How many action films on their own come close to Predator? It's not many.
Predator 2 has only gotten better with age. At the time it was criticized for being too different from the first movie, and that's what makes it work.
We get everything flipped on us right away. The Predator is involved from the first 5 minutes. The traditional hunt has been abandoned. This hunter goes nuts on everyone instead of the traditional hunting of one prize at a time. You also have nice little time capsule of a movie, from the hard copy satire, to the growing fear in the early 90s of the escalating urban crime rate.
On TOP of all that, you have prime badass Danny Glover who is completely believable, intense Gary Busey, and prime Bill Paxton chewing the scenery and being as *****ey as we can expect him to be.
Despite the different setting, the urban jungle is also very eerie when accompanied by the new motifs that Alan Silvestri provided, ditching alot of the military motifs from the first movie and adapting jungle and tribal motifs.
It also has some excellent suspense, the aftermath of the subway scene, the meat locker, and the pursuit of the Predator undergound. It also expands the mythos of Predator, it's been a shame nobody has been able to build on it worth a damn. It's very different from Predator, and that's what makes it a good watch!
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