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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 33925
Released: September 5, 2000 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The Fly
David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the science fiction classic about a scientist who accidentally swaps body parts with a fly is both smart and terrifying: an allegory for the awful processes of slow death and a monster movie with a tragic spin. Jeff Goldblum gives a masterful performance as a sweet, nerdy scientist whose romance with a writer (Geena Davis) makes him more fully alive. Next thing you know, a tiny oversight in an experiment causes him to transmogrify, gradually, into something more like an insect than a human. This is Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome) country, so expect The Fly to be a gross-out, but in the way that disease corrupts the body and can make a loved one unrecognizable on every level. This is one of Cronenberg's best films, and certainly one of the important movies of the 1980s. --Tom Keogh
The Fly II
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
The Fly /The Fly 2 Reviews:
A good sequel to a great 80's horror/Sci-fi classic on a terrific DVD! 
2009-12-15 -
Set months after the death of Seth Brundle, Veronica has giving birth to a son who has unusual genes as it appears human. 5 years later it is growing up very fast to maturity to adulthood as his name is Martin (Eric Stoltz), he has also develop great pure intelligence in his genes from his late father. A lovely worker named Beth (Daphne Zuniga) has fallen in love with Martin but soon things turn for the worse as the Bartok industry is working on telepods and that he's going through a metamorphosis to become a more vile monster then his father.
Co-starring John Getz from the first one and an appearence by Jeff Goldblum, this is a highly neglected sequel to David Cronenberg's award winning 1986 Sci-fi horror masterpiece of terror and suspense. Chris Walas who designed the first movie's creature also does special effects here and a directorial debut with a screenplay from Mick Garris and Frank Darabont, some people don't think this is a worthy sequel to a great remake but i think it works as a nice remake of both "Son of the Fly" and "Revenge of the Fly" at the same time. The creature and gore effects here are really creative including a human head crushed under an elevator which is stomach churning, this one may not be as powerful as the original but it's still a fun and thrilling follow-up.
This 2-Disc DVD contains excellent picture and sound quality that improves on the previous quality of the original DVD that was in a double feature. This one has great extras like audio commentary, alternate ending, deleted scene, featurettes, documentary, storyboard-to-film comparisons with optional commentary, film production journal, still galleries and trailers.
Very good sequel 
2009-06-14 - The Fly 2 is a very good sequel, the dog scene is a gut wrencher.
The Fly II 
2009-05-04 - Amazon is characteristically mixing these reviews between Fly I & II (or the disc with both). The one star is for #2. Fly #1 was very good. #2 is, well... #2. What bugs me is the shallow storyline and cliche cardboard characters. Just another arthropod with an axe to grind flying around with violence and vomit. If you want some nice gore in a good flick, watch The Thing again!
Great Double Feature
2008-06-28 - The Fly is a classic movie- the original and the remake. The movie went by quick but at the end, I felt satisfied with this movie. Great speical effects.
The Fly 2 was a excellent sequel. I cant understand why so many people hate this film. The story was real good, the speical effects were top notch, and it flowed together well. The ending had some gruesome deaths and I enjoyed them alot. The ending made me go huh? and i'll have to watch it again just to figure out what happened.
Overall, I know there are new speical edition Fly movies out. If you just want the simple movie and trailers, then get this set. Both movies are worth it.
For once, a rather underrated sequel. 3.5 Stars
2008-04-28 - Needless to say, The Fly 2 had a pretty tough act to follow as its predacessor sits among the best sci-fi horror films of all time. Not to mention the fact that David Cronenberg did not return to direct this follow up didn't exactly help its cause. However, special effects creator Chris Walas from the original tried his hand at directing this sequel, and truthfully the results aren't that bad. Albeit not nearly as effective in any category as the original remake, it's still a solid movie that does not deserve to be tagged with the less than honorable reputation of the average horror sequel.
We begin with a Geena Davis look-alike in a lab who gives birth to Martin Brundle, son of Seth Brundle. The infant is then taken in by Mr. Bartok, the president of Bartok Industries, who raises him within the confinement of a laboratory to study the genetic effects Seth's experimentations will have on him. Martin proves to be rather interesting boy indeed as he grows at an accelerated rate physically and mentally. By the time he is five years old, Martin already appears to be in his twenties and has the mind of a genius. He admires the Mr. Bartok as his father and eventually agrees to finish Seth's work on the infamous telepods for the benefit of Bartok Industries.
As Martin's work progresses, he slowly stumbles upon more things to indicate that Mr. Bartok has been deceitful in his hospitality. He finds the horiffic results of a telepod experiment on his childhood dog, spy cameras in his room, and eventually discovers that Mr. Bartok plans to keep him as an experiment when the fly genes kick in. Well, Martin eventualy does undergo the fly metamorphosis, and when complete he unleashes his revenge on Bartok and all others who had wronged him.
Thankfully there wasn't too much of a gap between these two films, so the look is very similar and some footage of Jeff Goldblum as Seth is even featured in the movie. The trademark gross out effects are present once again with the mutated dog scene, a very memorable death scene involving a security guard's face, and the final showdown with Mr. Bartok. The fly transformation was more or less abbreviated to a coccoon like process this time around, but it does more justice to the pacing than it hurts it. The acting is generally well done, and John Getz even briefly reprises his role from the first film. You will defiently get a good laugh when he utters the horribly corny pun, "He bugged me", in reference to Seth.
Overall it's a cool revenge story with a fantastic ending. It doesn't really convey any of the emotion the original did, but then it probably wasn't meant to for the most part. If approached without any expectations set forth by the original, The Fly 2 actually makes for a decent watch. I'd recommend it to horror and science fiction fans.
