Exterminator 2 (1984)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Mark Buntzman

Writers:

Mark Buntzman (written by) and
William Sachs (written by)

Release Date:

14 September 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

In 'The Exterminator' he made the streets of New York safe. All has been quiet - until now!

Plot:

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang. |

Plot Keywords:

Vigilante | New York | Gang | Drugs | Mafia

Cast

Robert Ginty	...	John Eastland
Mario Van Peebles	...	X
Deborah Geffner	...	Caroline
Frankie Faison	...	Be Gee
Scott Randolf	...	Eyes
Reggie Rock Bythewood	...	Spider
Bruce Smolanoff	...	Red Rat
David Buntzman	...	Head Mafioso
Kenny Marino	...	Tony
Derek Evans	...	Squealer
Irwin Keyes	...	Monster
Robert Louis King	...	Philo
Arye Gross	...	Turbo
Janet Rotblatt	...	Mom
Steffen Zacharias	...	Pop

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1985) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1986) (cut) | Iceland:16 | UK:18 (cut) (1984) | Australia:R | France:-16 | Norway:18 (video rating) | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cannon Group

Trivia:

At the start of film, when Eastland is on the couch sleeping, at the top of the couch, a book in the Gold Eagle series S.O.B.S. can be seen.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where X summersaults of the roof of the armored car he clearly jumps onto a blue madras and not the asphalt (visible in the 4:3 VHS release).

Quotes:

X: [To John Eastland] You want to clean out the streets? *I am* the streets!

Movie Connections:

Follows The Exterminator (1980)

Soundtrack:

Under Fire

Awesomely bad

This movie reminds me of a Troma film (e.g. Toxic Avenger) with higher production values. It's not apathetically bad; it embraces its cornball center, staying barely a step ahead of camp, and is thoroughly enjoyable. Early 80's gangs wearing costumes with a disco/Mad Max theme, in a solemn torchlit procession carrying the driver of an armored car into the subways to make him a sacrifice on the train tracks, several of them topless (male) with suspenders, set to an energetic synthesizer soundtrack that sounds like it could have been written for a Nintendo game.. it has to be seen to be believed. Probably inspired by Michael Jackson's video "Beat It".