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This good normal human movie. Prey-this stupidly bribed zombified tolerance feminist propaganda machine "power" USA. This "movie" has itself. Humanity is outliving itself. Go ahead with the song zombified "people".
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Yes it ties into Prey which makes Prey a sadder movie because if that Predator had the Pistol, it means The woman in Prey later became a victim during a 2nd visit from the predators since She had ownership of the Pistol at the end of Prey
To Predator the cops, gangs and CIA, guerrillas and special forces are all the same; prey. That's why he hunts Harrigan's crew in metro just the same as it did the other groups. The leaders (The guy falling down at the beginning, King Willie, Keyes and Harrigan) are left last. Harrigan had little idea what he was after until Willie hinted the Predator is invisible and non-human.
The pistol served 2 purposes. It was a "trophy" for Harrigan, for killing one of them in hand to hand combat, and a message, "We've been here before, we'll be back again."
The Predator didn't kill Leona, because it would have had to kill the fetus in the process. She was worthy prey, but the fetus was so defenseless that it would have been a completely dishonorable kill. The point of giving Harrigan the pistol was to acknowledge him as a hunter. Basically, he earned a legendary weapon as a token of their respect.
@garveydent This happens in the comics as well in the series Predator Concrete Jungle. There was a gang member that a Predator was tracking and about to kill, but the gang member's girlfriend ran up to him and she was 6 months pregnant with his baby. They hugged each other and the gang member placed his hand over her belly and kissed it. The Predator acknowledged that the gang member was protecting his mate and his offspring so he spared him.
@Dimetropteryxbut the predator already had a whole bunch of dishonorable kills and lost a all his gear which is against predator code the novelization says that greyback was starting to wary about the predator killing spree
This happens with real life hunters as well. Honorable ones don't kill females (example deer) if they can help it, and especially not does with a calf. Cause killing the doe would also lead to the death of the calf, so they only kill bucks.
I think this is probably the most underrated movie in the Predator franchise. IMO it's pretty much on a level with the original Predator. I love how the setting and characters are so different from the setting and characters in the original, and yet there are so many parallels between them. As far as the predator sparing the life of the pregnant Leona goes... I don't think it was about her not being a threat, or about the predator having a heart. Hunters typically try not to kill pregnant or young animals (or mothers with young who can't yet fend for themselves) because they want those young to grow up and keep the population from dwindling due to over-hunting. I always figured it's the same thing going on here.
It's basically part of their Code, right up there with not killing (defenseless) children or sickly prey. While no doubt that practicality is part of why they don't hunt pregnant women, it's also a matter of honor for them.
I'm sure this is an unpopular opinion, but I've always liked the sequel more than the original. To me, it has all of the explosive action of the original, but with characters that seem a little more interesting. Also, the urban setting is almost a character, in itself.
That gun has a whole story behind it in a comic. That same predator was in a hunt on earth and choose a pirate captain to be his prey. The captain was a man of principle and had one rule, never steal from a church. His crew tried a mutany and steal the money of a church and the captain fought against his crew, the predator, for the fear of losing his prey, fought alongside the captain and beat the whole crew. When they were about to start a honorable battle, a pirate shoot the captain from the back, the predator, furious, killed that man with his plasma gun, but the captain was about to die. With his last breath the captain gave the predator his gun and told him to keep it, the predator burried the captain and threw in his balde, imitating the voice of the captain he said "keep it". And he left with that gun the captain gave him and kept it until the events of this movie.
Glad you saw the xenomorph skull. The funny thing about that was it wasn't really meant to be noticed, it was just a little Easter egg put in by the special fx/props department. That little joke gave birth to the whole Aliens vs Predator franchise. After that, Dark Horse comics ran with the idea, coming out with a few very acclaimed series. Then games and movies.
Wrong way round. The first AVP comic came out in 1989 one year before this movie. The Xeno skull was an easter egg/reference to the comic. Also a fair bit of the plot in this movie was taken from a comic called Predator Concrete Jungle (no relation to the game with the same name) which also came out in 1989.
@@robonaught Wow, all these years I've had that wrong. Thanks. Probably read that in one of the SFF mags back in the early 90s and have never questioned it since.
It is underrated for a reason. It was just not a great sequal to Predator. It may be a good movie, but it was an interesting choice to follow up such a classic. I just wanted more from this movie. My least favourite of the predator movies. Thatt includes the Alien vs Predator movies, which are alright but nothing great. I just saw the new Alien movie and it was alright but did not add much to the franchise IMO. I love Alien, Aliens and Predator but after this it is quite a mixed bag. I feel Alien is a scarier monster but Arnie just smashed it in Predator. I would have loved Arnie to return in the sequal so I have to give the nod to Alien as Ripley is a bad ass but Alien 3 is just terrible. One of the worst sequals ever made.
@@martinwhite3559 Predator 2 is better than Predator. The first movie is absurd. The special forces team that has to be lied to becuase they can somehow turn down missions that's made of a bunch of Bodybuilders, a fat guy, and one guy that actually looks like a marine. The guy just using a minigun like it's a hand held weapon. It's a fun movie but it's clownshoes.
OMG, the hat with the "Scar" symbol and the awesome pullover sweater! 😭💖 I love it. I am also a huge simp for the Predator, so I'm happy to see someone else enjoying these movies as much as me. Thank you so much for this reaction. You're giving me life. 🙏🏻
I think the King Willie thing is supposed to be more of a reverence thing--he's the leader of the gang, so Predator would have noticed how so many dangerous men were showing him respect. Plus, I imagine the reason Preddy was going after Danny Glover and his friends was because it saw them win that shootout at the very start, but now that you mention it the "Trying to pick a fight" explanation does make a ton of sense as well. Or maybe working its way up the food chain and saving who it thought was strongest for last?
And he is trying to tell Harrigan he is dealing with an invisible thing "cannot see the eyes of the demon until he come calling" something that is after him. He says he knows where Predator is as it's hunting them from "the otherside" ie cloaking.
I think it's also about how the title, "Predator", has levels. It can refer to the Yaut'ja (Predators), but it can also refer to the humans acting as predators, and the nature of predation itself. Willie is, as he says himself, the new King of the Streets in LA, essentially making him the apex predator of the underworld ecosystem. This makes him a clear target for the Predator, even if he's not necessarily a huge challenge in lone combat. Also, presumably Willie didn't go to meet Danny without some serious security, so I would assume that detail was both very combat-effective and also taken-out before Willie himself was dispatched. Why they wouldn't have shown or referenced that is an interesting choice to consider. The Predator, as a lone hunter, seems to find extra challenge in taking-on other predators who work effectively in teams (eg. Danny's squad, Arnold's spec-ops unit). I think that was what made him pursue Danny and his friends particularly. Taking them down more-or-less separately is a good way to acknowledge that the Predator is not invincible and that it's aware of the fact and thus, in an additional way, clearly intelligent and not just a dumb savage animal killing anything it sees. It also makes the Predator even more frightening to humans, but in a different way than, say, Xenomorphs; where Xenomorphs seem to take one of our greatest human strengths, ie. communication and co-operation, and use it to beat us at our own game, the Predator shows it can beat us without using co-operation at all. It could have called to the other Predators on the ship when it was in trouble, but it didn't and probably wouldn't, and I doubt the others would have answered if it had.
What a fun reaction to a fun movie! Lol to be fair preddy is one of the most badass cinematic creations made for movies it was a magical time when Hollywood used to come up with these ideas... Great reaction you guys are super fun to watch.. keep up the great reactions. Best wishes from the u.k👍
The Yautja species operate on Honor. But I also have an opinion about why he didn't kill Leona. I think it was partly because he thought that the baby could some day grow up to be a worthy opponent. "This ship is very foggy". . . Hahaha!!! You're hilarious, Kacee.
