Predator 2 review

VisualFX (96%)

This movie had great special effects - the predator cloak looked awesome. Creature designs by Stan Winston's company were top rate.

Storyline (15%)

Just a rehash of the plot of the first Predator - but without the imagination and themes of that movie. The only thing changed is the setting.Really this movie is just Lethal Weapon crossed with Predator.

SoundFX (60%)

Predator sounds were great but not as good as the first movie (I like the first movie's shoulder cannon sound better). The music is the same too. Violent Factor (82%)Lots of gore and violence in this movie - with stabbings, decapitations, skinned bodies, etc. Not as violent as Predator, though.

Overall (38%)

Predator 2 is overrated by fans I think. It is not really original - just another dumb early 90s action movie - a cross between Predator, Lethal Weapon and Aliens. This makes it derivative and mediocre, at best.

In fact, at the rare times I watch this movie - I mainly just skip straight to the penthouse and the warehouse scene. Because the character stuff is so boring and cliched (not as bad as AVPR though). The actors are good but they cannot match Arnie or the other guys from the first film. The one exception is King Willie - he was great in his brief scene.

Plus the setting is really boring - I liked the jungle setting better in the first movie.