Predator 2 ( * * * * )
"Don't worry, asshole, you'll get your chance," promises Danny Glover's character at the end of Predator 2, referring to the chance to meet and study the predators at a future time, but unfortunately due to bad writing he wasn't speaking to an arctic scientist or Lance Henrikson, playing his third role in the Aliens franchise in the Aliens Vs. Predator movie. Shame on you, Danny Glover's character, for not anticipating that the movie series you're in would turn into a soft-core porn version of sci-fi, a PG-13 crossover movie set neither in space nor the future...
The Acting: Great. Danny Glover is slumped over and limping by the third act, ape-like lower lip bleeding and slack just like every Lethal Weapon movie. Bill Paxton is at his obnoxious best. Gary Busey doesn't just chew up scenery, he inhales it when he tells Harrigan (yes, I knew Danny Glover's character's name all along!) about "The Lions, the Tigers, The Bears...oh my." Especially notice the helpful hand gestures he makes around his eyes when Keyes tells Harrigan "They see...our heat." Busey's so cool that they should have a TV show about him. What? They did? And it was ran into the ground because the host was a slack-jawed faggot? Sorry, my bad.
The Story: Jim and John Thompson, I believe. The same brother team that brought us Predator The First...The Great. LA Cops live in a constant state of war as they fight to keep the streets safe from battling gangs...it is the distant future; 1997...and the Predator(s) are drawn to their heat...you might even say they see their heat...oh my.
The Direction: Stephen Hopkins, pre-Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and 24. When I was a young adolescent, I walked out of the theatre saying that this was the greatest film ever made. More recently, I walked out of The Matrix Revolutions saying that The Predator franchise was the only one that hadn't let me down yet. I haven't seen AvP, so I can still cling to that fragile pipe dream, just as Danny Glover clung to the fragile pipe in act three while the Predator put burning, phosphorescent blue goop all over his mangled arm-stump.
Overall: Quite Nice. Shit, I should've saved that for the Trekkies review...oh well. It's true.
Tredekka Rules:
The Acting: Great. Danny Glover is slumped over and limping by the third act, ape-like lower lip bleeding and slack just like every Lethal Weapon movie. Bill Paxton is at his obnoxious best. Gary Busey doesn't just chew up scenery, he inhales it when he tells Harrigan (yes, I knew Danny Glover's character's name all along!) about "The Lions, the Tigers, The Bears...oh my." Especially notice the helpful hand gestures he makes around his eyes when Keyes tells Harrigan "They see...our heat." Busey's so cool that they should have a TV show about him. What? They did? And it was ran into the ground because the host was a slack-jawed faggot? Sorry, my bad.
The Story: Jim and John Thompson, I believe. The same brother team that brought us Predator The First...The Great. LA Cops live in a constant state of war as they fight to keep the streets safe from battling gangs...it is the distant future; 1997...and the Predator(s) are drawn to their heat...you might even say they see their heat...oh my.
The Direction: Stephen Hopkins, pre-Nightmare on Elm Street 5 and 24. When I was a young adolescent, I walked out of the theatre saying that this was the greatest film ever made. More recently, I walked out of The Matrix Revolutions saying that The Predator franchise was the only one that hadn't let me down yet. I haven't seen AvP, so I can still cling to that fragile pipe dream, just as Danny Glover clung to the fragile pipe in act three while the Predator put burning, phosphorescent blue goop all over his mangled arm-stump.
Overall: Quite Nice. Shit, I should've saved that for the Trekkies review...oh well. It's true.
Tredekka Rules:
- Rule 3: Suck Actor Penalty--are you kidding me?? This is Predator 2, we're talkin' about! It's even got Maria Conchita Alonzo. Morton Downey Junior's even good in it.
- Rule 4: Sweet Actor Bonus--Gary Busey, +2 stars & Kevin Peter Hall, +1 star (R.I.P, yo)
- Rule 6: Over The Top Acting Award--Gary Busey, +1 stars
posted by Tredekka at 7:22 PM
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Predator 2 is POST Nightmare on Elm Street 5. Hopkins also directed Ghost and the Darkness, Blown Away( not the one with the Corey's and naked Nicole Eggert), and Lost in Space. Just thought you'd like to know that.
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