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Bill Paxton is the first actor to be attacked by a T-800 Terminator (in Terminator (1984)), an Alien [...]	D
The brief scene featuring the Predator hunting party was the films most expensive, requiring Stan Wi [...]	D
In the original draft of the screenplay, Dutch from the original film was set to return and was goin [...]	D
The Jamaican voodoo posse gangs seen in the film were based on actual gangs that were terrorizing Ne [...]	D
Respirators were required during the slaughterhouse sequence, due to the debris and chemicals that h [...]	D
The Netgun is somewhat similar in principle to the Taser Web rifles used by human personnel to non-f [...]	D
The Smart Disc was designed and created by Stan Winston Studio. SWS concept designer Mark "Crash" Mc [...]	D
Stephen Hopkins said that Arnold Schwarzenegger refused a supporting role not because he didn't like [...]	D
When Gary Busey's character jumps out to attack the Predator, he shouts, "Guess who's back!" This is [...]	D
While much of Predator had been filmed in remote Mexican jungles, Predator 2 was shot in the streets [...]	D
In a backstory explaining Dutch's (the hero of the first film) absence from the sequel, Keyes had le [...]	D
Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen are the only actors to have been killed by an alien, a predator and [...]	D
When the Predator is treating his injuries in the bathroom of the apartment, Alex Trebek, the host o [...]	D
John McTiernan's fee after Trappola di cristallo (1988) was $2 million. That's why he declined to di [...]	D
The brief scene with the hunting party was the most expensive to make in the entire film. Stan Winst [...]	D
In the first film, Arnie's team get sent in on what they are told is a rescue mission after one gene [...]	D
The tail number of the helicopter used by Keyes is N500NM.	D
At one point, while tailing Harrington and King Willy, the Predator is shown perched on a grotesque. [...]	D
The City Hunter does not even attempt to put its Bio-Mask back on after Harrigan removes it in the s [...]	D
Two Predator comics characters appear to be clear references, or at least homages, to Keyes -- the s [...]	D
During the production of Predator 2, the special effects team quickly realized it would be impossibl [...]	D
According to Gary Busey in an interview, after the events of the first film Keyes and the C.I.A. had [...]	D
The gun that was given to Harrigan by the Predator after killing the City Hunter is the same gun Rap [...]	D
Keyes notably shares his middle initial with another antagonistic government/corporate agent Carter [...]	D
The machete used by Jerry fighting the alien on the subway, is the same as those used by Dutch and h [...]	D
Mike's handgun is a brushed chrome .357 Magnum chambered Desert Eagle Mark VII with laser-sight, Leo [...]	D
At one point, Patrick Swayze was approached to star in the film, but was unable because he was injur [...]	D
Stan Winston's team created several extraterrestrial skulls for the Predator trophy room. Most of th [...]	D
The last Predator movie for 20 years until Predators (2010). However, during the 20 year gap between [...]	D
The Elder Predator suit was made from the original Jungle Hunter outfit from Predator (1987) with di [...]	D
With the Alien and Predator franchises crossing over in Alien vs. Predator (2004), it could be legit [...]	D
In the comics and novels, the alien species is known as Yautja, or Hish-Qu-Ten in some instances.	D
The Predator Elder has a scrap of olive drab fabric with a patch on it, on his right forearm. The pa [...]	D
How is it nobody noticed the Predator's spacecraft land in the middle of L.A. Two theories have been [...]	D
The film's critical and financial failure dissuaded 20th Century Fox from continuing the franchise a [...]	D
Originally there was a greater subplot regarding Leona's pregnancy. The scene where Harrigan meets J [...]	D
Set 10 years after the events in the first film.	D
In a way, the characters of King Willie and Jerry Lambert resemble Lieutenant Billy Sole from the or [...]	D
Jamaican Posse gangs are alternatively called "Yardies," so-called because their origins came from a [...]	D
