F/X2 (1991)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Richard Franklin

Writers (WGA):

Robert T. Megginson (characters) &
Gregory Fleeman (characters) ...

Release Date:

10 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Outgunned by the mob, outmanned by the cops..... their effects had _better_ be special!

Plot:

F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend, Kim is a cop. He asks Rollie to help him catch a killer...

Plot Keywords:

Special Effects | Plastic Over Face | Sequel | Person On Fire | Murder

Cast

Bryan Brown	...	Roland 'Rollie' Tyler
Brian Dennehy	...	Leo McCarthy
Rachel Ticotin	...	Kim Brandon
Joanna Gleason	...	Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
Philip Bosco	...	Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Matt Neely
Tom Mason	...	Mike Brandon, NYPD
Dominic Zamprogna	...	Chris Brandon, Mike's Son
Jossie DeGuzman	...	Marisa Velez, Police Computer Expert
John Walsh	...	Rado
Peter Boretski	...	Carl Becker, Medallion Thief
Lisa Fallon	...	Kylie, Model for Decoy
Lee Broker	...	DeMarco
Philip Akin	...	Det. McQuay
Tony De Santis	...	Det. Santoni

Also Known As:

F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion
FX2

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-14 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Dodi Fayed - Jack Wiener

Trivia:

When Rollie calls young Chris on the phone, the movie Chris is watching on television is F/X (1986), the prelude to this movie.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Rollie is telling Mike about his hidden camera, while he's talking he's reflected in a mirror and his mouth clearly isn't moving.

Quotes:

Leo McCarthy: The words "double cross" definitely come to my mind.
Lt. Ray Silak, NYPD: The word "dead man" comes to my mind.
Leo McCarthy: That's two words.

Movie Connections:

Features F/X (1986)

Almost as good as the first.

F/X2 was actually a good sequel. But I think that's because it is very much like the first movie. And, F/X itself was a great movie because of the idea of a special effects artist trying to get himself out of a mess. Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now a toy inventor, having retired from the special effects business. His girlfriend's ex-husband, a cop named Mike, employ's Rollie's special effects expertise to set up a sting operation. But, something goes foul and the cop winds up dead. Like F/X 2, Rollie becomes once again involved with crooked cops and has to solve the whodunnit. And, part of what made the first movie great, too, was Brian Dennehy as detective Leo McCarthy, who Rollie Tyler calls on for help.

As far as the story goes, it involves a bigger scale of corruption in the law enforcement circle, but the movie is just as enjoyable. And, you still get to see Rollie Tyler using his special effects abilities, which I always thought was the best part of the first one. If you have seen the first F/X, it's probably very likely you'll like the second one. It's one of the few movies I have seen where I can say that the sequel was pretty good.