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Predator 2
''Predator 2'' is a 1990 American science fiction film, science fiction action film written by brothers Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins (director), Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Rubén Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall. It is the second installment of the Predator (franchise), ''Predator'' franchise, and sequel to 1987's ''Predator (film), Predator'', with Kevin Peter Hall reprising the title role of the Predator (alien), Predator. Set ten years after the events of the first film, in Los Angeles, ''Predator 2'' focuses on a disgruntled police officer and his allies battling a malevolent and technologically-advanced extraterrestrial known as the Predator. ''Predator 2'' was released on November 21, 1990, and received generally negative reviews upon its release. It grossed $57 million worldwide, a moderate return compared to the previous film's $98 million. While initially seen as a disappoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Hopkins (director)
Stephen Hopkins is a Jamaican-born British director and producer of film and television. He directed ''Predator 2'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child'', ''Blown Away (1994 film), Blown Away'', ''The Ghost and the Darkness'', ''Lost in Space (film), Lost in Space'', ''Under Suspicion (2000 film), Under Suspicion'' and ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers''. He also produced and directed several episodes of the 24 (season 1), first season of 24 (TV series), ''24''. Biography Hopkins was born in Jamaica and grew up in the USA and England, arriving in England in the 1960s. He had aspirations to be a comic book artist but said "I wasn’t really good enough I don’t think or wasn’t applied enough and it was a lonely job." He began doing story boards for rock videos for artists such as Duran Duran and became a designer for directors like Russell Mulcahy, David Mallett, Brian Grant, and Steve Barron, before moving into directing videos himself. Hopkins moved to New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Pictures
Silver Pictures is an American film production company founded by Cinema of the United States, Hollywood producer Joel Silver in 1980. For many years, during the mid-1980s, the production company was based at 20th Century-Fox, but the production company was shifted to Warner Bros. in 1987. In 1999, it launched, along with fellow ''Tales from the Crypt (TV series), Tales from the Crypt'' executive producer Robert Zemeckis, Dark Castle Entertainment, which served as a venture of the studio. In 2012, Joel Silver and Warner Bros. ended their 25-year production, marketing, and distribution relationship, due to Silver disagreeing with how Warner Bros. had been handling the marketing and releasing of the films his company produced. Despite having split, Silver and Warner Bros. co-produced ''The Nice Guys'' four years later. That same year, Joel Silver and Universal Pictures, Universal Studios struck a 5-year, 12-picture, North American marketing and distribution deal, starting with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medellín Cartel
The Medellín Cartel () was a powerful and highly organized Colombian drug cartel and terrorist organization originating in the city of Medellín, Colombia, that was founded and led by Pablo Escobar. It is often considered to be the first major Colombian "drug cartel" and was referred to as such (a ''cartel'') due to the organization's upper echelons and overall power-structure being built on a partnership between multiple Colombian traffickers operating alongside Escobar. Other members included Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez, Fabio Ochoa Vásquez, Juan David Ochoa Vásquez, José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, and Carlos Lehder. Escobar's main partner in the organization was his cousin Gustavo Gaviria, who handled much of the cartel's shipping arrangements and the more general and detailed logistical aspects of the cocaine trafficking routes and international smuggling networks, at its peak the Medellin cartel was supplying at least 80% of the world's cocaine, smuggling 15 tons of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat Wave
A heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather generally considered to be at least ''five consecutive days''. A heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the area and to normal temperatures for the season. The main difficulties with this broad definition emerge when one must quantify what the 'normal' temperature state is, and what the spatial extent of the event may or must be. Temperatures that humans from a hotter climate consider normal can be regarded as a heat wave in a cooler area. This would be the case if the warm temperatures are outside the normal climate pattern for that area. Heat waves have become more frequent, and more intense over land, across almost every area on Earth since the 1950s, the increase in frequency and duration being caused by climate change. Heat waves form when a high-pressure area in the upper atmosphere strengthens and remains over a region for several days up to seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predator (alien)
