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Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson, John Getz, Frank C. Turner ... see more see more... , Ann Marie Lee , Gary Chalk , Saffron Henderson , Harley Cross , Matthew Moore , Ken Camroux , Duncan Fraser , Jeff Goldblum , Bruce Harwood , Thomas Heaton , Allan Lysell , Robert Metcalfe , Andrew Rhodes , Rob Roy , Garwin Sanford , William Taylor , Kimelly Anne Warren , Jerry Wasserman , Mike Winlaw , Suzanne Ristic , Lorena Gale , Janet Hodgkinson , Andrea Mann , David Mylrea , Sean O'Byrne , Cecilia Warren , Bill Dow , Danny Virtue , Pat Bermel , Andrew Moore

Chris Walas, the makeup and animatronics director on David Cronenberg's remake of The Fly, takes a stab at directorial duties in this sequel. Before Seth Brundle morphed into scrap metal in the origin... read more read more...al The Fly, he managed to leave behind the seed of his legacy, and at the start of The Fly 2 his son, Martin (Eric Stoltz), has suffered an accelerated growth, thanks to his fly genes. Although played by Stoltz, Martin is supposed to be only five human years old, and unaware of his imminent transformation into a fly. All his life, Martin has been confined to a laboratory at Bartok Industries, where evil CEO Bartok (Lee Richardson) plans to breed a new race of super flies. Martin spends his days working in the lab experimenting with teleportation. But then Martin meets Beth (Daphne Zuniga), an attractive researcher. Martin is attracted to her, but not only do his hormones kick in, so do his fly genes. Soon, Martin begins to transform into a bug just like his father. Desperate to stop his transformation, he wreaks revenge upon Bartok while trying the find a mate with which to swap his unwanted fly genes before it's too late. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Chris Walas

Release Date: February 10, 1989

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DVD Release Date: October 4, 2005

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  • moonrivers
    May 19, 2012
    moonrivers
    Taking up immediately where Cronenberg's succinct homage to Frankenstein leaves off, sort of a Son of Frankenstein, the child of the monster seeks to break the curse. The cast is sorta up to the challenge but w/o the intelligence and love inherent in the first, w/o a script, and... read more with a less experienced director, well, there isn't much of a chance.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    February 20, 2012
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Mediocre sequel to a fine horror classic, this sequel doesn't really offer anything new. The film has some good points, such as a good special effects and a semi decent story. However the ideas for its plot are not that great, and feel underdeveloped. The ideas expre4ssed in this... read more sequel are predictable. The ideas are nothing new, and most of its -plot is a copy of the Cronenberg classic. This is more of a special effects film this time around, as the plot is comprised of old ideas and relies on that to create its atmosphere for this film. The film somewhat entertaining, but you realize that it could have been much better than this. The film has some great special effects, and that's really the highpoint of this film. Fans of Cronenberg's version of the film may be disappointed in this sequel, as it lifts a lot of elements from the first film. The Fly II is a mildly decent body horror film that has more emphasis on the films special effects than on story. For what it is, this a decent sequel and it's somewhat entertaining, however there's something missing to really make this film a standout sequel, unfortunately the film relies on recycled ideas from the first film, which makes this for a very ordinary sequel. That's a shame because there were so many ways to develop the whole Seth Brundle's son into an effective plot. Watchable, but forgettable.
  • fb500439213
    October 29, 2011
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    Quite the pleasant surprise for me to discover that 'The Fly II' isn't a disgrace from the rarefied heights of Cronenberg's masterpiece. 'The Fly II' elects a different route with a furiously mean-spirited monster-on-the-loose saga that ramifies from the original while wrenching ... read morepathos for the socially maladjusted Martin who casually asks "Do you have organic matter?" to the late-night staff of the scientific facility. In an unexpectedly touching scene, Martin euthanizes a canine that is mangled from the telepod experimentation. Darabont and company inject a lot of wily symbolism with a bug zapper and the flapping sound effects of a helicopter at the opening. When Martin metamorphoses into the fly, it's an insanely fun, grotesque creature-feature with mounds of gelatinous makeup (an acid-dissolving face) and poetic justice for the lead villain. Of course, 'The Fly II' is not the equal of Cronenberg's mesmerizing remake, but it is contagiously enjoyable, heart-breaking and unapologetic in its bloodletting.
  • ajv2688
    March 30, 2011
    ajv2688
    In this same way that the original Fly movie did not need a sequel, but got one anyway, the remake gets an unneeded sequel as well. Don't waste time watching this movie, it's not bad, just annoying.
  • ythelastman89
    September 18, 2010
    ythelastman89
    A movie that completely builds on the theories and science dealt with in the first. Instead of becoming a cheesy monster movie, it adopts more of a sci-fi feel. This makes the movie intelligent and furthers the plot rather than destroy its credibility. Eric Stoltz as the son of S... read moreeth Brundle is some great casting, he completely takes the reigns of Jeff Goldblum and does something unique as well. While there is fly transformation, it feels believable and not goofy. This may not have the unique style of David Cronenberg, but it has something equally cool behind it.
  • SirPant
    September 28, 2009
    SirPant
    Not as good as the first but it?s a decent story and it almost matches the first films sweeter moments as well as having a good dose of gore. As sequels go, this is pretty good!
  • stormyweather980
    August 18, 2009
    stormyweather980
    I've never seen the ORIGINAL original, but I'd always been a big fan of the 80's remake of The Fly, so I watched this one first chance I got and wow....can't believe all the bad ratings and reviews. The creature looks awesome and I loved everything about this movie. One of the mo... read morere underrated sequels of all time.
  • phubbs1
    July 18, 2009
    phubbs1
    Not as good as the excellent first but still fun and gorey. Stolz is good as the eerie and odd son of Brundle and the action n gore is topps. The story is silly and its alittle the same really but its just 80's fun and much better than most modern day efforts. The fly at the end ... read moredoesn't come close to the first though.
  • matertenebraum
    May 3, 2009
    matertenebraum
    The offspring of deceased scientist Seth Brundle is growing up at an accelerated rate, and after reaching the human age of five but looking much older, starts the inevitable metamorphosis into an upright walking fly creature that seeks revenge on the two-faced, rotten scientists ... read morewho pretended to be his friends.