The opening scene (the big shootout) was filmed on the same block & street as a scene in Filofax, un [...]	D
The Predator's name, "Borg", comes from his armor, which has a cybernetic appearance. It is likely a [...]	D
Henry Kingi, who plays the Scorpio killed on the roof, also had an uncredited role as a guerrilla in [...]	D
John McTiernan was offered the chance to direct, but turned it down to work on Caccia a Ottobre Ross [...]	D
For the character designated the 'Elder', the Stan Winston crew used the original Predator head, mod [...]	D
This is the second collaboration between Gary Busey and Adam Baldwin, the first being D.C. Cab (1983 [...]	D
Among Greyback's trophies is a sword, dog tags and a patch from the United States 2nd Infantry Divis [...]	D
The Predators seen on the ship make a special appearance in the humorous behind the scenes "Danny Gl [...]	D
Gary Busey's character, Peter Keyes, was originally written into the script as Dutch, Arnold Schwarz [...]	D
The plot is largely based on the first Predator comic, Concrete Jungle (1989), which also moved the [...]	D
Ice Cube's song "Predator" uses a sampling of the Jamaican gang leaders dialogue with Danny Glover's [...]	D
The subway attack scene was directly adapted from the first Predator comic book series. The producer [...]	D
The original storyline of the film was to have taken place in New York City, but Jim Thomas and John [...]	D
Danny Glover, Gary Busey and Steve Kahan all previously co-starred in the first "Lethal Weapon" (198 [...]	D
Some of the Predator's sounds were recycled from Tremors (1990).	D
As in Predator (1987), Predator 2's final scene is also a helicopter flying away from the camera.	D
Tony Pope's news van is a 1975 Ford Econoline.	D
Similar to the original death sequence for Keyes (Gary Busey), the scene featuring the Jamaican gang [...]	D
Besides the City Hunter and the Elder Greyback, the Los Angeles hunting party predators consisted of [...]	D
Keyes (Gary Busey) is the first character to ever use the word "predator" to refer to the creature o [...]	D
Several years after the film's release, Gary Busey's son Jake starred as Ace Levy in Starship Troope [...]	D
The death of Peter Keyes as shown in the theatrical cut underwent many edits before the film could p [...]	D
Danny Glover, Gary Busey and Steve Kahan co-starred in Arma letale (1987).	D
The fact that several Predators appear at the end of the film had leaked before the film's release, [...]	D
In 2020 Stephen Hopkins revealed that he met with Steven Seagal for the lead role in the film. Seaga [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger said no to Predator 2 (1990) because of a dispute over money. According to pro [...]	D
Stephen Hopkins was given the task of directing Predator 2 (1990) after greatly impressing the studi [...]	D
There is a hidden message of "Marry Me" on the City Hunters wrist gauntlet when his cloak malfunctio [...]	D
In the scene which Harrigan gets blamed by Deputy Chief Heinemann for Danny's death. Harrigan's prof [...]	D
The spaceship seemed to be there as a kind of Headquarters for the Predator aliens. Other than to hu [...]	D
For the sequence where King Willy meets his demise at the hands of the Predator in the alley, wind a [...]	D
The studio kept pushing for Steven Seagal as the lead, to which Stephen Hopkins declined. Seagal wen [...]	D
The fact that the City Hunter returned Danny's necklace in the cemetery could be evidence that the c [...]	D
In the original Predator (1987), when the camera pans to the Predator's Heads-Up Display view, human [...]	D
The prop flintlock pistol used at the end of the movie was a commercially available non-firing repli [...]	D
The building the predator is stood upon with the 'Eastern' sign is the Eastern Columbia Building whi [...]	D
A scene was filmed and deleted which Hard Core reporter Tony Pope and his camera crew film at Danny' [...]	D
It is unclear if the hunting party represented an entire (albeit very small) clan, or whether they w [...]	D
Illustrating concepts for Predator 2 was the first job assigned to Mark 'Crash' McCreery, a musician [...]	D
The Sergeant (Steve Kahan) to whom Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) briefly talks at the beginning of th [...]	D
