Back to the Future 2

Pros: Nice action sequences and humour, clever filming...
Cons: .. too derivative of the first film...

Back to the Future 2 is, not surprisingly, the sequel to 1985’s enormously enjoyable and highly successful time-travel sci-fi comedy starting Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd. For those of you that don’t know, Lloyd plays Dr Emmet ...

Pros: Fun and zany; Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Thomas F. Wilson
Cons: Pacing is a bit slow in some scenes

Doc: "Great Scott! Jennifer could conceivably encounter her future self! The consequences of that could be disastrous!" Marty McFly: "Doc, what do you mean?" Doc: "I foresee two possibilities. One, coming face to face with ...

Pros: Inventive, original and exciting, Thomas Wilson's wholly remarkable performance
Cons: Feels a bit rehashed and tired at times, super complicated plot

In rewatching the first sequel to 1985's smash hit Back to the Future for the first time in years, a few things occurred to me.  1. My taste in films since I was ten years old has drastically changed.  2. The paradoxes and ...

Pros: Fascinating subject.
Cons: Paradoxes.

Sequels get a bad rap, but sometimes it's not hard to see why. A lot of movies that are reasonably good, especially in the animated and comedy realm, get these crappy sequels made to them. Examples would include Aladdin, The Never Ending Story, ...

Pros: excellent script, eye candy, warm hearted message, compulsive viewing
Cons: complicated story, blatant indulgence, rather mean violence

I write this review in honour of the coming Christmas season. A second Christmas related review will be on its way this fortnight..... ---------- I heard it said by one of my friends in my local pub that he vividly remembers the time he first went ...

Pros: Fun to watch it in the future or now
Cons: can't rent it or buy it any more from block buster or video stores.

Before I begin, I just want to tell you two things. One, most people write their reviews right after watching it from the TV, not video. Two, about this Back to the Future II movie, I had mentioned before in my previous review that I promised I would...

Pros: some great Special FX for the day, it has some unique story ideas
Cons: but it keeps shifting directions makes it confusing sometimes, paradoxes.

Well continuing with my Back to the Future trilogy we get to BTF part 2. This part is a weak part of the trilogy, it's main part is to our interest up to part 3 which is the true sequel to BTF. The ending to the first one was a joke and because of that ...

Pros: The middle, and the last couple of minutes
Cons: Beginning, and for most part, ending

Normally, my reviews start with a bit of background information that answers the all important question “why?”. Why did I see this? However, there’s not a lot of point going into great detail here, as the answer’s really quite simple. ...

Pros: Cast, script, the way the movie inserts or recreates scenes from a new angle
Cons: Not enough good laughs, can be confusing at times, music is not really memorable

"Dr. Emmett 'Doc' Brown" (Christopher Lloyd) arrives from the future seconds after coming back from the past to find "Marty McFly" (Michael J. Fox) and his girlfriend "Jennifer Parker" (Elisabeth Shue, who has taken over the role from Claudia Wells ...

Pros: Interesting plot, Decent acting, DVD extras
Cons: Little character development, Plot drives story, Rehashes much of the first

I had not seen "Back To The Future, Part II" until this week, though I certainly knew about it when it was released. I had the novelization, watched behind the scenes specials on television (which are included on this DVD release!), and was excited ...

Pros: Well written, integrated the first movie almost seamlessly.
Cons: The alternate timeline introduces a paradox.

Back to the Future is a classic movie from the ’80s. It was never meant to have a sequel, but after the phenomenal success of the first Back to the Future, the producers decided to make it into a trilogy. Back to the Future II is ...

Pros: cast, special effects, cinematography
Cons: story, belabored in-jokes, direction

As great a film as Back to the Future (1985) was, it made it all the more difficult for its sequel to surpass it. But Part II (1989) gamely picks up where the first film left off. High School student Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) travels to...

Pros: Think of it as an expansion pack rather than a sequel!
Cons: The crummy 'chicken' theme. Boring.

It's clear that Back to the Future was not made with its two sequels in mind. The start of Back to the Future 2 reprises the end of the first film, except Doc Brown now hesitates a lot longer before saying that Marty and Jennifer's kids will turn out...

Pros: Even better the the first!
Cons: Not a one!

As some of you may or may not know, I seem to like anything that has Michael J. Fox in it because I think he's witty, funny and a great actor. Put him together with Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover and you've got one excellent...

Pros: redefines the concept of a sequel
Cons: a bit too much Biff for my liking

While being a thoroughly engrossing movie in itself, what "Back to the Future 2" did so well was actually make you want to go back to watch the original over again with a new perspective. Long before his work on "Forrest Gump," Robert Zemeckis showcased...