| | | Here they grow again!
Features: DVD, Trivia, Trailers, Spanish, Subtitled
In this devilishly hip sequel, Kingston Falls sweethearts Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) and Kate Beringer (Phoebe Cates) leave their small town for careers in the Big Apple and meet up once again with their Mogwai friend Gizmo while working in the futuristic high-tech Clamp Centre office complex. When a series of accidents creates a totally new generation of Gremlins, Billy, Kate and Gizmo must once again use all their ingenuity to prevent another creature-induced comic catastrophe.
"Hipper and funnier than the first!" Pat Collins, WWOR-TV, New York
"A sequel that tops the original." Jeff Craig, Sixty-Second Preview
"Infernally funny, better than the original." Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
"A devilishly, hysterically, subversively funny picture!" Desson Howe, Washington Post
Editor's Note
Just when they thought they were safe, young sweethearts Billy (Zach Galligan) and Kate (Phoebe Cates) from Joe Dante's GREMLINS have moved on to the Big Apple, landed jobs in a high-tech office park, and have met up with Gizmo once again. When a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins, the three pals must use everything they know to prevent another comic catastrophe. The monsters wreck havoc at Clamp Industries, the "smart building" where Billy and Kathy work, creating madness and mayhem for the Donald Trump-like owner, Daniel Clamp (John Glover), who sees the invasion as yet another opportunity for media attention. But, when the monsters invade "Splice of Life," the top-secret genetics laboratory housed at Clamp Industries, the Gremlins develop new genetically altered powers that make them even harder to destroy. This highly inventive sequel to GREMLINS, successfully combines wicked horror and dark humor in an outrageous and eerily realistic post modern setting.
| Features | Widescreen Version | | Audio: English Dolby Surround 5.1; French & Spanish Dolby Surround Stereo | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | Behind-The-Scenes Documentary | | Full Length Commentary By Director Joe Dante And Producer Michell Finnell | | Cast/Crew Film Highlights | | Over 20 Minutes Of Never-Before-Seen Footage |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Hanna Barbera |
| Release Date: 11/13/2007 |
| Running Time: 106 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 22711 | | UPC: 00085392271122 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Devilishly imaginable..." 07/12/1990 p.41New York Times
"...GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH speaks to the gleeful hell-raising monster in each of us, and it speaks with...verve, cleverness and good humor..." 06/15/1990 p.C15 Los Angeles Times
"...It's an infernally funny mass entertainment....GREMLINS 2 is better than the original....Dante is a filmmaker with dash, spirit and humor..." 06/15/1990 p.F1 Sight and Sound
"[A] riotous parade of slapstick sadism, self-reflexive gags and more movie parodies than a Mad magazine special..." 01/01/2006 p.89 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Matching the original gag for gag -- in both senses of the word..." 05/01/2007 p.121 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his splendid sequel prioritizes comedy....Full of inspired ideas..." 05/01/2007 p.117 New York Magazine 8 of 10
...sensationally entertaining, a roller-coaster ride of a different kind, whose every dip and peak is a promise of fresh excitement - David Denby
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