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The Worst Film Ever

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Critics and most members of the public that saw this sequel when it first came out trashed it. Is it as bad as its reputation suggests? Well, although I don't think it's a very good movie - especially when compared to the more thoughtful original movie - it's a little better than you may have heard.Certainly, it has some severe flaws. The main problem with the movie is that for the first hour or so of the running time, it feels REALLY slow and drawn out. Yes, the original movie wasn't rapid paced, but more things were unfolding in its narrative. Although I wasn't really bored, I was impatient enough to keep telling the movie to just get on with it.After the first hour has passed, things start to get moving. The next twenty or so minutes are okay, and then the remaining twenty or so minutes are kind of fun, with monster action and some impressive gory special effects. Had this gory spirit been with the first eighty minutes, we might have had a dopey but fun spatterfest. But as it is, the movie for the most part is unsatisfying. There are some good ingredients, but something went wrong cooking the entire package up.

What this film did was make me very uncomfortable. That dog scene, really, was that necessary? Haven't the writers ever had a pet that needed put down? Don't you know how bad that feels? Well, this movie brought back all those Awful memories. After that dog scene, I really didn't give a damn what happened to any of the characters in this movie. I'll never watch it again. I don't give too many movies bad reviews, but this one made me feel bad long, LONG after I saw it. All I could think of was the face of every pet I ever had to put down. I don't expect every movie to be a feel-good experience, but this movie was the equivalent of taking a family with a son in a Turkish prison to see Midnight Express.

This derivative schlock delivers the gooey goods. Characters range from being one dimensional to about an 1/8 of a dimension, which is about most of the cast of characters who all work for the evil Bartok. Eric Stoltz does as much as he can as the brilliant boy raised in a lab and will turn into a horrible, mutated fly. The shaky narrative is built around make- up effects and they are more than adequate here. The last act of the film is the usual stalk and kill as many underdeveloped, evil characters as the make-up effects department can handle. It's a fun little creature feature with a toxic reputation that really isn't that bad.

Picking up where "The Fly" left off, this sequel offers a fresh, different story about the son of Seth Brundle, Martin (Eric Stoltz). His corrupt employer, Bartok (Lee Richardson) adopts Martin only only to use him as a guinea pig to resolve the issues the TelePods present. The fly's genes make five year-old Martin grow extremely faster than normal and, onto the company's scheme, he attempts to find a cure for his condition before he becomes a fly permanently and before the corrupted company succeeds in their evil deeds. This movie highlights, just like the first movie, brilliant make-up and special effects (no CGI stuff) that brings the Fly to life, looking creepy enough to make the hair stand on the back of your neck and make you cover your eyes at times. The plot is fast-paced that cleverly details the scheme of the corporation to Martin attempting to save himself and those he loves, all the while in a thrilling race against time to stop his genes from mutating himself into a full-blown fly. There is the usual graphic scenes like the first one, which one comes to expect from a sci-fi horror, but with added gore. There is also a nice balance of drama, such as the emotional scene involving Martin's dog. And, one thing I would give this film a notch up from the first film is that it had ***spoiler ahead*** a more positive ending (I am a sucker for happy endings) ***end of spoiler***Overall, it's a very good sci-film that relied on its drama, brilliant make-up, and a right amount of horror and action elements in its entertainment value, as opposed to the overly excessive CGI effects, overkill action fight scenes and campy acting that render some of the more recent sci-fi/action films unbelievable and cheesy. Grade B