Exterminator 2 (1984)

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.

Director:

Mark Buntzman

Writers:

Mark Buntzman, William Sachs

Stars:

Robert Ginty, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Geffner

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Ginty	...	John Eastland
Mario Van Peebles	...	X
Deborah Geffner	...	Caroline
Frankie Faison	...	Be Gee
Scott 'Slo-motion' Randolph	...	Eyes (as Scott Randolf)
Reggie Rock Bythewood	...	Spider
Bruce Smolanoff	...	Red Rat
David Buntzman	...	Head Mafioso
Kenny Marino	...	Tony
Derek Evans	...	Squealer
Irwin Keyes	...	Monster
Robert Louis King	...	Philo
Arye Gross	...	Turbo
Janet Rotblatt	...	Mom
Steffen Zacharias	...	Pop

Storyline

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.

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Plot Keywords:

chase | foot chase | gunfight | shootout | gun battle | 

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Taglines:

John Eastland is back - He Knew You Were Lying - The Frightmare Continues!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Exterminator 2

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,204,197, 16 September 1984, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,739,406, 21 October 1984

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Group,Golan-Globus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Original ending in rough cut of the movie was different than the one which was filmed during re-shoots and used in final version. Instead of the chase scene between John and X in the factory, both of them confront each other after John kills all of X's gang members and get into the fight. X almost kills John but Caroline shows up in her wheelchair (she didn't die in original cut, scenes where John finds her dead body were also filmed during re-shoots with Ginty's stand-in) and shoots X, wounding him. When police shows up, John puts X into the garbage truck and chase starts between him in his truck and police cars. Chase ends with John crashing the garbage truck into the river and X's dead body floating out of it. Some behind the scenes footage included in old making of documentary shows filming of the fight scene between John and X in original ending.

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Goofs

The shape of X's hair repeatedly changes throughout the movie.

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Quotes

X: [To John Eastland] You want to clean out the streets? *I am* the streets!

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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: The Vindicator, Cyber Tracker, Robot Jox, and R.O.T.O.R. (2013)

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Soundtracks

Under Fire

User Reviews

violent vigilante sleaze...

Exterminator 2 (1984) tells the story of Vietnam vet John Eastland, the famous New York flame-thrower wielding vigilante from the first film (The Exterminator (1980)) In this sequel, John meets up with a new friend,Bee-Gee, a garbage man, and then gets a job as a garbage man, and starts to go out with a dancer from a night club. (John's life must be really good!) But, when his dancer-girlfriend is attacked by a ruthless street gang led by X, John decides he must take revenge. This is overall a remake of the first film, directed by Mark Buntzman (who produced the first Exterminator) As a whole, this is not a bad sequel. Original,no. Action packed,no. But it is a fun movie with actor Robert Ginty returning as John Eastland, and one of the first (if not the first) film role by Mario Van Peebles. Also look out for Arye Gross-star of House II:The Second Story. The movie appeared that it could have been very violent and fairly gory like the first one, but this seems unfortunately cut and toned down for the R-rating. They should have made another exterminator movie...