Predator 2 (1990)

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers (WGA):

Jim Thomas (characters) &
John Thomas (characters) ...

Release Date:

21 November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Pull over, park, and pray.

Plot:

The monstrous alien is at it again. This in time in Los Angeles, he leaves a trail full of dead bodies, and the only man who can stop him this time is Lieutenant Mike Harrigan of the LAPD (Danny Glover).

Plot Keywords:

Heat Wave | Xenomorph | Bloody Violence | Voodoo | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Kevin Peter Hall	...	The Predator
Danny Glover	...	Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
Gary Busey	...	Peter Keyes
Rubén Blades	...	Danny Archuleta (as Ruben Blades)
Maria Conchita Alonso	...	Leona Cantrell
Bill Paxton	...	Jerry Lambert
Robert Davi	...	Captain Phil Heinemann
Adam Baldwin	...	Garber
Kent McCord	...	Captain B. Pilgrim
Morton Downey Jr.	...	Tony Pope
Calvin Lockhart	...	King Willie
Steve Kahan	...	Sergeant
Henry Kingi	...	El Scorpio
Corey Rand	...	Ramon Vega
Elpidia Carrillo	...	Anna

Runtime:

108 min | 103 min (vcd) | Germany:93 min (TV version) (FSK 18 version) (heavily cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

USA:NC-17 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1991) | Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Malaysia:18PL | Brazil:16 | Germany:18 (re-release) (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | Finland:K-15 (uncut) (2001) | USA:TV-14 (cut TV version) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1990) | Australia:MA (DVD rating) (2005) | Australia:M (cut) | Australia:R (original rating) (uncut version) | Canada:R (DVD rating) | Chile:14 | France:-12 | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1991) | Norway:(Banned) (1990-2003) (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Rubén Blades was giving a live TV interview to "Good Morning America" (1975) from the set of this movie. During the interview, director Stephen Hopkins walked on camera and ordered Blades back to work very loudly. The incident was so embarrassing, Blades and Hopkins did another interview days later to apologize.

Goofs:

Continuity: When King Willie is killed, there is a large splash (and subsequent smaller splashes indicating footsteps) when the predator jumps into the large puddle. However, in the first shot, there is no visible "shimmer effect" from the predator's invisibility cloak during the footstep splashes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Reporter: As drought-ridden Los Angeles swelters in agonizing heat, drug lords wage bloody warfare in the streets. Yet another open conflict... Oh, fuck this, get me out of here!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Soundtrack:

EN MI BARRIO

This is on a par with Predator

Yes, you may not agree with me but I think that Predator 2 was as good as Predator and it even had something the first movie lacked: more screen time for the Predator. The Predator movies are a fan boy's dream come true as the Predator is arguably the best alien on film. The Alien movies and The Thing nonwithstanding. It's not Citizen Kane or anything but the film has plenty of action, decent performances and plenty of the Predator, including the showing off of a few new gadgets of his. I always liked the fact that Predator 2 is set in an urban environment, the jungle is too remote. Not enough prey you see. Although Los Angeles 1997 doesn't look like that then or now,(most parts anyway), the movie does a good job of putting the Predator in what I like to call a target rich environment. Danny Glover isn't Arnold but he does a good job as the lead anyway. Arnold didn't make the first movie good, the Predator did. I think a lot of you miss that. The late Kevin Peter Hall does as well as you can ask from a character with no lines or facial expressions to speak of. Bottom Line: A decent follow-up to Predator. If you haven't seen it yet check it out.