MFT: Predator 2 Dance Outtake

There is a new Predator movie coming out! So let us all remember this undeservedly little-known crowning moment of awesome from way back when!

This is an outtake from the film "Predator 2". It takes places on the Predator Ship that appeared during the final showdown of the Danny Glover's character Mike Harrigan and City Hunter Predator. The scene featuring the members of the Los Angeles Hunting Party. But unlike what is seen in the film, where they pick up their fallen comrade and congratulate Harrigan with getting a win - they do something out of the ordinary - a dance routine.

Yep. A bunch of predators dancing in their ship filled with some atmospheric fog because why not. Needless to say, it is quite an unconventional showcase of the species to say the least.

The scene was probably shot during one of the breaks or in the end of a tiring day or as a test of the lighting or just out of whim. It plays out as a self-contained video. If you think about it - this is an ultimate piece of behind the scenes footage. Something so out of place and so meaningless you can't resist but liking it.

The scene starts with one of the predator coming into the hall of the ship. He is then joined by the rest of gang. They get into the new jack swing groove with orchestral stabs on tails peppered with the lead predator counting down the beats. The dance is basic but given the fact that these the Predators dancing - it comes out as an utterly bizarre sight.

There is a lot of Predator hip shaking which is a bit baffling sight to behold. Then there is a little bit of tap dancing, some jumping bouncing and even a short burst of gopak before they all come into the circle and Danny Glover joins in and they get into the groove of utter ridiculuousness of the scene.

This dance was choreographed by Lionel Douglass who played one of the predators in the final scene. He is the last Predator seen dancing before Glover joins in.

"Predator 2" was a mixed bag of a film. It contained some solid Predator action, a couple of particularly nasty set-pieces, unconventional casting decisions, troubling racial stereotypes with some downright racist undertones and other somewhat erratic pace. However, it was a decent expansion of the Predator lore that culminated in a brief in-joke turning into a franchise of its own.