The Fly II
1989 Directed by Chris Walas
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Like Father Like Son
Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state.
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Harking back to its B-Movie roots rather than trying too hard to recapture the spirit of its masterful predecessor, this is a enjoyable sci-fi romp.
Eric Stoltz euthanises Falcore!
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When I heard there was a sequel to The Fly I braced myself for a truly terrible cash in to one of my favorite horror films of all time. Imagine my surprise when it turned out be okay.
Whilst certainly not good or even a patch on the incredible original there is enough here to make it watchable. The plot is decent enough and the characters whilst underdeveloped and two dimensional aren't so hate able that you don't care about the outcome.
The Fly II isn't a good film but it is far better than I expected.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Just like its predecessor, only without the subtext, strong character development and pathos! For what it is, though, The Fly 2 is a pretty good monster movie - it's efficiently directed by makeup artist Chris Walas (who won an Oscar for Cronenberg's film), has an empathetic lead performance by Eric Stoltz and features impressive late-'80s face melting effects. I noticed a copy of the book The Shape of Rage on a character's desk this time, so that was pretty nifty.
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Good follow up to the 80's classic.
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Not as good as The Fly for sure but still has has some goods moments, Plenty of gory moments for gorehounds too...A entertaining Sequel.
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When I heard there was a sequel to The Fly I braced myself for a truly terrible cash in to one of my favorite horror films of all time. Imagine my surprise when it turned out be okay.
Whilst certainly not good or even a patch on the incredible original there is enough here to make it watchable. The plot is decent enough and the characters whilst underdeveloped and two dimensional aren't so hate able that you don't care about the outcome.
The Fly II isn't a good film but it is far better than I expected.
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Really just a pale imitation of the classic remake. There are some nice moments of gore, but everything is basically a retread.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Ugh utter garbage. One good line "No, I'm getting better" delivered with aplomb but that I'm afraid is it. A really pointless sequel to the far superior Cronenberg film.
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Harking back to its B-Movie roots rather than trying too hard to recapture the spirit of its masterful predecessor, this is a enjoyable sci-fi romp.
Eric Stoltz euthanises Falcore!
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This must be one if those "Hard Sci-fi" movies I've heard so much about; heartbreaking statements like "you no longer have clearance to my sector" abound. I know it's dangerous to make a sequel to a masterpiece, but there's very little excuse for a film in this genre to have no excitement for almost an hour, although there was some cool stuff at the end (if you could made it past the country ballad love montage, yuck). Directed by the man who did the make-up for Gremlins, the fly monster looks just like one
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Just like its predecessor, only without the subtext, strong character development and pathos! For what it is, though, The Fly 2 is a pretty good monster movie - it's efficiently directed by makeup artist Chris Walas (who won an Oscar for Cronenberg's film), has an empathetic lead performance by Eric Stoltz and features impressive late-'80s face melting effects. I noticed a copy of the book The Shape of Rage on a character's desk this time, so that was pretty nifty.
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If you. an seperate this one from its brilliant predecessor, it stands as a great B movie gore fest. Does it make any sense? Nope not one bit- but is is a lot of fun
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Good follow up to the 80's classic.