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F/X2

  • 19911991
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 48m
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5.8/10
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Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy in F/X2 (1991)
A special effects man helps his girlfriend's ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed. Something's off and he investigates with help from an ex-cop PI friend.
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A special effects man helps his girlfriend's ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed. Something's off and he investigates with help from an ex-cop PI friend.A special effects man helps his girlfriend's ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed. Something's off and he investigates with help from an ex-cop PI friend.A special effects man helps his girlfriend's ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed. Something's off and he investigates with help from an ex-cop PI friend.
IMDb RATING
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11K
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    • Richard Franklin
    • Robert T. Megginson(characters)
    • Gregory Fleeman(characters)
    • Bill Condon
  • Stars
    • Bryan Brown
    • Brian Dennehy
    • Rachel Ticotin
    • Richard Franklin
    • Robert T. Megginson(characters)
    • Gregory Fleeman(characters)
    • Bill Condon
  • Stars
    • Bryan Brown
    • Brian Dennehy
    • Rachel Ticotin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 30User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 48Metascore
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    Bryan Brown and Rachel Ticotin in F/X2 (1991)
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    Bryan Brown in F/X2 (1991)
    Rachel Ticotin in F/X2 (1991)
    Brian Dennehy in F/X2 (1991)
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    Rachel Ticotin in F/X2 (1991)
    Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy in F/X2 (1991)
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    Bryan Brown
    Bryan Brown
    • Rollie Tyler
    Brian Dennehy
    Brian Dennehy
    • Leo McCarthy
    Rachel Ticotin
    Rachel Ticotin
    • Kim Brandon
    Joanna Gleason
    Joanna Gleason
    • Liz Kennedy
    Philip Bosco
    Philip Bosco
    • Ray Silak
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    • Matt Neely
    Tom Mason
    Tom Mason
    • Mike Brandon
    Dominic Zamprogna
    Dominic Zamprogna
    • Chris Brandon
    Jossie DeGuzman
    • Velez
    John Walsh
    John Walsh
    • Rado
    Peter Boretski
    Peter Boretski
    • Carl Becker
    Lisa Fallon
    • Kylie
    Lee Broker
    Lee Broker
    • DeMarco
    Philip Akin
    • Detective McQuay
    Tony De Santis
    Tony De Santis
    • Detective Santoni
    • (as Tony de Santis)
    Ross Petty
    • Consigliere
    Dee McCafferty
    Dee McCafferty
    • Chambliss
    Jeri Craden
    • Aunt Kate
      • Richard Franklin
      • Robert T. Megginson(characters)
      • Gregory Fleeman(characters)
      • Bill Condon
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    • Trivia
      (at around 60 mins) When Rollie calls young Chris on the phone, the movie Chris is watching on television is the finished film Rollie was shooting the effects for at the start of the original F/X (1986).
    • Goofs
      (at around 3 mins) In the opening scene, the police arrive to confront the cyborg after he threw the bum through the window. One of the cops fires a warning shot and hits the cyborg in the head causing his blond wig to fall off and to bleed blue blood. When the cyborg raises his left hand to cover the head wound, it is obvious that it is somebody else's arm that is being used.
    • Quotes

      Leo McCarthy: The words "double cross" definitely come to my mind.

      Ray Silak: The word "dead man" comes to my mind.

      Leo McCarthy: That's two words.

    • Crazy credits
      Shot of helicopter flying and exclamations of non-pilot crook trying to keep it in the air.
    • Alternate versions
      The scene in which Tyler converts an aerosol can into a "grenade" was cut by the New Zealand censors on the grounds that it might inspire real-life incidents of "copycat" behaviour.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: One Good Cop/FX2/Switch/Spartacus/Drowning by Numbers (1991)

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    7/10
    Entertaining but Typical 1980's-type Action Thriller that Had Greater Potential
    The glaring shortcoming of F/X 2 is that the main thrust of the plot, i.e. the what and why of the baddies, is not revealed until an hour or so into the film. At 109 minutes, that's well over half-way. Certainly the point was to pop our main character, Rollie Tyler (reprised by Bryan Brown from the first movie), into a life and death situation beyond his comprehension, and not until several clues are followed revealed that he (and we) find out what these circumstances are.

    Briefly, Rollie, the Australian special effects wizard, is hired again by the FBI to aid in cornering a serial killer. However, the plan goes awry when the FBI man who was supposed to stop the suspect in his tracks is killed by another unknown killer. Rollie finds himself also caught in a web of intrigue. And of course, when he is on the verge of getting snuffed out, Dennehy as Leo McCarthy pops in to save his ass. Not a bad opening, all things considered.

    Finally, Leo uncovers the back story, which I won't reveal, lest I be accused of "giving it away" as they say. However, the back story is described almost offhandedly, without even a flashback. Unfortunately, the downside is that, with very little screen time left, neither the history of what's behind the bad guys' motivations nor the bad guys themselves are ever fully developed. I found myself wanting to know more about the circumstances surrounding this back story, the what and the why. Of course, with these kinds of movies, a lot of screen time must be devoted to the baddies chasing the innocent by-standers in shopping malls or in car chases. I guess it's a Hollywood law that American filmmakers must devote a specified minimum amount of time to choreographed running around and shooting so they can legitimately call their project an "action movie".

    Still the film has its entertainment value. There is a strange chemistry that exists between Brian Dennehy (reprising his role has Leo McCarthy) and Bryan Brown, and again I wish that had been milked for all its worth. Of course, the most entertaining sequence, like the first installment, is the use of movie effects to thwart the bad guys, which works very well. Maybe I appreciated it as a breath of fresh air from the typical cat and mouse chase with automatic weapons that typically climaxes most of these kinds of films.

    Still very much in the style of a 1980's action movie, although this was 1991, with the typical rock songs spliced in for good measure. With the exception of the use of the special effects against the baddies at the finale, story-wise it is really the equivalent of a two-part episode of "Simon and Simon" with a larger budget.
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    • classicalsteve
    • Mar 16, 2008

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    • Release date
      • May 10, 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • MGM
      • English
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      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Orion Pictures
      • Dodi Fayed - Jack Wiener
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    • 1 hour 48 minutes
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