The Predators are an enponymous extraterrestrial species characterized by their ritualistic trophy hunting of other lifeforms. Initially conceived by screenwriters Jim and John Thomas and designed by special effects artist Stan Winston, the species made its first appearance as the villain in the 1987 science fiction action film ''Predator'', directed by John McTiernan. Depicted as large, sapient and sentient humanoid beings equipped with advanced technology such as active camouflage, directed-energy weapons, and interstellar spacecraft, they became emblematic horror villains of the late 20th century, blending the tropes of slasher villains with elements of alien invasion and militaristic survival narratives. The success of ''Predator'' led to the establishment of the broader ''Predator'' franchise. This includes several direct sequels and prequels —''Predator 2'' (1990), '' Predators'' (2010), '' The Predator'' (2018), '' Prey'' (2022), '' Predator: Killer of Kille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predator (film)
''Predator'' is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan and written by brothers Jim and John Thomas. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch Schaefer, the leader of an elite paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in guerrilla-held territory in a Central American rainforest, who encounter the deadly Predator ( Kevin Peter Hall), a skilled, technologically-advanced extraterrestrial who stalks and hunts them down. Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Richard Chaves, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, and Shane Black are supporting co-stars. ''Predator'' was written in 1984 with the working title of ''Hunter''. Filming ran from March to June 1986 with creature effects devised by Stan Winston and a budget of around $15 million. 20th Century Fox released the film on June 12, 1987, in the United States, and it grossed $98 million worldwide. Initial reviews were mixed, but the film has since been considered a classic of the action and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predator (franchise)
''Predator'' is an American science fiction film, science fiction action film, action Anthology series#Film, anthology media franchise primarily centered on encounters between humans and a fictional species of Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial Trophy hunting, trophy hunters known as the Predator (fictional species), Predators. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the series was initially conceived by screenwriters Jim and John Thomas. The series began with the film ''Predator (film), Predator'' (1987), directed by John McTiernan, and was followed by several sequels—''Predator 2'' (1990), ''Predators (film), Predators'' (2010), ''The Predator (film), The Predator'' (2018), ''Prey (2022 film), Prey'' (2022), ''Predator: Killer of Killers'' (2025), and ''Predator: Badlands'' (2025)—as well as a range of expanded universe media, including comic books, novels, and video games, including ''Predator: Concrete Jungle'' (2005) and ''Predator: Hunting Grounds'' (202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Peter Hall
Kevin Peter Hall (May 9, 1955 – April 10, 1991) was an American actor. Hall stood tall, and frequently played monster characters. He was the original title monster in the science fiction ''Predator'' franchise, appearing in the first 1987 film and its 1990 sequel. Hall also portrayed the eponymous Harry in the fantasy comedy film ''Harry and the Hendersons'' (1987), a role he reprised for the first season of the syndicated television adaptation (1990–1991). His human roles included Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln on the NBC science fiction series ''Misfits of Science'' (1985–1986) and Warren Merriwether on the sitcom ''227'' (1989–1990). Early life Hall was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hall came from a tall family. His father, Charles Hall, stood , and his mother, Sylvia, stood . At , Hall was the tallest of his brothers, all of whom were at least tall. During his high school years at Penn Hills High School, he was a star basketball player. He subsequently attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Blades
Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on the Hebrew original; Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese; Rubén in Spanish; Rubèn in Catalan; Ruben in Dutch, German, French, Italian, Indonesian, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Armenian; and Rupen/Roupen in Western Armenian. The form Ruben can also be a form of the name Robin, itself a variation of the Germanic name Robert, in several Celtic languages. It preserves the "u" sound from the name's first component "hruod" (compare Ruairí, the Irish form of Roderick). Mononym * Ruben I, Prince of Armenia (1025/1035–1095), the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1080/1081/1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenid dynasty * Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (c. 1165–1170), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim And John Thomas
Jim and John Thomas are an American screenwriting duo based in California, best known for ''Predator'' (1987) and ''Predator 2'' (1990), ''Executive Decision'' (1996), ''Wild Wild West'' (1999), '' Behind Enemy Lines'' (2001) and the TV series ''Hard Time on Planet Earth''. Early life They were born in Needles, California and raised in Bakersfield. Jim worked as lifeguard, teacher, ditch digger and carpenter, attended law school and worked as a grip and soundman in low-budget features. John worked as lifeguard, teacher, ditch digger and carpenter, as well as attempting to be a writer. Writing In 1983, Jim had the idea that would become ''Predator'' and asked his brother for help in developing a script. The brothers took inspiration from a joke circulating Hollywood concerning the ''Rocky'' franchise and its lead character, and wrote a screenplay based on it. It was originally titled ''Hunter''. The script was picked up by 20th Century Fox in 1985, and turned over to producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