Movie of Predator just chilling at home, feet up, eating second breakfast, watching Rick and Morty mimicking Rick the whole time. Yeah, thatd be a good time lol
All these predators are actually part of different clans. At least at one point. There's a ton of different predators like samurai and Viking predators, primitive and futuristic ones with nano tech etc etc. Predator hunting grounds is also a great game to check out as it has basically all of them and it ties into the comics and movies
I’m not good at English, but... I think this movie is my favorite in the Predator franchise. I really like the direction, the rhythm, how the actor delivers the desperation and performance of facing the Predator, how the scenes were thought out in these moments, how the film advances and improves in some senses from the previous one, making it less dated in how it presents itself. , also the opening of a mythology about predators, which seems like a very good universe to be explored if done well. I always wanted to know how their society works. I recommend you play some predator game too. I think there's an Alien vs Predator game that's pretty cool.
There was an AvP (v Colonial Marine) multi-player shooter game for the short-lived Atari Jaguar system that was pretty neat. IIRC, it had a neat scoring-system for the Predator where you earned more points if you used less powerful weapons to make your kills. Eg., killing with a spear got you a lot more points than making the same kill with your shoulder-cannon. Seemed a good encapsulation of the Predator ethos.
Fun fact. Danny Glover asked the LA Lakers to be in this movie. They were the other predators on the ship since the role required very tall men. Mr Hall played the Predator again in this film, and was the “elder” that gives Harrigan the gun. The “elder predator” costume is actually the original suit from the 1987 film, but they aged it.
That's one of the things I've always really liked about the Predator race too, they have a definite code of honor that guides and shapes their behavior during hunts. They don't have much interest in prey that doesn't offer a sporting kill, like the sick (Weyland in AvP) or weakened (maybe not how WE'D see it, but to a Pred a pregnant woman isn't really an intimidating opponent). Doesn't mean you should just insert yourself into a Predator's affairs and intentionally get in their way, that probably won't end well for you regardless...but if you don't present yourself as a worthy target they generally don't much care about you, and if you should happen to prove yourself as a worthy hunter by their standards (for example, defeating one of their number or being otherwise honored by the clan like Alexa in AvP) they'll treat you with a measure of respect. There are several novels that came out back when these movies were all fresh and new, and I used to love reading them as I grew up. In my personal opinion, they did a better job fleshing out the lore than the last couple of movie sequels though I'll be honest: while I didn't HATE Predators or The Predator, I definitely recognize that they weren't really...good. Predators has some interesting ideas and a some cool action, including one of the more interesting human rosters...it just had its problems too. The Predator was honestly kind of schlocky, but if you're just there to watch the Preds pop the tops off some cans of wholesale whoopass, there's some cool stuff in there. AvP: Requiem wasn't...idk, it wasn't BAD. It turned up the violence/gore scale a bit beyond what the first AvP did, but while that was awesome it also felt a little like they were trying too hard at times. A number of their choices (particularly where the Aliens were concerned) came off as a bit too "shock factor" to really feel very enjoyable. Like any of the films, there's some mighty cool stuff in there...but you just have to kind of accept it as definitely not trying to win any awards for great writing or whatever. Getting to see your enthusiasm for these movies has been so much fun ever since you discovered this world through Prey! Aliens and Predators have been some of my favorite franchises and movie monsters since I was a young teenager, and it's great to get to see someone experience it for the first time and reflect some of that same excitement I used to feel when it was all new to me too. I'll admit that I'm SLIGHTLY more an Alien fan than Predator, but I wholly approve of those of us who prefer the Preds. It's all awesome, and I'm glad you got to join the fandom. I won't lie, I'm a little jealous of that badass hat, lol.
I don't think the Predator saw her as weak due to her pregnancy. It lifted her up, weapon in hand, I think it was going to finish its hunt; but knew the next generation of a fighting prey species is worth saving for later. I'd call it conservation, City Predator showing good hunting ethics- very Yautja.
"I want him to get away, for once, PLEASE." Sadly, only if you play AS the Predator in the AvP games. Then you can live out your fantasy as top of the food chain! 'sigh' Man I miss those games.
There are a lot of deleted scenes that were filmed, scripted or storyboarded but were cut: Harrigan and Leona learn that El Scorpio's body has been taken from the morgue by Keyes men for study. Harrigan does get fired from the police force after feeling guilty over Danny's murder. The City Hunter Predator kills Danny then takes his skull and spine as a trophy where he climbs up a building getting struck by lightning. This happens to Jerry later on. The City Hunter Predator follows Jerry and Leona to the subway where he jumps on the back of the train leading to the subway showdown. Keyes threatens to have Harrigan fired from the police force should he ever interfere with his crime scenes again. Jerry follows Keyes and his men from the hospital to the helipad after the take Ramon's mistress. Ramon Vega actually survives the City Hunter Predator slaughtering the Jamaicans after they ambush him in a warehouse where they try to sacrifice him. Ramon ends up in shock after what he witnessed. Ramon's mistress tells Keyes' men that it was a demon from hell that killed all the Jamaicans. Anna from the first film tells Keyes and his men that the Predator was hunting Dutch and his friends like it was a game. Keyes explains to Harrigan that Dutch escaped from an Army Hospital and hasn't been seen since the 1987 Guatamala incident. Keyes' men begins following Harrigan through the streets but the Predator is following him as well. He even walks into a taxidermy store where he touches a stuffed lion until a jogger sees it through the shop window but the Predator cloaks himself and the jogger thinks it was the heat getting to him. King Willie's death was a lot different than the final cut of the movie: He sees the Predator in a fire escape where he opens fire with a gold plated Uzi as his main weapon where he shoots, as the City Hunter Predator jumps from fire escape to fire escape. He runs out of ammo and uses a sword as his secondary weapon where the City Hunter Predator jumps 10 feet in front of him. "You can't see the eyes of the Demon..." says the Predator imitating Willie. An alternative ending was scripted but never filmed: Rather than Harrigan killing the City Hunter, it was the elder Predator Grayback who decapitates the City Hunter then gives Harrigan the Flintlock pistol before he leaves the ship and sees it fly off into the sky.
Interesting, I always thought Greyback might have been related to the City Hunter because Greyback looks sad stroking his necklace as they are carrying city Hunter away.
Imdefinitely want some sweet Predator candy, but i lov3 them more, they, well most arent ugly..city hunter mynfave since 92, and they are s3xy as hell..i dont see them ugly..city hunter and first predator are beautiful..im like WOW the first time imsaw his face❤ i find them sexually attractive, no interest in humans lol....i wish id fall in love with a good predatot with a heart. ❤@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO
You do get to see a glimpse of their home world hot planet with pyramids and all sorts of structures in Aliens v Predator: Requiem. If you watch it, watch the extended version. And be sure to turn the brightness settings up all the way on your TV because they film a lot of fight scenes hard to see in the dark. The Predator in this second AvP is my favorite. He's a seasoned hunter. Very experienced. He's known as the Wolf Predator. This movie is a DIRECT sequel to the first AvP following its events. -OG
Great reaction Dos Cavazos! Being that it's the holiday season. I suggest a film called Bad Santa(2003) I think the both of you will enjoy it if you haven't seen it.
King Willy was the leader of killers. He had to have put work in. In the killing department. And he chose to fight him and challenge him with the sword.. respect.
You should definitely watch predators next! It has a lot of similarities to the 1st predator film since it's more of a homage but it's still a unique, suspenseful film.
Predators gets slept on a lot, even more than Predator 2. I think it's probably my favourite of the Predator series. I don't know why it isn't more widely acclaimed; it certainly deserves it.
of all the movies and video game moments i wish I could forget and re experience over and over again is the original predator unmasking at the end....I remember being just mystified and horrified as a kid....such an amazing character
The predator usually gets away, as Anna revealed in the first Predator, talking about how sometimes they come to her country when it gets hot, and make trophies of men. These movies are just the few times the predator lost, but the rest of the species still comes in and collects the body and technology, if it wasn't destroyed. I liked that this movie added new vision modes for the predator, because of course such advanced technology wouldn't only have one vision mode. However, they did screw up when the predator's mask came off in this one, and it still saw in infrared, not the full red motion-based vision from the first movie, when that predator took off its mask to fight Arnold. They gave him the pistol as a trophy because it was human technology, so it didn't break their rule about letting alien technology fall into another species' hands.
