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The Fly II

1989

Chris Walas

Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson, John Getz ...

4.5

3,168

Horror. Sci-Fi. Fantasy The almost human son of "The Fly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wish to continue his father's experiments.

	Author	Review
United States	Johanna Steinmetz Chicago Tribune	"The original dealt with a collision of intellect, destiny and the soul, this sequel is content to limit its concern to survival. Darwin might not approve"	POS
United States	Richard Harrington The Washington Post	"Walas' animatronic Robo-Fly is as clumsy as both Stoltz's Martin and the film's script, which resorts all too often to clever computer graphics"	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	The Fly II is competent but hardly clever. The only respect in which it matches Mr. Cronenberg's Fly is in its sheer repulsiveness"	NEU
United States	Susan Wloszczyna USA Today	"It seems that wit and originality are traits that skip a generation."	NEG
United Kingdom	David Hughes Empire	"Whilst this fly is not as tightly scripted or keenly directed as its parent, it does have pace, breathless tension and the sort of gross-out effects that rules out kebabs for some time after the credits have rolled.	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"'The Fly' movies could be a metaphor for sequels: Always go for the real article"	NEG

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