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[Bogmeister]

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Sequel to Cronenberg's The Fly (86), but without Cronenberg or Jeff Goldblum, who (as Seth Brundle) was finally killed in the previous film's climax. The only one who returns is the character played by John Getz, minus a hand and a foot.

Brundle's girlfriend (played by Geena Davis in the previous film) was revealed as pregnant in the older film's final act, but her attempted abortion had been interrupted. In the first scene here, the prologue, it's revealed that she did give birth, dying during the event, and this sequel focuses on Brundle's offspring, played by Eric Stoltz.

He grows to young adulthood in only five years, indicating that he is some kind of mutant, looking like a human on the surface but also carrying insect genes. He is cared for by the corporation which financed the deceased Brundle's research, a sinister company headed by Lee Richardson.

Since Stoltz, as Martin Brundle, also inherited his father's genius, he also works for the corporation in perfecting the teleportation technology, as well as seeking to undo the defect of his projected short lifespan.

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Daphne Zuniga plays another employee of the corporation and soon the latest Brundle love interest.

Eventually, the young Brundle starts to mutate further, until he resembles the monster that his father became.

The final act has him in conflict with the corporation's armed security force and it all ends on a surprisingly positive note, after a series of grotesque incidents.

Rather than conveying true horror like the previous film, this one is more about repulsing and disgusting the audience with some shock effects and gruesome deaths. There's also a dog which Brundle takes a liking to and which ends up very badly in one of the experiments — so, take warning all dog lovers, this may not be for you.

Getz makes the most of the prologue and his one later scene, injecting some dark humor. Despite the positive conclusion, there's also a macabre epilogue which shows the comeuppance of the main bad guy, a darkly ironic turn of events.

BoG's Score: 5.5 out of 10



BoG
Galaxy Overlord Galactus

[Bud Brewster]

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IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.
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~ The Telepod props from The Fly (1986) were destroyed after filming was completed and had to be rebuilt.

Note from me: Apparently the studio had no plans to create a sequel, so they didn't bother to store the pods and save the expense of recreating them.

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

Note from me: The next trivia item sheds light on why he was brought back to the sequel.

~ A scene was taken out of the film which reveals the real reason why Bartok and his scientists can't get the Telepods to work and that the Telepods don't work because Stathis Borans took the disc from the Telepods and all the research on it.

Note from me: That's an interesting plot element. It's a shame they cut it out, because it reveals that poor Stathis Borans (whose hand was dissolved by Brundlefly's acid-saliva) managed to sabotage the greatest technological invention in history!

~ Mel Brooks suggested to Chris Walas that Daphne Zuniga play Beth Logan, after Zuniga starred as Princess Vespa in Brook's "Star Wars" spoof Spaceballs (1987). She took the role of Beth Logan because she was attracted to the character's strength and her emotional commitment to her relationship with Martin Brundle.

Note from me: Miss Zuniga is a real plus in the heavy-handed Mel Brooks comedy, Space Balls. I love the way her long white wedding dress becomes increasingly ragged throughout the movie, showing us more and more of her lovely legs!

~ John Getz agreed to return as Stathis Borans, but wanted to go somewhere with the character and came up with the idea of Stathis telling Martin not to sit in a chair.

Note from me: I don't understand this comment. Can anybody explain it?
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)