Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)

Director:

Jon Hess

Writer:

Curt Allen (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It erupted from the bowels of the city in a lethal frenzy.

Plot:

A giant alligator runs riot in a small town with a lake connected to a sewer/drainage system. Typical...

Plot Keywords:

Alligator | Wrestling | Giant Animal | Hunter | Sewer

Cast

Joseph Bologna	...	David Hodges
Dee Wallace	...	Christine Hodges (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Richard Lynch	...	Hawk Hawkins
Woody Brown	...	Rich Harmon
Holly Gagnier	...	Sheri Anderson
Bill Daily	...	Mayor Anderson
Steve Railsback	...	Vincent 'Vinnie' Brown
Brock Peters	...	Chief Speed
Tim Eyster	...	J.J. Hodges
Voyo Goric	...	Carmen
Buckley Norris	...	Doc
Julian Reyes	...	Reuben Ruiz
Deborah White	...	Lynn Holly
Bill Anderson	...	Timekeeper
Harlan Arnold	...	J.A. Luco

Also Known As:

Alligator 2 (UK) (video box title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Australia:PG | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Golden Hawk Entertainment

Trivia:

The scene of the alligator stalking past the sewer tunnel supports and the shot of the saliva under the microscope was stock footage from the original Alligator (1980).

Quotes:

J.J. Hodges: [talking about the mutant Alligator] It was about the size of an Eldorado.
David Hodges: You mean the car?
J.J. Hodges: [sarcastically] No, the refrigerator.

Movie Connections:

References I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)

So bad its fun giant alligator sequel

No one could accuse Alligator 2: The mutation of being a terribly good film at all. The film rips off a large amount from Jaws, but with a fake looking giant alligator as the monster and nothing remotely resembling the same skill. The script is mostly quite poor, and this causes the scenes without action to be filled with either groans or laughs from the audience. There are a few bright spots in the acting, Steve Railsback makes for an OK bad guy, as he often seems to do in these bad films, Richard Lynch is good as an old hunter, Dee Wallace Stone is fine as ever and Joseph Bologna really does well as the hero, investing his character with a far better performance than this kind of film deserves. The alligator is the main reason anyone is likely to be watching though and it does appear a fair amount, with endearingly cheesy results. Its tail is particularly rubbery and this raises many chuckles. There is no real gore and only a little blood but the film is so cheerfully mindless, so benignly inept that I didn't have too much of a problem with this. The pace is fair, much of it is unintentionally funny, its easygoing. Though anyone that watches this seriously will hate it with a passion, I found this to be a quite reasonable entry in the world of ludicrous low quality creature features.