The writing on the antique flintlock pistol, which one of the Predators gives Harrigan in the end, s [...]	D
The gunfight in East Los Angeles was shot in three long days, with the exception of the interiors of [...]	D
As with Predator (1987), two full bodysuits were made for filming along with an articulated "hero" h [...]	D
Originally, the Predators in Predator (1987) and this were never given names and were simply known a [...]	D
Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), and Predators (2010) all end with just the main male hero and a [...]	D
When the Predator attacks the riders on the subway train, those shots were completed on a massive so [...]	D
The spear weapon that was used in the film disappeared and was reported stolen after filming was com [...]	D
The filming of the alley scene was very troublesome for the filmmakers, due to the rough neighborhoo [...]	D
The Predator appears to live by a code of rules, including not killing unarmed people, children or p [...]	D
In the Hunters and The Hunted: the making of 'Predator 2', Gary Busey states that his character "set [...]	D
John Lithgow was Stephen Hopkins' first choice for Peter Keyes, but Joel Silver pushed for Gary Buse [...]	D
The film was re-cut over twenty times, according to Stephen Hopkins, because of more graphic shots o [...]	D
The music that played as Mac mourned Blain in the previous film plays as Mike visits Danny's grave, [...]	D
After having the lower portion of its left arm sliced off, the City Hunter was played in wide shots [...]	D
The build for Predator 2 included the basic suit and head, plus a mechanized insert puppet head that [...]	D
The following scenes were deleted from the final cut of the film: A subplot involving Leona's (Maria [...]	D
Takes place in 1997. The same year as Lost in Space (1965) & RoboCop (1987).	D
The slaughterhouse sequence took about four days to shoot, and was extremely difficult, according to [...]	D
The Predator is a hunter. Hunters have rules in order to keep equilibrium in the stock of prey like [...]	D
The ending of this movie - in which a Xenomorph skull from Alien (1979) appears in the trophy case o [...]	D
The Predators of the hunting party (not including the City Hunter) are often referred to collectivel [...]	D
A model of the predator Borg was released under the name "Lost Predator". However, this title is som [...]	D
The Los Angeles Metro Rail (which has a big scene in the picture) began operation on July 14, 1990. [...]	D
"I remember being at the top of a thirteen-story building with Kevin Peter Hall and his stunt double [...]	D
Sister Souljah's first single and video, 1991's "The Final Solution: Slavery's Back in Effect," samp [...]	D
The shotgun, with which Mike Harrigan uses and also to shoot the Predator, at the end in the slaught [...]	D
The Predator doesn't kill Leona because she is pregnant. The Predator lives and plays by 3 rules: Ne [...]	D
In "Lethal Weapon," Danny Glover and Steve Kahan played the good guys and Gary Busey played one of t [...]	D
In the novel The Elder Predator is called Greyback.	D
The distinctive nickel-plated Micro-Uzi used by El Scorpio (Henry Kingi) in the opening shootout app [...]	D
The crew built multiple suits and heads, with various paint schemes, for a scene aboard the alien sp [...]	D
At one point, when talking to the Predator, Harrigan begins to quote Dutch's line, "You're one ugly [...]	D
Stan Winston Studio artists altered some elements of the Predator design, both to distinguish this P [...]	D
Of all the sequels and spin-offs to Predator (1987), Predator 2 is the only numbered sequel (as the [...]	D
With more time than the original Predator (1987), Stan Winston, Stephen Hopkins, and Lawrence G. Pau [...]	D
When Harrigan says "you are one ugly..." and the creature interrupts him to finish the sentence, it [...]	D
The City Hunter seems to be slightly taller than the Predator in the first film. In the film's comme [...]	D
A reference to the 1980 horror/sci/fi film Without Warning is made during a Commentary of this film. [...]	D
It takes 35 seconds for the Predator spaceship to blast off into outer space. Harrigan manages to es [...]	D
The Predator research done by Peter Keyes (Gary Busey) in this movie is apparently continued af [...]	D
