Predator 2 is very Underrated

Yeah it's not as good as the original. But what movie is? Once Arnold opted out of doing the sequel, Predator 2 does the smart thing and goes a completely different route from the first. It takes place in the city instead of the jungle, giving the predator rooftops and skyscrapers to hide and swing from like the trees in the original. Secondly it casts Danny Glover as our lead hero instead of another muscular action hero that would never live up to Arnold. The Predator is even slightly different in the sequel. He plays mind games with Glover by killing off all of his friends and fellow cops one by one and taunts him by leaving his murdered partners necklace dangling from a tree branch above his grave. You also have Gary Busey as a CIA agent tracking the Predator, and he gives one of the hammiest Busey lines ever (Lians, Tigahs, Beahs, OH MAH!!) And you even have the late great Bill Paxton as the comic relief character.

But other than that the movie moves at a quick pace. You are immediately thrown in a battle between the cops and two rival drug gangs. Explosions, gun fire, and car crashes in the opening scene. Also the Predator subway attack scene with Bill Paxton is so well done with the strobe lights.

But most importantly Predator 2 expanded on the mythology of the Predator more than the original without having an exposition scene to explain everything about the creatures (most sequels would give you the entire backstory.) Hell all of the cool gadgets that people associate with the Predator originated in Predator 2 (the sphere, the disc blade, the wire net)

tl;dr - Predator 2 is a very under appreciated sequel that deserves respect for being a damn good movie in it's own right.