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The Fly II

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Anton Bartok (Lee Richardson), the CEO of a research laboratory, acts as the self-appointed guardian of orphan Martin Brundle, whose father had been a researcher at the lab. Though Martin is scarcely five, he has the appearance of a 20-year-old (Eric Stoltz) because of mutant insectoid genes in his system. Martin grows up confined to the laboratory, unaware of his true nature, with only pretty scientist Beth Logan (Daphne Zuniga) to call a friend. Soon, the fly within begins to emerge.

Critics Reviews

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Adrián Álvarez Espinof 11/27/2023
2.5/5
The film is entertaining, surprisingly agile, and concise, but clearly inconsequential, in its time and now... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Scott Tobias AV Club 05/08/2007
Director Chris Walas did the creature effects on the Cronenberg original, and he cares more about outdoing Aliens' special effects than about coming to grips with the stock characters, laughable dialogue, and uniformly poor performances. Go to Full Review
Peter McPhee Winnipeg Sun Aug 8
Stoltz and Zuniga are excellent in a wasted film, managing to get you interested in the characters despite the plot weaknesses. Go to Full Review
Adrian Martin Film Critic: Adrian Martin Aug 8
1.5/5
Stoltz is so innocent and blameless – so pure a victim – that the baddies of the piece, a bunch of evil, exploitative scientists, can be easily targeted and disposed of in the moral calculus of the narrative. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times Aug 5
2/5
Exactly what you'd expect from special effects and make-up artist-turned-director Chris Walas - too much emphasis on gore galore and scant attention paid to plot. Go to Full Review
Katherine Monk Vancouver Sun Apr 30
The second Fly is a cheap reduction of Cronenberg's brilliance. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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B P @Bradster69 1d Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Shaun R @Shaun666 Oct 17 Rubbish. The original was top class. This is rubbish. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Sep 10 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Dave P @RT77480603 07/17/2025 Underrated film and Stoltz's performance is hidden by it's mistakes. The story makes sense and it's a good exploration of the immoral approach of humanity in the pursuit of profit. Yeah, it could've been better, but a decent follow up for fans of the first movie. See more D.A. P @Archives1987 03/17/2025 While I am one for movie sequels- I AM NOT FOR THIS ONE! A long time ago I rented this from the Blockbuster Video in my former hometown and watched it with my dad. After what happened to the dog in the movie- I turned off the DVD- ejected the disk from my player- and returned it. I have only seen the ending on YouTube- and after that- I am glad I didn't waste my time with this. Upon my online research and their stance may have changed- I found out that many pro animal organizations were all over this movie and were horrified after what happened to the dog. Some folks that spoke on the behalf of these organizations went so far as to call what happened in that scene "inhumane" for human or animal characters and I'm in agreement with them. Even though many films say "no animals were harmed in the making of this movie"- this movie takes what happens to animals or humans to a bad extreme. If you want the best sequel to this series- it's in comic book form. "The Fly: Outbreak" comic book series came out in 2015 and is a sequel to this series from Jeff Goldblum and Eric Stolz but the story is better and told in much better form and is comic book graphic violence. It will not be nearly as grotesque. Plus the comic book sequel also tells a part alien like tale that would have been a lot better than this movie. See more This Old G @RT92609406 07/03/2024 Pretty dull and uninspired sequel to The Fly from the '80s but the third act does almost make up for it, just almost. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Anton Bartok (Lee Richardson), the CEO of a research laboratory, acts as the self-appointed guardian of orphan Martin Brundle, whose father had been a researcher at the lab. Though Martin is scarcely five, he has the appearance of a 20-year-old (Eric Stoltz) because of mutant insectoid genes in his system. Martin grows up confined to the laboratory, unaware of his true nature, with only pretty scientist Beth Logan (Daphne Zuniga) to call a friend. Soon, the fly within begins to emerge.
Director
Chris Walas
Producer
Steven-Charles Jaffe
Screenwriter
Frank Darabont, Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat, Mick Garris
Production Co
Brooksfilms
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.6M
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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