    The child, named Martin by the scientists, is played at different ages by Matthew Moore, Harley Cross, and Eric Stoltz. At five Martin also finds his first love interest, a lovely night shift computer file clerk played by Daphne Zuniga.

    I thought it was a fairly intense and entertaining creature feature even if debuting director Chris Walas, creator/designer of the special effects, is not in the same league as David Cronenberg. I think it could have been worse. Performances are reasonably good, even if the villains are one-note and unimaginative.

    Probably what I got more out of it than anything else was a certain visceral pleasure in seeing a bunch of jerks and otherwise expendable characters get their just desserts.

    Not as good as the first movie but not that bad either.
  • RCCLBC
    July 24, 2008
    RCCLBC
    Hey...it was a "double feature"!
    More silly, gross-out fun.
    Basically they just changed the charaters and the location and improved (slightly) on the special effects.
    Other then that, it was practically the same film as "The Fly".

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Critic Reviews

Kevin Carr
October 4, 2005
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

It has some of the most graphic blood effects I've seen, including a head popping like a zit under and elevator and a man whose face is dissolved away in corrosive fly vomit. Full Review

Clint Morris
November 18, 2003
Clint Morris, Moviehole

What a buzz! lots of fun

Ken Hanke
October 15, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Worthless sequel to a very good film.

John J. Puccio
July 23, 2003
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

The less said about The Fly 2, or Son of Brundlefly, the better. Full Review

Shannon J. Harvey
February 10, 2003
Shannon J. Harvey, Sunday Times (Australia)

It's got nothing on Cronenberg's original - or the Vincent Price classic, but it is an disgustingly cool continuation of the story.interesting

Bob Bloom
August 30, 2002
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Another unnecessary sequel with gross-out special effects.

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Vicious, ugly and brutal. That's the good news, because the first two acts are pretty dull.

James Kendrick
February 27, 2001
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk

actually grosser than the first film, but is also far more clumsy

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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