Great reaction! I love your pure love for the Predator. I saw this film in the theater when I was 15, and I loved it!! I thought that the ending was the coolest thing I'd ever seen, because of the world-building aspect. I really got a sense of how expansive the Predator's world was and also how long their species has been hunting on an interstellar scope. I might add that the story mostly wasn't confusing at all for audiences back in the day. Current audiences are used to every bit of a character mythos being spoon-fed to them with no loose ends to speak of. It used to not be that way. The typical viewer was trained to make inferences. For instance, when the Chief Yautja gives the gun to Danny Glover, we all assumed that it was out of respect for human-kind as a whole (across time and irregardless of cultural difference). I remember asking myself, "What other historic situations, settings, and cultures has the Predator species ritualistically hunted in?" Japan? Africa? The field seemed wide open. The Director of "Predator 2" was smart to seed little bits of the Predator lore throughout the film. It's as if they gave us the first part of the sentence and the audience was left to finish the sentence with our imagination.
Glad you liked this one. This is my fav film. Think there are some predator comics that explain their lore and homeworld. I also would like a film based on that. Predator is so cool. Loved the reaction😜😂😎🇬🇧
It's awesome that Prey and Predators 2 connect like this. I also liked this movie too. I am a huge fan of the Predator (and also Alien) series as well. :) Hopefully we have another Predator movie where there is more cooperation between humans and Predators.
Whether or not any given Predator follows the "rules" the species seem to have is dependant. After all, not everyone is going to follow the rules and some will break them. For example, the one in Prey is notable for actually breaking several rules established in the other films. It just so happens that this one is fine with leaving the young alone... after all, that's how you make sure they grow up to be a better hunt in a few years
This movie was my first experience when it came to the Predator series when I was a kid, and, maybe because of nostalgia, it’s probably still my favorite, including design and characteristics. When it comes to the gun, I think that it was more of a reference to the comics that focus on a variety of them, in various scenarios, and various forms. What I’m most interested in is a movie to cover their origins, but I kind of doubt that it’d ever get made. It would likely have to be a movie you had to read through the entire time, and, while I wouldn’t mind, I can’t imagine that the general audience would have that kind of patience.
I was hoping the predator would live go back to his planet and open an artisanal candy shop and every time someone would walk in he would say "Want some candy?"
The Predator to a child: “Do you want some candy?” Chris Hansen: “Why don’t you have a seat?” Predator: “No, no Chris, I was just hanging out” Chris Hansen: “I have the chat log”
BEST PREDATOR SEQUEL EVER!! MY #1 FAVORITE! ITS STILL A BADASS MOVIE! Arnold Schwarzenegger was going to be in the movie, but turned it down as he didn't like the idea of the movie taking place in the city radar than the jungle. He was also working on Terminator 2 and Total Recall at the time. Patrick Swayze and Steven Seagal were considered for the lead until Danny Glover was cast. John Lithgow was going to play Peter Keyes until Gary Busey was cast as him and Glover worked on Lethal Weapon.
No matter what the actual reason once the Predator confronted King Willie and king Willie drew his cane/sword. That was enough for the Predator to go into kill mode. And was virtually no contest between King Willie's little cane sword versus the Predator's forearm mounted weird double machete like Blades. The final score The Predator 10 and King Willie -110
...Its my specialty! To die from a Predator To die from a Alien To die from a Terminator The only man in history to die from the three coolest big bads ever.
The reason the City Hunter Predator spared Leona isn't because he "didn't see her as a threat because she was pregnant". It's because killing a pregnant mother is one of the BIGGEST taboos in Predator/Yautja society. Their biggest taboos are, don't kill pregnant mothers, don't kill children, don't kill the deathly ill, don't kill the very old, and don't kill your own kind in cold blood. If you violate ANY of these taboos in Predator society, you will INSTANTLY be branded with the title "Bad Blood" and then you have two options: either turn yourself in to be ritually executed by your own clan, or go on the run, in which case they will send an Enforcer after you, and the Enforcer will make your death ANYTHING but merciful.
I'm so glad you got to see this one. Because of the subway scene I knew you were looking for a reason to root for the predator more. And I figured you'd like the predator seeing she was pregnant and the kid with the toy gun. How they differentiate threat. The baby is unarmed and can't defend itself. So in killing her he'd kill the baby which is an unhonorable kill. So his punishment would be death or exile. Only to be hunted down as prey by other Yautja. The elders and the other predators watch his hunt. Like a live feed back to the ship. So if he does anything wrong on a hunt the others will have questions. Like why didn't you check if the gun was a toy? Why didn't you check if she was pregnant. "As predators on the homeworld run as a matriarchy pretty much" and they regard motherhood as sacred. So they will knock out a pregnant being instead of killing it. Incapacitated means no threat. It went after king willy because it observed. It saw all these men led back to king willy. All dressed similarly. Saw his concealed sword and how danny glovers character was shoveled around by this guy. So the predator did two things. One issued a challenge to glover. And two, got to fight melee, and melee battles are sacred fights. Thus, skull troohy just like Billy and the ranger in this movie. Because he went out using a machete. And yeah, if you kill a predator they others will respect it and give you a trophy. They are fully honor bound. From either a previous hunt or a trade of trophy's. Glad to watch a reactors that roots for the predator like I do.
The predators may seem like heartless sport hunters but they actually have a strict honor code that forbids them from hunting weak or sick prey unless it's for food or still a threat but when it comes to pregnant females and children they're off limits period even if they're a threat. If prey defeats them but shows mercy they are to kill themselves along with their opponent to preserve their technology or give them a prize seeing them as an equal. Those who break the honor code are killed or banished and if they escape punishment they're deems as "badbloods" and are to be killed on sight.
In the original story in the comics, Raphael Adolini was a captain of a pirate ship, who long story short fought side by side with the predator when there was a mutiny in his ship, after getting stabbed in the back, captain Adolini gave his pistol to the predator as a sign of respect before he died, it was a cool idea having the pistol as an Easter egg in Prey, too bad it wasn't the original story
Watching how hyped you are for all things predator is pure gold :) As for some of you questions, here's my take: - the gun - predators respected his win enough to award him with the trophy (and alien tech or their brother's body part were not an option) - sparing humans - it's a code of honor thing. Killing children, pregnant females, unarmed and sick makes you less of a predator, so do better.
All 9 of the Predators at the end were unique, both their faces, markings, armor, and accessories. The older leader was based on the same molds used for the original from the first film, but all the rest were new. Peter Hall, who played the original Predator also played both the main Predator in this film and the older leader. The others were LA Lakers team members (Danny Glover is a Lakers fan)
Found this channel from the Punisher reaction. Been binge watching a bunch of your vids since then. Loved this series in particular especially because of how much Kacee loves the Predator species.
Late to posting here, but there's a few things they did in this to distinguish it from the prior film. The Predator in the first film was actually a very old veteran, who enjoyed taking his time and picking his prey off one at a time. This Predator the director wanted to make much younger, angrier, more impatient and craving excess. Each kill had to be more extravagant than the last. You notice when his gear starts to malfunction, he simply rips it off and discards it, whereas the prior Predator took the time to shut it off. And actually, the Predators do eat humans. You'll notice that when he's cleaning the flesh and brains out of King Willie's skull, that suction tube goes up under his mask to his mouth. And he took the one body that he had strung up in the first fight presumably to eat. The Predator's code of honor is somewhat flexible, but he took Willie's head because in the Predators eyes Willie had conducted himself honorably. Instead of shooting at the Predator or trying to get his henchmen, he chose to face his death with a weapon in hand to hand fighting, the same way Billy did in the first film. Even if he wasn't a great fighter, he still had fighting spirit and the Predator admires that. That's also why he took Jerry's head, and not Danny's. Danny resorted to just a pistol, he was just an average kill, mainly to provoke Harrigan. But Jerry when corned and knowing he hand no chance of winning, showed he was going to fight with whatever he could get his hands on right to the end. The Predator takes the skulls of targets that are the most worthy, the most admirable and challenging. The ones that he hangs up or skins, they're just average kills, nothing special about them to the Predator. The pistol actually becomes even more symbolically important once you understand its history, and how much it meant to that Predator to give it to Harrigan. It was wielded by the very first human to encounter and then kill a Predator, albeit one of a different tribe. The grim implication of this though is that Predator, who hands over the pistol, possibly killed her and took it. It's been shown in the lore and literature that, if they aren't killed, these things can live a really, really long time. So the respect he's showing Harrigan there in parting with it is extremely high.
