments such as an over-the-top closeup of a decapitated voodoo shaman's head, frozen in a scream. The film plays with its titular monster's iconic hunting gear, adding all sorts of new gizmos that have since become a staple of Predator merchandise and memorabilia, almost losing itself in the vast array of weapons and gadgets that the creature now has at its disposal. What is also true is that the plot does little to avoid cliches, ranging from cop cliches (Harrigan butting heads with his by-the-book, office-bound superiors) to sci-fi horror staples such as the shady government spooks who are trying to capture and weaponize the creature (clearly inspired by that other Fox horror series, Alien).But what is also true is that Predator is just a very fun film. It realizes its potential cheesiness and just goes with. Less subtly so than the original, which may add up to people's dislike of it. While the Predator is somewhat demystified by appearing much earlier in the film and spending considerably less time behind its light-bending camouflage, the film teases us with a massive amount of lore that we only get to glimpse (they have a culture, they gather all sorts of extraterrestrial trophy's including the famous Alien's head) and have still only scratched the surface of. While this has been explored to greater lengths in the expanded universe, and not always in a good way (the comic book Predators are basically Klingons at this point), the filmic universe hints at a unique and mysterious society that we're still yet to fully appreciate. Also, the film is full of action and maintains the Predator's aura of an elusive, unstoppable force that treats humans as little more than wild animals to be hunted down and mounted on a wall.In short, Predator is more than a Schwarzenegger vehicle. The Predator creature is definitely capable of carrying the series beyond a single human lead, and is definitely worth seeing even if it isn't facing the Goverator.

Another movie trying to surn american cop into a hero. I am huge fan of predator but there were a few too obvious mistakes. First when the female cop standed against Predator at the subway he saw she was pregnant, the baby was turned with head up since I know baby's head must point down only if there is no pregnancy problem. I just could not miss the way Harrigan lost his gun at the slaughterhouse and Predator jut crashed it as it was made of plastic. Or it was. No matter how strong he is, iron hit on the ground can't turn into pieces. And btw when Predator throw that disc he cut the other cop on two, a bucket of blood just came from the upper part of the body, but it never came to the ground. Probably it was busy with something more important. But the big fail is coming at this site, why you should ruin it showing the actor playing the Predator? First movie never announced it and it was for better. Details are important, you know.

I really liked this movie. Despite the absence of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Glover really held his own as a character. The special effects (including, of course, lots of explosions,) were just as great as they were in the first movie. I enjoyed the urban setting. I also think Bill Paxton did a great job. I've never seen him in a role quite like he played in Predator 2.While very different from the first film, Predator 2 is still a fun, thrilling action movie that I think fans of the series will be pleasantly surprised by. I'm a big action fan, and this one really got me excited. I can't think of anything that made me feel like the plot was slow or that the production was anything short of outstanding.The ending is chilling as well. I definitely did not see it coming!