Predator 2 (1990) is a science fiction horror film starring Danny Glover and Gary Busey. It is a sequel to the successful 1987 film Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Apart from actor Kevin Peter Hall in the role of the Predator and a very brief cameo appearance by Elpidia Carrillo, the film has an entirely new cast. The movie received mixed reviews, with Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert suggesting it represents an "angry and ugly" dream.Predator 2 established several new facts about the predator creatures, painting them less harshly than in the original film. The predators are portrayed as noble hunters, following a code in which they refuse to kill unarmed, ill or pregnant prey. This was hinted at in the 1987 film when an unarmed Anna (Elpidia Carrillo) was never attacked, and when the Predator removed his armor to face Dutch in a fair fight. At the end of Predator 2, after Harrigan (Glover) kills the creature, he is suddenly surrounded by additional predators. Presumably because their comrade was defeated in a fair match, they let Harrigan leave and even give him a trophy (flintlock gun) in honor of his victory.
Near the end of the film, a Xenomorph skull can be seen in the predator's trophy collection. The first time the Alien and Predator franchises were combined was in November of 1989 when Dark Horse Comics released Aliens vs. Predator. This combination would also later be explored in various video games, and the films Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007).
Lead Cast- Kevin Peter Hall as The Predator
- Danny Glover as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
- Gary Busey as Peter Keyes
- Rubén Blades as Danny Archuleta
- Maria Conchita Alonso as Leona Cantrell
- Bill Paxton as Jerry Lambert
- Robert Davi as Captain Phil Heinemann
- Adam Baldwin as Garber
- Kent McCord as Captain B. Pilgrim
Synopsis
This special effects-heavy science fiction sequel moves the action from the first film's Amazon forest to the urban jungle of L.A. Danny Glover stars as Lt. Mike Harrigan, an LAPD detective baffled by his latest case, the ritualistic slaughter of several drug dealers by a devastating killer who leaves no traces. As Harrigan and his partners, Danny Archuletta (Ruben Blades), Leona Cantrell (Maria Conchita Alonso), and Jerry Lambert (Bill Paxton), try to figure out who or what killed the criminals, FBI investigator Stephen Keyes (Gary Busey) attempts to warn the team away from investigating further. When two of his team are killed in a particularly grisly way, Harrigan uncovers the truth -- their quarry is an alien creature that hunts humans for sport. Attracted to violence, its latest choice of prey is gun-toting Jamaican drug dealers. Keyes and his team know all about the nasty extraterrestrial and its bloody pastime because they've been studying it for ten years, and they've come up with a possible means of dispatching the beast. When that plan backfires, however, it comes down to Harrigan and an extremely irritated otherworldly foe, slugging it out in a rooftop confrontation. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide.
Predator II Movie Soundtracks:
This special effects-heavy science fiction sequel moves the action from the first film's Amazon forest to the urban jungle of L.A. Danny Glover stars as Lt. Mike Harrigan, an LAPD detective baffled by his latest case, the ritualistic slaughter of several drug dealers by a devastating killer who leaves no traces. As Harrigan and his partners, Danny Archuletta (Ruben Blades), Leona Cantrell (Maria Conchita Alonso), and Jerry Lambert (Bill Paxton), try to figure out who or what killed the criminals, FBI investigator Stephen Keyes (Gary Busey) attempts to warn the team away from investigating further. When two of his team are killed in a particularly grisly way, Harrigan uncovers the truth -- their quarry is an alien creature that hunts humans for sport. Attracted to violence, its latest choice of prey is gun-toting Jamaican drug dealers. Keyes and his team know all about the nasty extraterrestrial and its bloody pastime because they've been studying it for ten years, and they've come up with a possible means of dispatching the beast. When that plan backfires, however, it comes down to Harrigan and an extremely irritated otherworldly foe, slugging it out in a rooftop confrontation. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide.
Predator II Movie Soundtracks:
- "EN MI BARRIO"
Written by Michael Sembello and Gerardo Meija
Produced by Michael Sembello
Performed by Gerardo
Courtesy of Interscope Records - "YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK"
Written by Papa Dee and Karl "Utopia" McFaul
Produced by Bankrash and Papa Dee
Performed by Papa Dee
Courtesy of Telegram Records AB & BMG Music International - "HYPOCRITES (DEM HAFFI LEAVE)"
Written by Papa Dee and The Falcon
Produced by Christian "The Falcon" Falk
Co-Produced by Papa Dee and Bankrash
Performed by Papa Dee
Courtesy of Telegram Records AB & BMG Music International - "LETTIN' OFF STEAM"
Written by Papa Dee and Karl "Utopia" McFaul
Produced by Bankrash and Papa Dee
Performed by Papa Dee
Courtesy of Telegram Records AB & BMG Music International - "FAKE"
Written by Papa Dee and Lati Kronlund
Produced by Lati Kronlund
Performed by Papa Dee
Courtesy of Telegram Records AB & BMG Music International
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