I really liked the lore expansion in this movie. And I'm happy to see you're reaction to it. And I agree with your Alien vs Predator opinion. That was a fun movie. I think you will enjoy Predators too.
I know you watched these out of order (no worries here 😀), but one of the Easter Eggs you would have missed the first time watching these in release order was the Xenomorph skull on the wall. Good catch! The comics started in 1989, but the movie wasn't until 2004, so it was definitely a slow burn for those of us stuck going to the theater. Also, the Predator doesn't kill her because letting her give birth gives him more prey to hunt in the future.
Love your reactions solo. Great reaction, to a under appreciated sequel. PREDATORS w/ Adrian Brody is a must watch. AVP: Requiem is alright, but not the best. Great reaction, keep it up 👍
The Xenomorph skull was the first real-time nod that they & Tbe Predator series were in the same universe. Fans geeked out big time when that nugget was shown
What I love of about Harrigan is that he didn't have a plan, he didn't even really have some special insight, he just didn't give a damn. Alien are not, he came to throw hands, and he came to win.
As the leader of the Jamaican Voodoo posse, King Willie is the Alpha of his gang. By the way, you might want to watch Predators with Adrian Brody. It also has Samuel Jackson, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins and Alice Braga in it. Nice extra. There are some nice Easter Eggs in the predators' camp.
I'd love it if they made a predator show, either following a human that joined them or a group of young predators becoming warriors, exploring their culture.
When the Predator is cleaning off King Willy's skull and placing it on the wall, there is a Xenomorph skull on the wall just above where he mounts the skull.
The reasons behind why a predator (Yautja) chooses to kill or not kill is 100% based on honor. There is more lore than is explained in the films very clearly that explains how this works. The Yautja hunt to become the most efficient hunters/killers in the galaxy. You can't really do that if you're just shooting fish in a barrel. The greater the threat, the greater honor gained from the kill and more knowledge to make them more efficient. Skinned and hung prey show low/no honor in the kills and they served more out of necessity. When the Yautja takes a skull, it means the prey gave them a challenge and allowed them to gain honor either from difficulty or by standing their ground. This also feeds into why they won't shoot prey that don't have projectile weapons, or kill anything that is unarmed. There is zero honor in it and the rest of the clan is watching the hunt. Their actions are being observed both for the purpose of honor, and for the other Yautja to learn. This is why the predator in the first film fought Dutch hand to hand at the end. Dutch had no armor and no weapons but was a very worthy opponent. To claim his trophy and the honor he had coming, he'd have to fight Dutch with fisticuffs. Do we humans display 5th place or participation trophies? Not typically. But we do show off 1st place trophies and college degrees and medals we've earned. This is the purpose the skulls serve from honorable kills. This particular Yautja picked Harrigan as his primary game. Everything the city hunter did in Predator 2 served to prepare and make Harrigan a more formidable and dangerous prey, earning the city hunter great honor. The Yautja at the end may or may not have respected Harrigan, but there was no reason to kill him. The hunt was over. The prey won. It was between Harrigan and the city hunter and that's it. They would have gained nothing by murdering him mindlessly. I've loved the Predator franchise for 30 years. Always great to see new fans. :) Also, sorry about the longwinded comment. I know I come off as arrogant at times with this stuff. I just can't help myself. I get so excited seeing new people get into the Predator series. Greatest extraterrestrial ever created.
The novelization gives great back lore to the movie; Golden Angel/Greyback was actually fed up with City Hunter's antics and was about to send Stalker to get him. (Stalker has one of the best skin patterns in all of Predator lore; looks like a bengal tiger). But then Harrigan and CH landed on the ship. They also ruined the lore of the flintlock by shoehoring it into Prey, which really wasn't necessary. A movie about how the Golden Angel got the gun and the following hunts he went on would make a fantastic movie.
- The actor playing Jerry is Bill Paxton, who was also one of the punks at the beginning of "The Terminator" and Hudson in "Aliens". he was also in James Cameron's "true lies" and "Titanic". He has the distinction of being the only actor killed by a Terminator, Aliens, and a Predator. - Gary Busey's chief assistant is played by Adam Baldwin (Jayne from "Firefly") - The naked girl at the massacre in the Colombian gang leader's apartment was porn actress Teri Weigel.
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This good normal human movie. Prey-this stupidly bribed zombified tolerance feminist propaganda machine "power" USA. This "movie" has itself. Humanity is outliving itself. Go ahead with the song zombified "people".
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Yes it ties into Prey which makes Prey a sadder movie because if that Predator had the Pistol, it means The woman in Prey later became a victim during a 2nd visit from the predators since She had ownership of the Pistol at the end of Prey
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To Predator the cops, gangs and CIA, guerrillas and special forces are all the same; prey. That's why he hunts Harrigan's crew in metro just the same as it did the other groups. The leaders (The guy falling down at the beginning, King Willie, Keyes and Harrigan) are left last. Harrigan had little idea what he was after until Willie hinted the Predator is invisible and non-human.
The pistol served 2 purposes. It was a "trophy" for Harrigan, for killing one of them in hand to hand combat, and a message, "We've been here before, we'll be back again."
its also a reference to the Comic (Predator 1718)
Raphael Adolini 1715 the pirate who owned that gun.
@@Shade_91 I'm pretty sure it's the other way around. Comic references this movie
she didn't have the common sense to put that together
It was also in Prey (2022)
Not gonna lie, I love how much you love the predator as a character.
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@@mikelarsen5836 U alright man ?
she is literally Harley Quinn loving on the Joker isn't she. "I love the Predator ! I want him to just kill every one!"
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The Predator didn't kill Leona, because it would have had to kill the fetus in the process. She was worthy prey, but the fetus was so defenseless that it would have been a completely dishonorable kill.
The point of giving Harrigan the pistol was to acknowledge him as a hunter. Basically, he earned a legendary weapon as a token of their respect.
@garveydent This happens in the comics as well in the series Predator Concrete Jungle. There was a gang member that a Predator was tracking and about to kill, but the gang member's girlfriend ran up to him and she was 6 months pregnant with his baby. They hugged each other and the gang member placed his hand over her belly and kissed it. The Predator acknowledged that the gang member was protecting his mate and his offspring so he spared him.
@Dimetropteryxbut the predator already had a whole bunch of dishonorable kills and lost a all his gear which is against predator code the novelization says that greyback was starting to wary about the predator killing spree
This happens with real life hunters as well. Honorable ones don't kill females (example deer) if they can help it, and especially not does with a calf. Cause killing the doe would also lead to the death of the calf, so they only kill bucks.
Nah. Killing pregnant females is taboo among hunters.
Kind of interesting a predator was more protective over an unborn child than half the human populace.
I think this is probably the most underrated movie in the Predator franchise. IMO it's pretty much on a level with the original Predator. I love how the setting and characters are so different from the setting and characters in the original, and yet there are so many parallels between them.
As far as the predator sparing the life of the pregnant Leona goes... I don't think it was about her not being a threat, or about the predator having a heart. Hunters typically try not to kill pregnant or young animals (or mothers with young who can't yet fend for themselves) because they want those young to grow up and keep the population from dwindling due to over-hunting. I always figured it's the same thing going on here.
It's basically part of their Code, right up there with not killing (defenseless) children or sickly prey. While no doubt that practicality is part of why they don't hunt pregnant women, it's also a matter of honor for them.
