Predator
2 – 7/10
Oh, so
much cheese! A few people at work had mentioned Predator 2 and all I
could recall about the movie was that at some point the monster
fights a dude with dreads. While watching I realized that I had not
seen this movie before or maybe it was on and I saw a few moments
from it because when watching I had no idea what the plot was or who
was in it. Danny Glover stars in this as a cop that would be fired
immediately if this were real because he doesn't listen to shit
anyone tells him and just happens to survive. He does. Most folks
around him end up carved into pieces and left hanging like me when I
plan dates.
This
movie was made in 1990 but is supposed to take place in the future
world of...1997. Jamaicans and Colombians gangs are running loose in
Los Angeles! If you live in LA that shit is hilarious. News reporters are on the scene and I
mean literally on the scene. They are dodging bullets while
reporting. Glover shows up and in the battle ends up crossing paths
with the Predator. He thinks he sees something but may just be
exhausted. Take the shot, I say! He don't. People die.
Meanwhile
there is a team that knows about the creature and is hunting his ass
down. This version has better weapons than in the first movie but
somehow the effects look cheaper. Its weird because this came out
three years after the first movie and most everyone from that cast
said nope to coming back. Because they were killed in the first
movie. Spoilers. This Predator has a hard-on for Glover even though
everyone and their mama has a gun. I'm serious. There is a scene
where Bill Paxton decides to fight this thing in the subway and the
creature attacked because everyone had a weapon. I guess if you slap
box it chances are he won't filet your ass.
Cops
don't know who is killing these gang members and then citizens. They
think its an assassin which is stupid. That dude with the dreads I
mentioned thinks its a magical being. Oh, and that fight I mentioned
was more of a guy screams at Predator, runs at Predator, gets
beheaded immediately by Predator fight. I laughed my ass off. This
was a fun movie to watch on a beautiful Thanksgiving day. There are
oddly placed scenes with humor because Hollywood hadn't let go of
that 80's shit yet. You should still check this out to see an old
looking Danny Glover when he is not old yet fighting a monster that
an elite squad couldn't beat together in a previous film. Bunch of
slack jawed...
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