Predator 2

Predator 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Hopkins
Written by
  • Jim Thomas
  • John Thomas
Based on
Characters
by
  • Jim Thomas
  •     John Thomas
Produced by
  • Lawrence Gordon
  • Joel Silver
  • John Davis
Starring
CinematographyPeter Levy
Edited by
  • Mark Goldblatt
  • Bert Lovitt
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 21, 1990 (1990-11-21)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20–30 million[1]
Box office$57.1 million[2]

Predator 2 is a 1990 American science fiction action film,[3] written by brothers Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Robert Davi. It is the second film of the Predator franchise, with Kevin Peter Hall reprising his role as the Predator.

Set ten years after the events of the first film, in Los Angeles, Predator 2 focuses on a disgruntled police officer and his allies battling a malevolent and technologically advanced extraterrestrial known as the Predator.

Predator 2 was released on November 21, 1990, and grossed $57 million. Although it initially received generally negative reviews, the film has since gained a cult following.

  1. ^ "Predator 2 (1990)". catalog.afi.com. AFI.
  2. ^ "Predator 2 (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  3. ^ "Predator 2 (1990) - Stephen Hopkins | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". Retrieved November 23, 2020 – via www.allmovie.com.