F/X2

Orion Pictures | Release Date: May 10, 1991

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48	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews

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Kevin Thomas

The craftsmanship that went into the making of this film has to have been formidable, yet a key part of its enjoyment is its throwaway, unpretentious charm. Read full review

Jay Carr

Brown and Dennehy aren't teen-age, they're not mutants, they're not ninjas, they're not even turtles, but they're just as entertaining the second time around, and of how many sequels can that be said? [10 May 1991, p.30]

Clifford Terry

FX 2 is entertaining enough, but lacks the zip and wit of the original. Read full review

Rita Kempley

The story line is little more than a shiny hat for holding the high-tech rabbits. Still, it's an enjoyable bit of smoke and mirrors, thanks to the decency and resourcefulness of its hero. Read full review

EmpireAngie Errigo

It's all totally farfetched and skates imperturbably over several questions of logic that will spring unbidden to the most accepting mind. But it's entertaining, inconsequential fun. Read full review

Roger Ebert

There should be a special category for movies that are neither good nor bad, but simply excessive. Read full review

Stephen Holden

As long as it is fixated on gadgetry, FX2 is reasonably entertaining. But when the movie focuses on plot and character, it turns quite dotty in an amiable way. Read full review

Bill Cosford

The film rarely makes any sense, and the climactic confrontation is incomprehensible. [10 May 1991, p.G5]

Jay Boyar

A big-screen version of a routine cop show that occasionally gets by on momentum from the original movie. Read full review

Susan Wloszczyna

The cheesy production values won't grab anyone. When Bryan-Brian aren't schmoozing, there's not much to look at. It's anyone's guess whether this sequel will be as big a hit on tape. But it'll end up on the shelf soon enough. [10 May 1991, p.2D]

Owen Gleiberman

The movie itself is convoluted and almost unbelievably lackluster. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Valiantly tries to recapture the spit and polish indie feel of the original, and comes up looking more like something Franklin might have directed on a Bad Day. Read full review

Staff [Not Credited]

With all the ingenuity that went into toys and gadgetry in this five-years-removed sequel, it’s a shame no one bothered to hook a brain up to the plot. Read full review

Rick Groen

The weak plot means that the picture is governed totally by its gadgetry, the equivalent of those James Bond sequels that limp awkwardly from one showoff sequence to the next. [10 May 1991]

Mick LaSalle

Gradually, FX2 ties itself into a knot it can't undo even with the most desperate of measures. Everything is left hanging, and by the end the plotting is so clumsy it's embarrassing. [10 May 1991, p.E3]