I'm sure this is an unpopular opinion, but I've always liked the sequel more than the original. To me, it has all of the explosive action of the original, but with characters that seem a little more interesting. Also, the urban setting is almost a character, in itself.
@@GimmeJimmy23 Predator 2 is much better than the first one.
That gun has a whole story behind it in a comic.
That same predator was in a hunt on earth and choose a pirate captain to be his prey. The captain was a man of principle and had one rule, never steal from a church. His crew tried a mutany and steal the money of a church and the captain fought against his crew, the predator, for the fear of losing his prey, fought alongside the captain and beat the whole crew. When they were about to start a honorable battle, a pirate shoot the captain from the back, the predator, furious, killed that man with his plasma gun, but the captain was about to die. With his last breath the captain gave the predator his gun and told him to keep it, the predator burried the captain and threw in his balde, imitating the voice of the captain he said "keep it". And he left with that gun the captain gave him and kept it until the events of this movie.
Jesus finally somebody who knows their canon, good on ya man
@@Beardo2517 I know it because I sometimes watch videos about it. And hear the story of that gun was amazing.
@@franciscojaviermendezrinco1902 you should read the comic if you haven't
@@Beardo2517 Too bad Danny Trejo has already been in a Predators movie. A 1 hour movie with him as the captain would have been sick.
@@JnEricsonx hmm maybe, Javier Bardem would be cool too
Game recognizes game. The pack leader gave the winner (Harrigan), a trophy for taking out one of their own, as well as a sign of respect.
Glad you saw the xenomorph skull. The funny thing about that was it wasn't really meant to be noticed, it was just a little Easter egg put in by the special fx/props department. That little joke gave birth to the whole Aliens vs Predator franchise. After that, Dark Horse comics ran with the idea, coming out with a few very acclaimed series. Then games and movies.
I freaked out in the theater at that as a kid, my dad pointed it out, and my childhood brain exploded.
A movie was planned shortly after, taking place in the time of Aliens, but was scrapped as it would have been too expensive at the time.
Don't forget the Kenner toy series, which was freaking awesome!!
Wrong way round. The first AVP comic came out in 1989 one year before this movie. The Xeno skull was an easter egg/reference to the comic. Also a fair bit of the plot in this movie was taken from a comic called Predator Concrete Jungle (no relation to the game with the same name) which also came out in 1989.
@@robonaught Wow, all these years I've had that wrong. Thanks. Probably read that in one of the SFF mags back in the early 90s and have never questioned it since.
One of the most underrated movies in history
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Under what? It was MASSIVE then.
It is underrated for a reason. It was just not a great sequal to Predator. It may be a good movie, but it was an interesting choice to follow up such a classic. I just wanted more from this movie. My least favourite of the predator movies. Thatt includes the Alien vs Predator movies, which are alright but nothing great. I just saw the new Alien movie and it was alright but did not add much to the franchise IMO. I love Alien, Aliens and Predator but after this it is quite a mixed bag. I feel Alien is a scarier monster but Arnie just smashed it in Predator. I would have loved Arnie to return in the sequal so I have to give the nod to Alien as Ripley is a bad ass but Alien 3 is just terrible. One of the worst sequals ever made.
@@martinwhite3559 Predator 2 is better than Predator. The first movie is absurd. The special forces team that has to be lied to becuase they can somehow turn down missions that's made of a bunch of Bodybuilders, a fat guy, and one guy that actually looks like a marine. The guy just using a minigun like it's a hand held weapon.
It's a fun movie but it's clownshoes.
@@redrick8900Who was the fat one?
I miss Bill Paxton ❤
He's the only actor who not only got killed by a Terminator, a Xenomorph, but a Predator as well. What a trooper 😭
The city hunter Predator felt like a serial killer in this movie
Kacee: "I've been falling in the love with the predator not like that, but the predator movies"
sure kacee what ever you say LOL.
OMG, the hat with the "Scar" symbol and the awesome pullover sweater! 😭💖 I love it. I am also a huge simp for the Predator, so I'm happy to see someone else enjoying these movies as much as me. Thank you so much for this reaction. You're giving me life. 🙏🏻
I think the King Willie thing is supposed to be more of a reverence thing--he's the leader of the gang, so Predator would have noticed how so many dangerous men were showing him respect. Plus, I imagine the reason Preddy was going after Danny Glover and his friends was because it saw them win that shootout at the very start, but now that you mention it the "Trying to pick a fight" explanation does make a ton of sense as well. Or maybe working its way up the food chain and saving who it thought was strongest for last?
And he is trying to tell Harrigan he is dealing with an invisible thing "cannot see the eyes of the demon until he come calling" something that is after him. He says he knows where Predator is as it's hunting them from "the otherside" ie cloaking.
I think it's also about how the title, "Predator", has levels. It can refer to the Yaut'ja (Predators), but it can also refer to the humans acting as predators, and the nature of predation itself. Willie is, as he says himself, the new King of the Streets in LA, essentially making him the apex predator of the underworld ecosystem. This makes him a clear target for the Predator, even if he's not necessarily a huge challenge in lone combat.
Also, presumably Willie didn't go to meet Danny without some serious security, so I would assume that detail was both very combat-effective and also taken-out before Willie himself was dispatched. Why they wouldn't have shown or referenced that is an interesting choice to consider.
The Predator, as a lone hunter, seems to find extra challenge in taking-on other predators who work effectively in teams (eg. Danny's squad, Arnold's spec-ops unit). I think that was what made him pursue Danny and his friends particularly. Taking them down more-or-less separately is a good way to acknowledge that the Predator is not invincible and that it's aware of the fact and thus, in an additional way, clearly intelligent and not just a dumb savage animal killing anything it sees. It also makes the Predator even more frightening to humans, but in a different way than, say, Xenomorphs; where Xenomorphs seem to take one of our greatest human strengths, ie. communication and co-operation, and use it to beat us at our own game, the Predator shows it can beat us without using co-operation at all. It could have called to the other Predators on the ship when it was in trouble, but it didn't and probably wouldn't, and I doubt the others would have answered if it had.
@@michaelccozens Predator Too
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Yes!!! I have seriously been wondering WHEN this was coming!! lol! So happy youre reacting to this movie, this one was my favourite. Super stoked!!
What a fun reaction to a fun movie! Lol to be fair preddy is one of the most badass cinematic creations made for movies it was a magical time when Hollywood used to come up with these ideas... Great reaction you guys are super fun to watch.. keep up the great reactions. Best wishes from the u.k👍
Cool Kacee. You got to see how they connected this movie to Prey with the old Flint Lock pistol. And the Alien skull Easter Egg on the ship.
The Yautja species operate on Honor. But I also have an opinion about why he didn't kill Leona. I think it was partly because he thought that the baby could some day grow up to be a worthy opponent.
"This ship is very foggy". . . Hahaha!!! You're hilarious, Kacee.
Predator: 'Is she gregnant, or is she OK?'
Movie of Predator just chilling at home, feet up, eating second breakfast, watching Rick and Morty mimicking Rick the whole time. Yeah, thatd be a good time lol
Asking kids if they want candy is a different Predator movie staring Chris Hansan
This Predator sequel is criminally underrated happy to see you reacting to this. Yes it is a respect thing at 36:50
I've waited for this reaction 🤣 Glad you reacted to it.
The old lady has my favorite line: ''I don't think he gives a shit!''
Harrigan walking in and seeing Jerry getting his head ripped off always disturbed me as a kid. Like it was waiting for Harrigan to witness it.
Explosion goes off and reactor says "Is it the Predator?" Wtf! As Yondu might say..."It's Mary Poppins y'all" 😂😂😂
Lol i didn't even notice all the Predator Merch you're wearing at first.
All these predators are actually part of different clans. At least at one point. There's a ton of different predators like samurai and Viking predators, primitive and futuristic ones with nano tech etc etc. Predator hunting grounds is also a great game to check out as it has basically all of them and it ties into the comics and movies
I’m not good at English, but... I think this movie is my favorite in the Predator franchise. I really like the direction, the rhythm, how the actor delivers the desperation and performance of facing the Predator, how the scenes were thought out in these moments, how the film advances and improves in some senses from the previous one, making it less dated in how it presents itself. , also the opening of a mythology about predators, which seems like a very good universe to be explored if done well. I always wanted to know how their society works. I recommend you play some predator game too. I think there's an Alien vs Predator game that's pretty cool.
