Headscratchers / Predator 2

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• What happened to the upper half of Keyes' body when the Predator bisected him? When the Predator bisects him, only the lower half hits the floor.
  • Special Effects Failure. When the lower half hits the floor, you can see "blood" dribbling from where the top half was. If one wants to be generous, we can say that part of his liquid nitrogen pack (such as a hose) got hooked on one of the carcasses or meat hooks in the slaughterhouse. As Keyes tried to free himself, the disc cut him in half; the upper half was still hooked and thus hanging while the lower half fell to the ground (would also explain the blood pouring down).
• How in the actual hell did the Predators manage to park their ship underneath an apartment complex without anyone ever realizing? Especially when they took off?
  • They probably came in at night and killed anyone who came sniffing around — in this film's version of LA where the gangs are in open warfare on the street, most people probably used common sense and kept to themselves; as for the takeoff, the ship seems to be gone so fast that no one than Harrigan would have seen it; the authorities could probably use the gangs or something like a gas explosion as a handwave.
• On a related note: that ship seemed a hell of a lot bigger than the opening it apparently flew out of at the end.
• Why didn't the special task force realize they actually enjoyed an unqualified success with the Predator? They now have access to a ton of alien technology in the slaughterhouse and surrounding neighborhood, provided that they actually sealed off the surrounding block and tracked down every piece which is their standard practice throughout the movie. The predator left behind the following:
  • One fully functional breathing/targeting mask and one broken plasma cannon inside the slaughterhouse itself.
  • One retractable combat spear made of exotic materials, and one hand and forearm with part of a gauntlet containing alien electronics technology in the alleyway next to the meatworks.
  • One medical kit containing alien tools, chemical compounds, and possibly medicines in the apartment next to the alleyway (unless the predator took it with him, which is doubtful considering it was in a hurry).
  • So what if they didn't capture a live one? They now have generous biological and technological samples that will keep them busy for decades of analysis and reverse-engineering.

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