predator 2

if a movie is a big hit, the logical next step would be to make a sequel, right? well, the sequels of today are a bit different then the way they used to do it. back in the day they would make a sequel of a good movie as quickly and cheaply as possible. well, this one is the perfect example of that strategy. in the first one they have arnold schwarzenegger in the jungle battling a mysterious hunter alien. in this one it seems the best they could get was danny glover. and this time the jungle is switched with l.a.. now, there are a lot of problems with this movie, the first of which is that it doesnt make any sort of sense. if you buy into the conceit of the first movie, that these creatures are here to hunt us, making no distinction between any of its prey. then why does it only seem to kill the bad guys in this one? also, the action makes no real sense, there is no connection from one (mass) killing to the next. they go from a drug ring killing to a random subway killing (and by the way, there's a subway in l.a. that people actually ride?!?). and this movie also breaks the cardinal rule of any monster movie: it shows us way too much of the monster! this thing is supposed to be lurking in the shadows, not chilling out in a cemetery during the day, or taking a pit stop in an old woman's bathroom! any sort of excitement and mystery that we might have felt by seeing the predator is completely gone because we see too much of him! oh, and dont even get me started on how lame the ending is when danny glover just happens to find himself in the predator's spaceship. the only cool thing this movie gives us is the alien head in the predator's trophy room which then leads to the alien vs. predator movies. oh wait, maybe that wasnt so cool...