"im not good at english" -> writes more coherent comment than 50% of native speakers
Prey is far better
@@justice4all772 it's not but the bear fight is cool af
@@justice4all772 nah but it was pretty good
There was an AvP (v Colonial Marine) multi-player shooter game for the short-lived Atari Jaguar system that was pretty neat. IIRC, it had a neat scoring-system for the Predator where you earned more points if you used less powerful weapons to make your kills. Eg., killing with a spear got you a lot more points than making the same kill with your shoulder-cannon. Seemed a good encapsulation of the Predator ethos.
21:31 "but are we gonna get to see him, like his face go, like, 'Meh!'"
HAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAAA!!!!
Fun fact. Danny Glover asked the LA Lakers to be in this movie. They were the other predators on the ship since the role required very tall men.
Mr Hall played the Predator again in this film, and was the “elder” that gives Harrigan the gun. The “elder predator” costume is actually the original suit from the 1987 film, but they aged it.
That's one of the things I've always really liked about the Predator race too, they have a definite code of honor that guides and shapes their behavior during hunts. They don't have much interest in prey that doesn't offer a sporting kill, like the sick (Weyland in AvP) or weakened (maybe not how WE'D see it, but to a Pred a pregnant woman isn't really an intimidating opponent). Doesn't mean you should just insert yourself into a Predator's affairs and intentionally get in their way, that probably won't end well for you regardless...but if you don't present yourself as a worthy target they generally don't much care about you, and if you should happen to prove yourself as a worthy hunter by their standards (for example, defeating one of their number or being otherwise honored by the clan like Alexa in AvP) they'll treat you with a measure of respect.
There are several novels that came out back when these movies were all fresh and new, and I used to love reading them as I grew up. In my personal opinion, they did a better job fleshing out the lore than the last couple of movie sequels though I'll be honest: while I didn't HATE Predators or The Predator, I definitely recognize that they weren't really...good. Predators has some interesting ideas and a some cool action, including one of the more interesting human rosters...it just had its problems too. The Predator was honestly kind of schlocky, but if you're just there to watch the Preds pop the tops off some cans of wholesale whoopass, there's some cool stuff in there.
AvP: Requiem wasn't...idk, it wasn't BAD. It turned up the violence/gore scale a bit beyond what the first AvP did, but while that was awesome it also felt a little like they were trying too hard at times. A number of their choices (particularly where the Aliens were concerned) came off as a bit too "shock factor" to really feel very enjoyable. Like any of the films, there's some mighty cool stuff in there...but you just have to kind of accept it as definitely not trying to win any awards for great writing or whatever.
Getting to see your enthusiasm for these movies has been so much fun ever since you discovered this world through Prey! Aliens and Predators have been some of my favorite franchises and movie monsters since I was a young teenager, and it's great to get to see someone experience it for the first time and reflect some of that same excitement I used to feel when it was all new to me too. I'll admit that I'm SLIGHTLY more an Alien fan than Predator, but I wholly approve of those of us who prefer the Preds. It's all awesome, and I'm glad you got to join the fandom. I won't lie, I'm a little jealous of that badass hat, lol.
I don't think the Predator saw her as weak due to her pregnancy.
It lifted her up, weapon in hand, I think it was going to finish its hunt; but knew the next generation of a fighting prey species is worth saving for later.
I'd call it conservation, City Predator showing good hunting ethics- very Yautja.
@@jaysuscrass9119 Yeah. A lot of people don't get that normal hunters never kill pregnant animals on purpose.
"I want him to get away, for once, PLEASE."
Sadly, only if you play AS the Predator in the AvP games. Then you can live out your fantasy as top of the food chain! 'sigh' Man I miss those games.
There are a lot of deleted scenes that were filmed, scripted or storyboarded but were cut:
Harrigan and Leona learn that El Scorpio's body has been taken from the morgue by Keyes men for study.
Harrigan does get fired from the police force after feeling guilty over Danny's murder.
The City Hunter Predator kills Danny then takes his skull and spine as a trophy where he climbs up a building getting struck by lightning.
This happens to Jerry later on.
The City Hunter Predator follows Jerry and Leona to the subway where he jumps on the back of the train leading to the subway showdown.
Keyes threatens to have Harrigan fired from the police force should he ever interfere with his crime scenes again.
Jerry follows Keyes and his men from the hospital to the helipad after the take Ramon's mistress.
Ramon Vega actually survives the City Hunter Predator slaughtering the Jamaicans after they ambush him in a warehouse where they try to sacrifice him. Ramon ends up in shock after what he witnessed.
Ramon's mistress tells Keyes' men that it was a demon from hell that killed all the Jamaicans.
Anna from the first film tells Keyes and his men that the Predator was hunting Dutch and his friends like it was a game.
Keyes explains to Harrigan that Dutch escaped from an Army Hospital and hasn't been seen since the 1987 Guatamala incident.
Keyes' men begins following Harrigan through the streets but the Predator is following him as well. He even walks into a taxidermy store where he touches a stuffed lion until a jogger sees it through the shop window but the Predator cloaks himself and the jogger thinks it was the heat getting to him.
King Willie's death was a lot different than the final cut of the movie: He sees the Predator in a fire escape where he opens fire with a gold plated Uzi as his main weapon where he shoots, as the City Hunter Predator jumps from fire escape to fire escape. He runs out of ammo and uses a sword as his secondary weapon where the City Hunter Predator jumps 10 feet in front of him. "You can't see the eyes of the Demon..." says the Predator imitating Willie.
An alternative ending was scripted but never filmed: Rather than Harrigan killing the City Hunter, it was the elder Predator Grayback who decapitates the City Hunter then gives Harrigan the Flintlock pistol before he leaves the ship and sees it fly off into the sky.
All that except the Danny one should have stayed in the movie, Jerry puts up a fight and it makes way more sense for him to have his skull taken
Interesting, I always thought Greyback might have been related to the City Hunter because Greyback looks sad stroking his necklace as they are carrying city Hunter away.
Predators have a high "honor code", i think this is the word you were locking for, great reaction by the way
I love that she loves the Predator so much just like I do. There are a few of us ladies out there who truly love the Predator ❤
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Imdefinitely want some sweet Predator candy, but i lov3 them more, they, well most arent ugly..city hunter mynfave since 92, and they are s3xy as hell..i dont see them ugly..city hunter and first predator are beautiful..im like WOW the first time imsaw his face❤ i find them sexually attractive, no interest in humans lol....i wish id fall in love with a good predatot with a heart. ❤@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO
This is my personal favorite predator movie
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Toughest Predator and toughest protagonist. Harrington is hunting the predator.
You do get to see a glimpse of their home world hot planet with pyramids and all sorts of structures in Aliens v Predator: Requiem. If you watch it, watch the extended version. And be sure to turn the brightness settings up all the way on your TV because they film a lot of fight scenes hard to see in the dark. The Predator in this second AvP is my favorite. He's a seasoned hunter. Very experienced. He's known as the Wolf Predator. This movie is a DIRECT sequel to the first AvP following its events. -OG
Great reaction Dos Cavazos! Being that it's the holiday season. I suggest a film called Bad Santa(2003) I think the both of you will enjoy it if you haven't seen it.
King Willy was the leader of killers. He had to have put work in. In the killing department. And he chose to fight him and challenge him with the sword.. respect.
You should definitely watch predators next! It has a lot of similarities to the 1st predator film since it's more of a homage but it's still a unique, suspenseful film.
Predators gets slept on a lot, even more than Predator 2. I think it's probably my favourite of the Predator series. I don't know why it isn't more widely acclaimed; it certainly deserves it.
