Predator - 2 (1990)

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PREDATOR 2 IS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. DONT MISS IT. DANNY GLOVER PERFORMANCE IS MIND BLOWING. DVD CLARITY IS FINE.

When you have any movie as awesome as "Predator," a sequel is bound to be a disappointment. This is doubly true if you set it in Los Angeles, with a side helping of "shadowy government agency."So it's fairly obvious what is wrong from the start with "Predator 2," which takes the primal hunter-and-hunted struggle out of the primal jungle, and sticks it right in the middle of a late-80s city. It's not a horrible film -- especially since it has Danny Glover -- but it doesn't have the viscerally fascinating quality of the first movie.The Colombian and Jamaican drug gangs are currently in a massive war for Los Angeles, and the police seem to be helpless to stop them. But when several Jamaicans are brutally killed when they are murdering the Colombian drug lord, Lieutenant Michael Harrigan (Danny Glover) sees a rippling, invisible shape -- and finds a mysterious weapon made out of an unknown element.It turns out that an extraterrestrial Predator is hunting the gangs of L.A. -- and occasionally the cops too. And in turn, the Predator is being hunted by a covert government agency who want the scientific secrets that his technology may give them. But naturally, the conflict boils down to a battle between the deadly alien and the never-say-die Harrigan.One of the best things about "Predator" is that it was a visceral, primal movie -- sweaty desperate people in the jungle, trying to escape/fight an unknown foe who can skin you alive. It's also very timeless, since the conflict could be easily transferred anywhere in the world, with any gang of hardened warriors."Predator 2"... does not have this feeling. It's very urban, very 80s/90s, very cop-movie. Now, it's not a terrible movie -- it has some nice gritty action scenes, and director Stephen Hopkins slips in some truly awesome horror moments (like the Predator carrying off the Jamaican drug-lord's head). However, it's a little too... civilized at times, with too much police politics and too big a cast.And while the shadowy government agency seeking to capture the Predator is a realistic twist, it feels a little too X-Filesian. It would have been awesome if there had been a real fight between the Predators and the government slime, but the agency just doesn't really factor in very much.BUT... Danny Glover is staggeringly awesome as Harrigan. He's a normal cop who is fiery, uncompromising, tough and he never gives up no matter what -- he feels very much like a real guy. Glover's performance alone raises this movie above mediocrity, and María Conchita Alonso gives a good performance -- although Morton Downey Jr. and Bill Paxton are intensely annoying."Predator 2" doesn't live up to the primal jungle suspense of the first movie, but it's worth watching for some nice gory moments and Danny Glover.