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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
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Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 24
Rotten:14
Average Rating: 6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Picking up where BACK TO THE FUTURE left off, this effects-laden sequel sends Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), and a souped-up DeLorean on a newly complex adventure... Picking up where BACK TO THE FUTURE left off, this effects-laden sequel sends Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), and a souped-up DeLorean on a newly complex adventure through time. It’s still 1985 in the present, but Doc Brown returns from the future with bad news: in 2015, Marty’s teenaged son is about to make a criminally bad decision. Determined to keep it from happening, Marty joins Doc on a trek to the future, a high-tech land of hoverboards and video screens; once there, Marty impersonates his kid to thwart the bullies bent on recruiting him. Though the mission is right-minded, it has unfortunate effects on the past, causing the pair to revisit 1955 to smooth out -- once again--the wrinkles they accidentally created. Directed and co-written by Robert Zemeckis, BACK TO THE FUTURE II wowed audiences with cutting-edge visuals and garnered an Academy Awards nomination for its futuristic special effects. [More]
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Release:
Feb 10, 2009
DVD Features:
- Snap Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
- Subtitles - English, (SDH), Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Outtakes
- Music Video: Huey Lewis & The News "Power of Love" Music Video
- Production Archives
- Production Design
- Recommendations
- Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary:
- 1. Producers Bob Gales
- 2. Neil Canton
Featurette:
- 1. The Making of Back to the Future Part II
- 2. Making the Trilogy: Chapter Two
- 3. Q&A with Director Robert Zemeckis and Producer Bob Gale
- 4. Did You Know That? Universal Animated Anecdotes
- 5. Designing the DeLorean
- 6. Evolution Visual Effects Shots
- 7. Hoverboard Test
- 8. Designing Time Travel
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Production Notes
- Storyboarding
Biographies:
- 1. Cast
- 2. Filmmakers
DVD-ROM Features:
- Total Axess
Reviews for Back to the Future Part II
An ambitious film that fails to recreate the warmth or excitment of the first Back To The Future.
Zemeckis' fascination with having characters interact at different ages of their lives hurts the film visually, and strains credibility past the breaking point, by forcing him to rely on some very cheesy makeup designs.
There are definitely aspects of laziness to the script--jokes which haven't been fully considered, simpleminded characterizations, subplots which have no life outside of the narrative--but at the same time the movie has a spirit of exploration and daring,
The film works best through its magnificent technical achievements (the visual effects received an Oscar nomination) and the inherent charm of Fox, Lloyd and, especially, the delightfully menacing Thomas F. Wilson.
By the end, you may feel that you've just sat through a feature-length commercial for both part one (which has to be seen to make this sequel comprehensible) and part three (a trailer for it literally ends part two).
The relatively quaint and simple time travel arc from BTTF gets far more confusing and, in some ways, more fulfilling.
It's impressive entertainment, and best of all, it never degenerates into Spielbergian sentimentality: you can laugh, be thrilled and think without feeling embarrassed.
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