Loved Predators! Very Unique in itself
of all the movies and video game moments i wish I could forget and re experience over and over again is the original predator unmasking at the end....I remember being just mystified and horrified as a kid....such an amazing character
The predator usually gets away, as Anna revealed in the first Predator, talking about how sometimes they come to her country when it gets hot, and make trophies of men. These movies are just the few times the predator lost, but the rest of the species still comes in and collects the body and technology, if it wasn't destroyed. I liked that this movie added new vision modes for the predator, because of course such advanced technology wouldn't only have one vision mode. However, they did screw up when the predator's mask came off in this one, and it still saw in infrared, not the full red motion-based vision from the first movie, when that predator took off its mask to fight Arnold. They gave him the pistol as a trophy because it was human technology, so it didn't break their rule about letting alien technology fall into another species' hands.
Great reaction! I love your pure love for the Predator. I saw this film in the theater when I was 15, and I loved it!! I thought that the ending was the coolest thing I'd ever seen, because of the world-building aspect. I really got a sense of how expansive the Predator's world was and also how long their species has been hunting on an interstellar scope. I might add that the story mostly wasn't confusing at all for audiences back in the day. Current audiences are used to every bit of a character mythos being spoon-fed to them with no loose ends to speak of. It used to not be that way. The typical viewer was trained to make inferences. For instance, when the Chief Yautja gives the gun to Danny Glover, we all assumed that it was out of respect for human-kind as a whole (across time and irregardless of cultural difference). I remember asking myself, "What other historic situations, settings, and cultures has the Predator species ritualistically hunted in?" Japan? Africa? The field seemed wide open. The Director of "Predator 2" was smart to seed little bits of the Predator lore throughout the film. It's as if they gave us the first part of the sentence and the audience was left to finish the sentence with our imagination.
Glad you liked this one.
This is my fav film. Think there are some predator comics that explain their lore and homeworld. I also would like a film based on that. Predator is so cool. Loved the reaction😜😂😎🇬🇧
Still the most accurate and best documentary on the state of modern LA I have seen in 30 years.
and that was 30++ years in the past! At this rate, 2029 is gonna look just like Skynet and George Miller are running the place
Says the Fox-brainwashed guy who's never been there.
They should make Predator the hero in a future space movie. Protecting humanity from Alien infestation on a colony planet.
"THE CLICKS! THE CLICKS!" 🤣 You are the ultimate Predator fan!
It's awesome that Prey and Predators 2 connect like this. I also liked this movie too. I am a huge fan of the Predator (and also Alien) series as well. :) Hopefully we have another Predator movie where there is more cooperation between humans and Predators.
GREAT REACTION KACEE!
Whether or not any given Predator follows the "rules" the species seem to have is dependant. After all, not everyone is going to follow the rules and some will break them. For example, the one in Prey is notable for actually breaking several rules established in the other films. It just so happens that this one is fine with leaving the young alone... after all, that's how you make sure they grow up to be a better hunt in a few years
This movie was my first experience when it came to the Predator series when I was a kid, and, maybe because of nostalgia, it’s probably still my favorite, including design and characteristics.
When it comes to the gun, I think that it was more of a reference to the comics that focus on a variety of them, in various scenarios, and various forms. What I’m most interested in is a movie to cover their origins, but I kind of doubt that it’d ever get made. It would likely have to be a movie you had to read through the entire time, and, while I wouldn’t mind, I can’t imagine that the general audience would have that kind of patience.
I was hoping the predator would live go back to his planet and open an artisanal candy shop and every time someone would walk in he would say "Want some candy?"
That's cute
The Predator to a child: “Do you want some candy?”
Chris Hansen: “Why don’t you have a seat?”
Predator: “No, no Chris, I was just hanging out”
Chris Hansen: “I have the chat log”
BEST PREDATOR SEQUEL EVER!!
MY #1 FAVORITE!
ITS STILL A BADASS MOVIE!
Arnold Schwarzenegger was going to be in the movie, but turned it down as he didn't like the idea of the movie taking place in the city radar than the jungle. He was also working on Terminator 2 and Total Recall at the time. Patrick Swayze and Steven Seagal were considered for the lead until Danny Glover was cast.
John Lithgow was going to play Peter Keyes until Gary Busey was cast as him and Glover worked on Lethal Weapon.
Ah, thanks dad for taking me to see this at 12.
I gotta say, it does my soul good to see how much Kacee loves the Predator. Lol
No matter what the actual reason once the Predator confronted King Willie and king Willie drew his cane/sword. That was enough for the Predator to go into kill mode. And was virtually no contest between King Willie's little cane sword versus the Predator's forearm mounted weird double machete like Blades. The final score The Predator 10 and King Willie -110
...Its my specialty!
To die from a Predator
To die from a Alien
To die from a Terminator
The only man in history to die from the three coolest big bads ever.
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Yea that’s the Gun from Prey. That means that Predator was in the Predator ship that came during the credits in Prey! Yes that’s a sign of respect.
The reason the City Hunter Predator spared Leona isn't because he "didn't see her as a threat because she was pregnant". It's because killing a pregnant mother is one of the BIGGEST taboos in Predator/Yautja society. Their biggest taboos are, don't kill pregnant mothers, don't kill children, don't kill the deathly ill, don't kill the very old, and don't kill your own kind in cold blood. If you violate ANY of these taboos in Predator society, you will INSTANTLY be branded with the title "Bad Blood" and then you have two options: either turn yourself in to be ritually executed by your own clan, or go on the run, in which case they will send an Enforcer after you, and the Enforcer will make your death ANYTHING but merciful.
I'm so glad you got to see this one. Because of the subway scene I knew you were looking for a reason to root for the predator more. And I figured you'd like the predator seeing she was pregnant and the kid with the toy gun. How they differentiate threat. The baby is unarmed and can't defend itself. So in killing her he'd kill the baby which is an unhonorable kill. So his punishment would be death or exile. Only to be hunted down as prey by other Yautja. The elders and the other predators watch his hunt. Like a live feed back to the ship. So if he does anything wrong on a hunt the others will have questions. Like why didn't you check if the gun was a toy? Why didn't you check if she was pregnant. "As predators on the homeworld run as a matriarchy pretty much" and they regard motherhood as sacred. So they will knock out a pregnant being instead of killing it. Incapacitated means no threat.
It went after king willy because it observed. It saw all these men led back to king willy. All dressed similarly. Saw his concealed sword and how danny glovers character was shoveled around by this guy.
So the predator did two things. One issued a challenge to glover. And two, got to fight melee, and melee battles are sacred fights. Thus, skull troohy just like Billy and the ranger in this movie. Because he went out using a machete. And yeah, if you kill a predator they others will respect it and give you a trophy. They are fully honor bound. From either a previous hunt or a trade of trophy's.
Glad to watch a reactors that roots for the predator like I do.
34:41 Kacee thinking like a predator XD
The predators may seem like heartless sport hunters but they actually have a strict honor code that forbids them from hunting weak or sick prey unless it's for food or still a threat but when it comes to pregnant females and children they're off limits period even if they're a threat. If prey defeats them but shows mercy they are to kill themselves along with their opponent to preserve their technology or give them a prize seeing them as an equal. Those who break the honor code are killed or banished and if they escape punishment they're deems as "badbloods" and are to be killed on sight.
In the original story in the comics, Raphael Adolini was a captain of a pirate ship, who long story short fought side by side with the predator when there was a mutiny in his ship, after getting stabbed in the back, captain Adolini gave his pistol to the predator as a sign of respect before he died, it was a cool idea having the pistol as an Easter egg in Prey, too bad it wasn't the original story
Watching how hyped you are for all things predator is pure gold :) As for some of you questions, here's my take:
- the gun - predators respected his win enough to award him with the trophy (and alien tech or their brother's body part were not an option)
- sparing humans - it's a code of honor thing. Killing children, pregnant females, unarmed and sick makes you less of a predator, so do better.
We need more Predator movie reactions.
Lmao I just imagine Kacee tracking the predator just to meet him and try giving him stuff
Paxton the only that met predator, alien and terminator. Legend ever. Greatness
Not true. Lance Henriksen.
