| The Fly II (1989) |
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| Chris Walas, the effects whiz who turned Jeff Goldblum into the gooey, grotesque Brundle-Fly in David Cronenberg's The Fly makes his directorial debut in this equally icky sequel. Eric Stoltz is Brundle's genetically diseased offspring, a boy genius brought up in an experimental laboratory by a nefarious foster father eager to see what his inevitable metamorphosis will bring. No surprise here: like father, like son. Daphne Zuniga is his sweet young girlfriend, and John Getz reprises his role from the first film as a bitter alcoholic with a very bad fake beard. This cut-rate "Son of the Fly" knockoff pales next to Cronenberg's classic, degenerating into a gory revenge flick. Walas strains under a limited budget, and many of the more elaborate creatures (a monstrously mutated dog, the skeletal fly monster leaping about the warehouse-like lab) are rather shabby. The makeup is suitably gooey, slathered in ooze and pus, and the mayhem-filled finale is a nasty but impressive over-the-top frenzy of blood and gore climaxing in the nastiest piece of poetic justice since Freaks. The opening birth scene (with a look-alike subbing for mom Geena Davis) is an homage to Larry Cohen's It's Alive. --Sean Axmaker | |
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Region 1
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo
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| Disc 1 Commentary by Director Chris Walas and Film Historian/Archivist Bob Burns Deleted Scene Alternate Ending The Fly (1989) Theatrical Trailer The Fly (1958) Theatrical Trailer Return of the Fly (1958) Theatrical Trailer Disc 2 The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect Transformations: Looking Back at "The Fly II" Documentary CWI Video Production Journal Composer's Master Class: Christopher Young featurette Original Theatrical EPK Storyboard to Film Comparisons of (3) scenes) with optional commentary by Director Chris Walas Production Photo Still Gallery The Art of "The Fly II" still gallery Storyboard Still Gallery Theatrical Trailers |
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