Review of Predator 2 (1990) by Jason O — 09 Sep 2009

In "Predator 2," the Predator comes to the city and starts killing people. Danny Glover stars in this underwhelming sequel as a cop who has a major attitude and who thinks that the workings of the Predator are the working of major gangs in the city. The Predator finds his prey by means of infrared vision, and anyone he finds he will kill.

I'm surprised that "Predator 2" is getting as high rankings as it's getting. I thought it was a decent sequel, but not in any way great. It seems like at times in this movie that the gangs are the main enemy instead of the Predator himself. The special effects aren't as good as they were in the first movie except for the detail of the Predator, which were pretty good. It seems like most people think "Predator 2" was a good sequel, but I thought the movie was boring when compared to the first, it didn't have good acting, and that it wasn't any good until the final showdown between the Predator and Danny Glover.

If you liked "Predator," I would recommend renting "Predator 2." But since most people like it, you might want to go ahead and buy it. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001. I usually like movie sequels, unlike most people, and I love Danny Glover, but this is one of the first movies that comes to mind when someone asks me what are some of the worst movie sequels of all time.