According to screenwriters Jim Thomas and John Thomas, a Predator sequel had not been planned, and t [...]	D
King Willie (Calvin Lockhart) is said to practice Voodoo, yet Voodoo is not commonly practiced in Ja [...]	D
The "sensors" and "equipment" Keyes and his team is seen using to monitor at the slaughterhouse was [...]	D
In the novelization of Predator 2 the scene where the City Hunter scales the building with Jerry's s [...]	D
Several of the hunting party members were played by players from the Los Angeles Lakers; Danny Glove [...]	D
Harrigan's car is a 1987 Chevrolet Caprice.	D
Both Gary busey & Adam Baldwin co-starred together in the film D.C. cab (1983)	D
Greyback's Plasmacaster is unique in that the laser pointer is built into the weapon itself, rather [...]	D
Body count: 44, 1 of which by Leona, 7 by Harrigan and 28 by the Predator.	D
The song Soul To Bleed by Carfax Abbey samples some sounds from the Predator's point of view. Specif [...]	D
This is Gary Busey's first film after his devastating motorcycle accident in 1988, in which he suffe [...]	D
The film takes place a decade after Predator (1987) and seven years before Alien vs. Predator (2004) [...]	D
The flintlock the Elder predator gives Harringan is a Miquelet Lock.	D
For Predator's decapitation of the Voodoo Priest/Jamaican gang leader King Willie, Stan Winston Stud [...]	D
Kevin Peter Hall had studied African tribal dances, in order to get into the feel and flexibility of [...]	D
Elpidia Carrillo, who played Anna in the first film, has her name listed in the sequel's credits, ye [...]	D
When The Predator stalks Harrigan at the graveyard, the Predator encounters a boy with a toy machine [...]	D
The story of how the Elder Predator (Greyback) obtained the 18th century pistol (which he gifted to [...]	D
The film takes place in 1997, the same year as RoboCop (1987), which was released the same year that [...]	D
Detective Archuleta's badge number is 1802.	D
The last name of the character "Danny" (RubÃ©n Blades) is "Archuleta". J. Tom Archuleta was the se [...]	D
The actor who plays LAPD Captain Pilgrim is Kent McCord. This is a reference to Adam-12 (1968), in w [...]	D
A few seconds after his mask is removed, the City Hunter's nostrils can be seen opening and closing [...]	D
The widescreen VHS released in the UK in April 1998 had the very unusual aspect ratio of 2.05:1 desp [...]	D
At 52:31 when Harrigan visits Danny's grave, the music theme is the same as used in Predator 1 as a [...]	D
The character of Serviteur Houngan in the video game Predator: Concrete Jungle (2005) is also referr [...]	D
In the backstory behind the pistol that the elder Predator gives to Harrigan is explored in the Dark [...]	D
When the Predator gets shot in the slaughterhouse sequence by Danny Glover, Kevin Peter Hall had blo [...]	D
This was the first film to be given the newly instituted NC-17 rating in the U.S. for its graphic vi [...]	D
Elpidia Carrillo and Kevin Peter Hall are the only actress and actor from the first film to make an [...]	D
During the finale, when the Elder Predator hands Danny Glover the gun dating from 1715, Jim Thomas a [...]	D
Set 7 years before Alien Vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007).	D
In the novelization of Predator 2, Keyes mentions Dutch's "Olympian physique"; this is likely a humo [...]	D
In the novel, Harrigan doesn't kill the Predator but severely wounds it with the Smart Disc, at whic [...]	D
Bill Paxton, the actor who played Jerry Lambert, has starred in the franchises of both the Predator [...]	D
In Keyes's backstory: Keyes and the OWLF were sent to the jungles of Val Verde to investigate what h [...]	D
Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to return as Dutch. Arnold Schwarzenegger was busy working on Atto di [...]	D
The first film Gary Busey made after his nearly fatal motorcycle accident.	D
Leona explains that Jerry Lambert is a lone wolf with a reputation for recklessness that gets his pa [...]	D
RubÃ©n Blades was giving a live television interview to Good Morning America (1975) from the set o [...]	D
In the original script, the penthouse sacrificial scene of the Colombian drug lord Ramon Vega was ve [...]	D

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