As was common then and now a sequel was expected after a successful movie. This was no different. Predator was a surprise hit with Schwarzenegger leading the way. So if we can't get him back we'll find everyone else from the 80's action genre to be in it. Glover and Busey from Lethal Weapon, Paxton from Aliens, Maria Conchita Alonso from The Running Man, and Adam Baldwin from Full Metal Jacket. Oh and why not throw in the loud mouth of the day Morton Downey Jr. just to round things out.
If that isn't formulaic enough lets have the Jamaicans be the bad guys. After Bond faced Voodoo in Live and Let Die it became the hip new adversary. Sure there was no real reason for it, but why not. A few years earlier it would have been ninjas.
The movie is jam packed with bad puns and stereo typical characters. The loose canon, the ladies man, the hard as nails woman, and the lone hero.
There are some nice elements but most of them were story ideas from the first movie. The gun from the French Revolution and so on. All and all it's not a horrible movie for it's day, it just doesn't improve anything on the original. Another poorly thought out sequel that rises above it's bad writing but not by much.
If that isn't formulaic enough lets have the Jamaicans be the bad guys. After Bond faced Voodoo in Live and Let Die it became the hip new adversary. Sure there was no real reason for it, but why not. A few years earlier it would have been ninjas.
The movie is jam packed with bad puns and stereo typical characters. The loose canon, the ladies man, the hard as nails woman, and the lone hero.
There are some nice elements but most of them were story ideas from the first movie. The gun from the French Revolution and so on. All and all it's not a horrible movie for it's day, it just doesn't improve anything on the original. Another poorly thought out sequel that rises above it's bad writing but not by much.