Excellent but underrated film

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Being a huge fan of the original Grease film I have pushed myself a few times now to try and like Grease 2. It's only the last time I watched it again that I came to see it's actually completely different in genre and atmosphere to original Grease. While the original is a fun, young adult's musical, providing some historically accurate moderate sexual undertones, fantastic songs, iconic one-liners delivered by charismatic actors and characters, Grease 2 I think is attempting more a comedic vibe - not that it's my particular type of humour. The songs are just not that well written, the actors for the most part are not at all charismatic and most are quite weak. Something is very lacking, I still can't figure out just what, it's just missing alot... it just doesn't hold my interest, like... at all. I don't feel at all invested in the storyline, the characters or the songs. As I say, I tried.

Sequel to the inexplicably popular "Grease" !1978). It's 1961 and Maxwell Caulfield plays MIchael--an English student who comes to America to attend Rydell High. There he meets beautiful Stephanie (Michelle Pfeiffer before she hit it big) and falls in love. However she only dates bikers and he's not one.There's lots wrong with this movie. It's too long, all the high school kids look like 30, there's a few REALLY bad songs, the dialogue is terrible and most of the acting is horrid. On the other hand--most of the songs are great (LOVE the "Reproduction" number with Tab Hunter clearly enjoying himself), there are a few great huge production numbers with great dancing and singing and there's some good acting by Pfeiffer, Tab Hunter, Eve Arden (in her last film), Didi Conn and Lorna Luft. Also Caulfield is GORGEOUS and great to look at--even though he can't act. So it is bad but watchable.

As a 12 yr old girl who'd never seen Grease it was easy to fall in love with Michael Carrington and think Michelle Phiffer looked like an angel!! What's funny is I'm now a 47 yr old mother with 3 kids(22,19 & 16) who know Grease 2 line for line! It's hokey, kitschy and just the right amount of corny!

Set in 1961 Grease 2 picks up four years after where the first movie left off . it sees newcomer Michael Carrington, just recently arrived at Rydell as an exchange student from England falling for the beautiful Stephanie Zinone. However she show's no interest in him romantically as being the leader of the Pink Ladies, rules dictate that she and her friends can only date gang members of the T-Birds. Undeterred Michael formulates a plan to win her affections much to the ire of T-Bird leader Johnny Nogrelli.Given the the phenomenal commercial success and it's cult status it would have seemed inevitable that a sequel would be on the cards. Allan Carr, who was co-producer had made a deal with Paramount Pictures to be paid $5 million to produce a sequel within three years of it's predecessors theatrical release, and he delivered on that promise. Bringing in professional dance choreographer Patricia Birch, who had worked on the original's choreography to direct, she undoubtedly had a lot to live up to given it's reputation. An almost entirely new team of actors were cast, and the overall result although not completely utterly awful, still to this day leaves something to be desired.To it's credit the majority of the songs are of a catchy and dare I go so far as say being memorable with some energetic, well choreographed dance routines. It's certainly not boring and you get the distinct feeling that there is at least some attempt to do right by the fans by doing justice to what came before. However, the major flaw is with it's uneven script which relies a bit too much on toilet humour, some of which at the time wouldn't have been enough to justify it's PG certificate. That said there are some genuinely funny and inspired moments where I found myself laughing a bit more than I should have been. There are attempts as well to be larger than life, too larger than life in fact as are most of it's characters. The only members of the cast who seem at all restrained are it's two leads although Maxwell Caulfield with his smoldering goods looks which would no doubt have sent female cinema goers pulses racing is a poor substitute for John Travolta. He just lacks Travolta's charisma, and there's definitely something lacking in terms of chemistry between he and co-star Michelle Pfieffer, who incidentally comes off significantly better. Actually her's is one of the best performances of the movie with her portrayal of the gutsy Stephanie. Her high octane performance of the super fueled Cool Rider puts the Power in Girl Power long before the term had been invented, and you can see the early signs that she had what it took to be a star. Besides the lack of spark between them the plot involving Michael adopting a mysterious, masked biker alter ego in an attempt to woo the girl that he adores undermines the validity of any feelings that Stephanie has for him. Her "love" for him comes across as mere infatuation which is purely superficial. This is the girl who after all sang that she wants a Cool Rider with a motorcycle, "No ordinary boy is gonna do. I want a rider that's cool". It doesn't make her look good and she comes off as a immature young woman with a shallow schoolgirl crush. The flipping of the each side of the high school cliques that two lead protagonists come from, an obvious attempt to put a new spin on what made the first movie successful does little to alter the fact that this is still a retread over the same story, with an unconvincing main plot development thrown in. The overall quality of the acting from the new kids is decidedly patchy, with Adrian Zmed amusingly cocky without becoming overly obnoxious. Any reservations about them there may be, he manages to be likeable although indications may point to the contrary early on. Lorna Luft as the blonde bimbo Paulette pouts and overdoes the breathy voice in an attempt to channel Marilyn Monroe, but it merely grates although she does come in to her own more in later scene when she dials it down. And while it is great to see the returning cast members make an appearance, with the glorious Eve Arden reprising her role as school principal, Miss McGee, it's pretty unforgivable to see Didi Conn as frenchy largely wasted with little screen time she is given and with a contrived explanation as to her presence. In the end Grease 2 is something of an admirable failure which misses more than it hits but when it does hit it does with considerable impact. The kitch cheesiness of it however has meant that it has gained something of a minor cult status, perhaps by those who find it so bad to be good (although it's not even bad enough by my personal estimations to gain such dubious an honour) or those with lower expectations than others. It has made it's mark and whether you choose to embrace it or not, if you go for the former then I suppose it doesn't matter why it is if you can find something to enjoy.