The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)

Nick Larson discovers a supernatural way to alter his life and travel back in time to key moments in his life by looking at photographs.

Director:

John R. Leonetti

Writers:

John Frankenheimer (inspired by), Michael D. Weiss

Stars:

Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Lively	...	Nick Larson
Erica Durance	...	Julie Miller
Dustin Milligan	...	Trevor Eastman
Gina Holden	...	Amanda
David Lewis	...	Dave Bristol
Andrew Airlie	...	Ron Callahan
Chris Gauthier	...	Ted
Susan Hogan	...	Katherine Larson
JR Bourne	...	Malcolm Williams
Lindsay Maxwell	...	Grace Callahan
Zoran Vukelic	...	Christopher
Jerry Wasserman	...	Alberto Fuentes
John Mann	...	Wayne
Tom Bulmer	...	Executive
Veena Sood	...	Nurse

Storyline

Nick Larson and his best friends Trevor Eastman and Amanda are celebrating the twentieth-fourth birthday of his girlfriend Julie Miller in a beautiful lake on a Sunday morning. Nick is expecting to be promoted in the company where he works, and Julie is planning to move to his place instead of going to New York for her Master degree. However, Nick is called by his colleague Dave Bristol, who is disputing the promotion with Nick, for a meeting with a client. While on the road, Nick has an accident and Julie and his friends die. One year later, Nick finds that he can travel in time and tries to fix the past, with tragic consequences for the future.

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Plot Keywords:

photograph | sex in a restroom | man carries a woman | second part | bare chested male | 

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Taglines:

Can you change your past without destroying your future?

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 August 2006 (Israel)

Also Known As:

El efecto mariposa 2

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, FilmEngine, BenderSpink

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The director of this film is the younger brother of Matthew F. Leonetti, the Director of Photography for the previous installment.

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Goofs

In the scene when the Jeep blows the tire, the camera angle clearly shows the right front tire as being flat. The next shot with the sparks, they are coming from behind the camera. In the shot showing the Jeep spinning around, all four tires are inflated.

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Quotes

Trevor Eastman: I've brought my own special birthday candle...
[shows joint]
Trevor Eastman: ... It's drugs!
Julie Miller: Oh! My favorite.
Amanda: ...Light it up!

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Connections

Followed by The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)

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Soundtracks

Pangu
Written by David Hilker (BMI), John Costello (BMI)
Performed by 2 Da Groove
Courtesy of Wild Whirled Music
Published by Music Whirled Publishing (BMI)

User Reviews

Well it started out decently.....seemed to have potential

Watching this movie, I really liked how it began, it had quality actors, the mechanics of the movie seemed to vary from the original, giving it a bit of uniqueness. I really liked the feel the director gave this film. Watching it I thought it had a lot of potential, and could very easily have a better story than the original, but then it starts unreasonably accelerating.

The movie was 75 minutes long. It's like I saw the condensed version. Did they cut the budget on this movie during filming? I've seen episodes of Smallville with bigger budgets than what this must have cost.