The Fly II (1989)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Chris Walas

Writers (WGA):

George Langelaan (characters)
Mick Garris (story)

Release Date:

10 February 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Like father, like son.

Plot:

After Seth Brundle was "debugged", his son, Martin Brundle, born of the human fly, is adopted by his...

Plot Keywords:

Mutant | Girlfriend | Teleportation | Adoptive Father | Chloroform

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Martin Brundle
Daphne Zuniga	...	Beth Logan
Lee Richardson	...	Anton Bartok
John Getz	...	Stathis Borans
Frank C. Turner	...	Shepard
Ann Marie Lee	...	Dr. Jainway
Gary Chalk	...	Scorby
Saffron Henderson	...	Veronica 'Ronnie' Quaife
Harley Cross	...	Martin Brundle - 10 years old
Matthew Moore	...	Martin Brundle - 4 years old
Rob Roy	...	Wiley
Andrew Rhodes	...	Hargis
Pat Bermel	...	Mackenzie
William S. Taylor	...	Dr. Trimble
Jerry Wasserman	...	Simms

Also Known As:

The Fly 2 (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1989) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (1989) (cut) | Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | Italy:VM18 | Finland:K-18 (2006) (uncut DVD version) | South Korea:15 (2006) (DVD rating) | Australia:M | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Brooksfilms

Trivia:

John Getz (as Stathis Borans) is the only actor reprising a role from the original The Fly (1986).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When they try to revive Veronica after the childbirth, they shock her with a defibrillator. Someone holds her hand but doesn't seem affected by it.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Veronica Quaife (on videotape): Oh, my God! There's something wrong! I can feel it!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Faut que ça danse! (2007)

Soundtrack:

DEEP INSIDE YOUR LOVE

Watchable, but average Horror Sequel

The Son of Seth Brundle (Eric Stoltz) is raised in a laboratory by the company that funded Brundle's ground breaking research. He grows much faster than a normal man and is intellectually superior even at the age of 5, he is asked to continue his fathers work and begins to mix with other people, finally developing his young emotions; that is until the part of him that is Fly begins to take control.

The movie does start really well and has an interesting plot, but the acting is not sufficient enough to capture the complexities of the character and sell them to the audience.

The horror is really just a gore-fest that fails to be scary despite the desperate efforts of the sound engineers and the music score.

It's not awful, but it is inferior to the original 5/10