This movie grows on you. Every year I see it and can see the good movie inside this film
All 9 of the Predators at the end were unique, both their faces, markings, armor, and accessories. The older leader was based on the same molds used for the original from the first film, but all the rest were new. Peter Hall, who played the original Predator also played both the main Predator in this film and the older leader. The others were LA Lakers team members (Danny Glover is a Lakers fan)
Found this channel from the Punisher reaction. Been binge watching a bunch of your vids since then. Loved this series in particular especially because of how much Kacee loves the Predator species.
Late to posting here, but there's a few things they did in this to distinguish it from the prior film. The Predator in the first film was actually a very old veteran, who enjoyed taking his time and picking his prey off one at a time. This Predator the director wanted to make much younger, angrier, more impatient and craving excess. Each kill had to be more extravagant than the last. You notice when his gear starts to malfunction, he simply rips it off and discards it, whereas the prior Predator took the time to shut it off.
And actually, the Predators do eat humans. You'll notice that when he's cleaning the flesh and brains out of King Willie's skull, that suction tube goes up under his mask to his mouth. And he took the one body that he had strung up in the first fight presumably to eat.
The Predator's code of honor is somewhat flexible, but he took Willie's head because in the Predators eyes Willie had conducted himself honorably. Instead of shooting at the Predator or trying to get his henchmen, he chose to face his death with a weapon in hand to hand fighting, the same way Billy did in the first film. Even if he wasn't a great fighter, he still had fighting spirit and the Predator admires that. That's also why he took Jerry's head, and not Danny's. Danny resorted to just a pistol, he was just an average kill, mainly to provoke Harrigan. But Jerry when corned and knowing he hand no chance of winning, showed he was going to fight with whatever he could get his hands on right to the end. The Predator takes the skulls of targets that are the most worthy, the most admirable and challenging. The ones that he hangs up or skins, they're just average kills, nothing special about them to the Predator.
The pistol actually becomes even more symbolically important once you understand its history, and how much it meant to that Predator to give it to Harrigan. It was wielded by the very first human to encounter and then kill a Predator, albeit one of a different tribe. The grim implication of this though is that Predator, who hands over the pistol, possibly killed her and took it. It's been shown in the lore and literature that, if they aren't killed, these things can live a really, really long time. So the respect he's showing Harrigan there in parting with it is extremely high.
I really liked the lore expansion in this movie. And I'm happy to see you're reaction to it. And I agree with your Alien vs Predator opinion. That was a fun movie. I think you will enjoy Predators too.
I cant wait for you to get to the Adrian Brody Predator where you get more of a lore about the different species
I know you watched these out of order (no worries here 😀), but one of the Easter Eggs you would have missed the first time watching these in release order was the Xenomorph skull on the wall. Good catch! The comics started in 1989, but the movie wasn't until 2004, so it was definitely a slow burn for those of us stuck going to the theater.
Also, the Predator doesn't kill her because letting her give birth gives him more prey to hunt in the future.
Love your reactions solo. Great reaction, to a under appreciated sequel.
PREDATORS w/ Adrian Brody is a must watch.
AVP: Requiem is alright, but not the best.
Great reaction, keep it up 👍
BUT... The Predator in AVPR Is The Best Predator!! ❤️❤️❤️
that gun being in Prey was a retcon, it was originally in the comics and was given from a Pirate Captain to a Predator
The Xenomorph skull was the first real-time nod that they & Tbe Predator series were in the same universe.
Fans geeked out big time when that nugget was shown
What I love of about Harrigan is that he didn't have a plan, he didn't even really have some special insight, he just didn't give a damn. Alien are not, he came to throw hands, and he came to win.
I am a foreigner. Thank you for the various foreign language subtitles. I watched it comfortably.☺
As the leader of the Jamaican Voodoo posse, King Willie is the Alpha of his gang. By the way, you might want to watch Predators with Adrian Brody. It also has Samuel Jackson, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins and Alice Braga in it. Nice extra. There are some nice Easter Eggs in the predators' camp.
Bro, Samuel Jackson is not in Predators! LMAAOOO! I think you meant Laurence Fishburne. He's in Predators.
Good sequel, but the original will always be the best.
This is better.
Amazing and refreshing to see her passionate rooting for predator 💀💥🔫😅
Still the best predator sequel there is.
I think he went after king Willie because he saw that he was a leader.
I love a real fan. Great reaction! :)
I'd love it if they made a predator show, either following a human that joined them or a group of young predators becoming warriors, exploring their culture.
When the Predator is cleaning off King Willy's skull and placing it on the wall, there is a Xenomorph skull on the wall just above where he mounts the skull.
The reasons behind why a predator (Yautja) chooses to kill or not kill is 100% based on honor. There is more lore than is explained in the films very clearly that explains how this works. The Yautja hunt to become the most efficient hunters/killers in the galaxy. You can't really do that if you're just shooting fish in a barrel. The greater the threat, the greater honor gained from the kill and more knowledge to make them more efficient. Skinned and hung prey show low/no honor in the kills and they served more out of necessity. When the Yautja takes a skull, it means the prey gave them a challenge and allowed them to gain honor either from difficulty or by standing their ground. This also feeds into why they won't shoot prey that don't have projectile weapons, or kill anything that is unarmed. There is zero honor in it and the rest of the clan is watching the hunt. Their actions are being observed both for the purpose of honor, and for the other Yautja to learn. This is why the predator in the first film fought Dutch hand to hand at the end. Dutch had no armor and no weapons but was a very worthy opponent. To claim his trophy and the honor he had coming, he'd have to fight Dutch with fisticuffs. Do we humans display 5th place or participation trophies? Not typically. But we do show off 1st place trophies and college degrees and medals we've earned. This is the purpose the skulls serve from honorable kills. This particular Yautja picked Harrigan as his primary game. Everything the city hunter did in Predator 2 served to prepare and make Harrigan a more formidable and dangerous prey, earning the city hunter great honor. The Yautja at the end may or may not have respected Harrigan, but there was no reason to kill him. The hunt was over. The prey won. It was between Harrigan and the city hunter and that's it. They would have gained nothing by murdering him mindlessly. I've loved the Predator franchise for 30 years. Always great to see new fans. :)
Also, sorry about the longwinded comment. I know I come off as arrogant at times with this stuff. I just can't help myself. I get so excited seeing new people get into the Predator series. Greatest extraterrestrial ever created.
Did you see the Alien skull on the wall in the spaceship? That tiny moment is what established Alien and Predator existed in the same Universe.
this was a great reaction. city hunter will always be my favorite yautja. He definitely has a sense of humor
PREDATOR timeline
AvP 2004 ancient flashbacks
PREY 2022
PREDATOR 1987
PREDATOR 2 1990
AVP 1 2004
AVP 2
PREDATORS
THE PREDATOR 2018
doesn't count
it was a farce
Turns out, Scorpion was far from ready.
You'll definitely have to do Predators at some point. It's a lot of fun.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊 Merry Christmas 🎄
The novelization gives great back lore to the movie; Golden Angel/Greyback was actually fed up with City Hunter's antics and was about to send Stalker to get him. (Stalker has one of the best skin patterns in all of Predator lore; looks like a bengal tiger). But then Harrigan and CH landed on the ship.
They also ruined the lore of the flintlock by shoehoring it into Prey, which really wasn't necessary. A movie about how the Golden Angel got the gun and the following hunts he went on would make a fantastic movie.
interesting fact, @8:38 Detective Lambert joins the crew (Bill Paxton) . The only actor to be killed by an Alien, a Predator, and the Terminator.
- The actor playing Jerry is Bill Paxton, who was also one of the punks at the beginning of "The Terminator" and Hudson in "Aliens". he was also in James Cameron's "true lies" and "Titanic". He has the distinction of being the only actor killed by a Terminator, Aliens, and a Predator.
- Gary Busey's chief assistant is played by Adam Baldwin (Jayne from "Firefly")
- The naked girl at the massacre in the Colombian gang leader's apartment was porn actress Teri Weigel.