The Predator should have worked. Co-written by Fred Dekker and Shane Black, directed by Black and starring an array of great character actors it promised a deep dive into Predator culture, a look at how the events of the original three movies tie together and sets up two potential sequels. It does all of this, …
I’d forgotten how weird Predator 2 is. From the opening tracking shot of ‘jungle jungle PSYCHE IT’S LOS ANGELES!’ To the reprise of the ending of Predator, the film speeds along with the same wide eyed feral glee as it’s vastly stereotypical coked up drug lords. Perhaps the weirdest, and most successful, choice is the …
“Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter.” I’ve never really got on with Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. With the notable exception of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, both of which cleverly play …