Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
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Average Rating: 6/10
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Where the original Gremlins was a horror film spiked with comedy, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is essentially a black comedy, with a couple of horrifying touches. As the film starts, the fantastical trinket shop in Chinatown, which sold the Mogwai in the first film, is demolished by a crazed multi-media businessman called Daniel Clamp (John Glover). The heroes from the first movie, Billy (Zach Galligan) and Kate (Phoebe Cates), happen to work for Clamp in his huge high-rise. They find the Mogwai
Jun 15, 1990 Wide
Aug 20, 2002
Warner Home Video
Cast
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Zach Galligan
Billy Peltzer -
Phoebe Cates
Kate Beringer -
John Glover
Daniel Clamp -
Robert Prosky
Grandpa Fred -
Robert Picardo
Forster -
Christopher Lee
Dr. Catheter -
Haviland Morris
Marla Bloodstone -
Jackie Joseph
Sheila Futterman -
Gedde Watanabe
Katsuji -
Keye Luke
Mr. Wing -
Kathleen Freeman
Microwave Marge -
Howie Mandel
Gizmo -
Tony Randall
"Brain" Gremlin -
Jeff Bergman
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck -
Don Stanton
Martin -
Dan Stanton
Lewis -
Shawn Nelson
Wally -
Raymond Cruz
Messenger -
Hulk Hogan
Himself -
Paul Bartel
Theater Manager -
John Astin
Janitor -
Henry Gibson
Fired Employee -
Kenneth Tobey
Projectionist -
Page Hannah
Tour Guide #1 -
Jason Presson
Yogurt Jerk -
Leonard Maltin
Himself -
Dick Butkus
Himself -
Bubba Smith
Himself -
Jerry Goldsmith
Yogurt Customer -
Charles Haas
Casper -
Belinda Balaski
Movie Theater Mom -
Vladimir Bibic
Taxi Driver -
John Capodice
Fire Chief -
Jacque Lynn Colton
Lady at Elevator -
Gray Daniels
TV Cameraman -
Patrika Darbo
Yogurt Customer -
Mark Dodson
Gremlins -
Rick Ducommun
Security Guard -
Ron Fassler
Forster's Technician -
Archie Hahn III
Forster's Technician -
Heidi Kempf
TV Reporter -
Sarah Lilly
Reporter in Lobby -
Lisa Mende
Yogurt Customer -
Stephanie Menuez
Clamp's Secretary -
Dick Miller
Murray Futterman -
Leslie Neale
Forster's Technician -
Dean Norris
Swat Team Leader -
Liz Pryor
Tour Guide -
May Quigley
Hallway Employee -
Nicky Rose
Movie Theater Kid -
Saachiko
News-stand Lady -
Diane Sainte-Marie
TV Reporter at Wing's -
Michael Salort
TV Reporter -
Eric Shawn
TV Reporter -
Michael Sheehan
Special Vocal Effects -
Dale Swann
Surveillance Supervisor -
Jeff Swanson
Forster's Assistant -
Julia Sweeney
Lab Receptionist -
Kirk R. Thatcher
Gremlins -
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Fireman -
Anthony Winters
Hallway Employee -
Tim Winters
Forster's Technician -
Kristi Witker
TV Anchor in Bar -
Neil Ross
Announcer -
Frank Ryan
Cop -
Frank Welker
Mohawk -
Heather Haase
Yogurt Jerk
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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (13) | DVD (16)
This uninhibited and uproarious monster bash, directed by Joe Dante, is more quick-witted and ironic than the original; it sets forth a savvy, slaphappy agenda before the opening credits and follows it straight through to the end, and even beyond.
An hilarious sequel featuring equal parts creature slapstick for the small fry and satirical barbs for adults.
There's almost enough in-joke ingenuity to justify the total absence of plot.
Speaks to the gleeful hell-raising monster in each of us, and it speaks with much more verve, cleverness and good humor than the film on which it is based. Add this to the very short list of sequels that neatly surpass their predecessors.
Too many gremlins and not enough story line.
Wicked fun.
An odd, but rewarding sequel that ups the ante on comedy and effects, and manages to offer a refreshing spoof of the first film.
... is one of the funniest comedies of its time, a veritable live-action cartoon from Joe Dante at his most unrestrained.
Joe Dante's giddy, diabolical, and terminally underappreciated sequel to the film that made his career arrives on Blu-ray in a solid package from Warner Home Video.
No, this was not your daddy's Gremlins movie. This was an entirely different kind of beast that was just made up of the same DNA.
Any movie with former Dracula Christopher Lee as a scientist who creates a gremlin-bat can't be all bad, but there's a reason we never received a Gremlins 3.
An amazing achievement despite a total lack of sincerity, and any film that can successfully work Slayer's grinding tune Angel of Death into the action is a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned.
A riot from start to finish.
Actually better than the original in many ways: it's darker and more cynical, contains more pop culture references and takes on a bigger target.
A loving celebration, and biting critique, of our pop culture-saturated times.
Wilder than the first....a laugh riot!
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- Dr. Catheter: We can't let them get away. All they have to do is eat three or four children and there'd be the most appalling publicity.
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