The Review: Predator 2

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.

Babbling Old Man: Lethal Weapon 2

Today I decided that after watching Lethal Weapon I had to watch the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2. I know better than to watch the ones after this so I wanted this one to be awesome. It wasn’t. It was as if they took everything that worked in the first film and said “We’re gonna do everything people liked in the first film but triple that shit! More explosions! More cursing! More funny!” It starts off with LAPD Sergeants Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) chasing down a couple of cars. There’s a helicopter that shows up and lots of gunfire and two guys get away. They get to one of the cars and the guy escapes but they find a bunch of gold. The bad guys break into Murtaugh’s home and tie him and his wife up and threaten them.

Babbling Old Man: Lethal Weapon

"You gon' eat yo cornbread...?"

Believe it or not, I’d never seen Lethal Weapon. I had seen small parts of it but never sat down and watched it from beginning to end. Today they were showing some kinda old man movie marathon on Ion. Top Gun was on next but I have no desire to actually watch it. Maybe because I’ve heard too many jokes about it. The movie begins with L.A.P.D. Homicide Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) taking a bath when his wife and kids burst in and sing happy birthday. This was so gross to me by the way. I’d never go into the bathroom while my father was bathing unless there was a fire. Meanwhile L.A.P.D. Narcotics Detective Sergeant Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is sitting at home about to shoot himself in the head because his wife was killed in a car accident.

One of Murtaugh's old friends daughter took drugs and killed herself by jumping off a balcony. I laughed because she landed on top of a car and landed in a beautiful position. She had on a nighty and the damn thing didn’t even ride up. Lame. Riggs meanwhile is acting like a fucking psycho and should be fired but they keep him on. He’s a wild card that needs to be dealt with. Pun! They meet and find out they’re partners now. Oh, and that chick who jumped had drain cleaner in her drugs and the case is now a homicide, not suicide. Sorry. Allow me to add this to the Dangerous Shit From 80’s Films List.