The Fly II
20th Century Fox | Release Date: February 10, 1989 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
8
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60
EmpireDavid Hughes
Whilst this fly is not as tightly scripted or keenly directed as its parent, it does have pace, breathless tension and the sort of gross-out effects that rules out kebabs for some time after the credits have rolled. Read full review
60
IGNStaff (Not Credited)
Unlike The Fly, You probably won't remember much of this after seeing it, and when a movie boasts as being no better but equal to the original, you can be pretty sure it isn't. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Martin zips from boyhood to manhood in a ridiculously short period, and in no time at all is getting it together with Beth Logan (Zuniga), who doesn't know about his dad being a creepy-crawly. But when Martin's skin starts falling off, she begins to suspect that it's more than just a case for Clearasil, and resolves to help her loved one sort out his confused chromosomes - too late to avoid the onslaught of latex and squishy special effects for which we've all been waiting, and which is indeed the movie's only interesting commodity. Other than that, it's standard directionless fare. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The Fly II is competent but hardly clever. The only respect in which it matches Mr. Cronenberg's Fly is in its sheer repulsiveness, since this film degenerates into a series of slime-ridden, glop-oozing special effects in its final half hour. Read full review
50
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The Fly II is an expectedly gory and gooey but mostly plodding sequel to the 1986 hit that was a remake of the 1958 sci-fier that itself spawned two sequels. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The Fly movies could be a metaphor for sequels: Always go for the real article, not the freakishly mutated copy one telepod over. Read full review
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