Storyline
Ten years after a band of mercenaries first battled a vicious alien, the invisible creature from another world has returned to Earth -- and this time, it's drawn to the gang-ruled and ravaged city of Los Angeles. When it starts murdering drug dealers, detective-lieutenant Mike Harrigan and his police force set out to capture the creature, ignoring warnings from a mysterious government agent to stay away.
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Cast
Billy 'Sly' Williams, Michael Papajohn, Danny Glover, Paul Abascal, Henry Kingi, Robert Davi, Carmine Zozzora, George Christy, Pat Skipper, Jsu Garcia, Adam Baldwin, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Paxton, Sylvia Kauders, Casey Sander, Rubén Blades, Paulo Tocha, Steve Kahan, John Cann, Lilyan Chauvin, Charles David Richards, Michael Wiseman, Gary Busey, María Conchita Alonso, Charles Haugk, Jim Ishida, Kevin Peter Hall, Kent McCord, Morton Downey, Jr., Calvin Lockhart, Corey Rand, Michael Mark Edmondson, Gerard G. Williams, Tom Finnegan, Teri Weigel, William R. Perry, Vonte Sweet, Ronald Moss, Brian Levinson, Diana James, Lucinda Weist
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Reviews
80
Empire
More story-led than the original with a high enough body count to make it a satisfying action movie.
75
Beautifully outfitted and moodily photographed, the movie is directed by Stephen Hopkins, the Jamaican-born Australian responsible for Nightmare on Elm Street V. He keeps the pedal to the metal but never allows the explosive action to minimize his actors.
60
Virtually everything about the film is derivative--even the design for the eerie setting for the climactic struggle recalls the interiors of the more exotic old movie palaces--but its makers can't be accused of cutting corners. No doubt about it, those who ask only for pure action will be getting their money's worth.
60
The film's energy and style are enough to recommend it. Lovers of the original should be pleased with this effort, as should most fans of the genre.
50
Since the predator is imaginary but the people who made this film are not, Predator 2 speaks sadly of their own lack of curiosity and imagination.
