The Fly /The Fly 2 | 
| Actors: Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo, Michael Copeman, Geena Davis
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 65394
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 200 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 6305951454
UPC: 024543004578
EAN: 9786305951452
ASIN: 6305951454
Theatrical Release Date: August 15, 1986
Release Date: September 5, 2000
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The Fly
David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the science fiction classic about a scientist who accidentally swaps body parts with a fly is both smart and terrifying: an allegory for the awful processes of slow death and a monster movie with a tragic spin. Jeff Goldblum gives a masterful performance as a sweet, nerdy scientist whose romance with a writer (Geena Davis) makes him more fully alive. Next thing you know, a tiny oversight in an experiment causes him to transmogrify, gradually, into something more like an insect than a human. This is Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome) country, so expect The Fly to be a gross-out, but in the way that disease corrupts the body and can make a loved one unrecognizable on every level. This is one of Cronenberg's best films, and certainly one of the important movies of the 1980s. --Tom Keogh The Fly II
Chris Walas, the effects whiz who turned Jeff Goldblum into the gooey, grotesque Brundle-Fly in David Cronenberg's The Fly, makes his directorial debut in this equally icky sequel. Eric Stoltz is Brundle's genetically diseased offspring, a boy genius brought up in an experimental laboratory by a nefarious foster father eager to see what his inevitable metamorphosis will bring. No surprise here: like father, like son. Daphne Zuniga is his sweet young girlfriend, and John Getz reprises his role from the first film as a bitter alcoholic with a very bad fake beard. This cut- rate "Son of the Fly" knockoff pales next to Cronenberg's classic, degenerating into a gory revenge flick. Walas strains under a limited budget, and many of the more elaborate creatures (a monstrously mutated dog, the skeletal fly monster leaping about the warehouse-like lab) are rather shabby. The makeup is suitably gooey, slathered in ooze and pus, and the mayhem-filled finale is a nasty but impressive over-the-top frenzy of blood and gore climaxing in the nastiest piece of poetic justice since Freaks. The opening birth scene (with a look-alike subbing for mom Geena Davis) is an homage to Larry Cohen's It's Alive. --Sean Axmaker
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 Very good sequel June 14, 2009
R. Wood (Machesney Park, IL USA)
The Fly 2 is a very good sequel, the dog scene is a gut wrencher.
 The Fly II May 4, 2009
B. Manette (Pompano Beach, Florida, United States)
Amazon is characteristically mixing these reviews between Fly I & II (or the disc with both). The one star is for #2. Fly #1 was very good. #2 is, well... #2. What bugs me is the shallow storyline and cliche cardboard characters. Just another arthropod with an axe to grind flying around with violence and vomit. If you want some nice gore in a good flick, watch The Thing again!
Great Double Feature June 28, 2008
A. Pierre (Somewheres)
The Fly is a classic movie- the original and the remake. The movie went by quick but at the end, I felt satisfied with this movie. Great speical effects.
The Fly 2 was a excellent sequel. I cant understand why so many people hate this film. The story was real good, the speical effects were top notch, and it flowed together well. The ending had some gruesome deaths and I enjoyed them alot. The ending made me go huh? and i'll have to watch it again just to figure out what happened.
Overall, I know there are new speical edition Fly movies out. If you just want the simple movie and trailers, then get this set. Both movies are worth it.
For once, a rather underrated sequel. 3.5 Stars April 28, 2008
M. Ryan Fairbanks (Cleveland, Ohio)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Needless to say, The Fly 2 had a pretty tough act to follow as its predacessor sits among the best sci-fi horror films of all time. Not to mention the fact that David Cronenberg did not return to direct this follow up didn't exactly help its cause. However, special effects creator Chris Walas from the original tried his hand at directing this sequel, and truthfully the results aren't that bad. Albeit not nearly as effective in any category as the original remake, it's still a solid movie that does not deserve to be tagged with the less than honorable reputation of the average horror sequel.
We begin with a Geena Davis look-alike in a lab who gives birth to Martin Brundle, son of Seth Brundle. The infant is then taken in by Mr. Bartok, the president of Bartok Industries, who raises him within the confinement of a laboratory to study the genetic effects Seth's experimentations will have on him. Martin proves to be rather interesting boy indeed as he grows at an accelerated rate physically and mentally. By the time he is five years old, Martin already appears to be in his twenties and has the mind of a genius. He admires the Mr. Bartok as his father and eventually agrees to finish Seth's work on the infamous telepods for the benefit of Bartok Industries.
As Martin's work progresses, he slowly stumbles upon more things to indicate that Mr. Bartok has been deceitful in his hospitality. He finds the horiffic results of a telepod experiment on his childhood dog, spy cameras in his room, and eventually discovers that Mr. Bartok plans to keep him as an experiment when the fly genes kick in. Well, Martin eventualy does undergo the fly metamorphosis, and when complete he unleashes his revenge on Bartok and all others who had wronged him.
Thankfully there wasn't too much of a gap between these two films, so the look is very similar and some footage of Jeff Goldblum as Seth is even featured in the movie. The trademark gross out effects are present once again with the mutated dog scene, a very memorable death scene involving a security guard's face, and the final showdown with Mr. Bartok. The fly transformation was more or less abbreviated to a coccoon like process this time around, but it does more justice to the pacing than it hurts it. The acting is generally well done, and John Getz even briefly reprises his role from the first film. You will defiently get a good laugh when he utters the horribly corny pun, "He bugged me", in reference to Seth.
Overall it's a cool revenge story with a fantastic ending. It doesn't really convey any of the emotion the original did, but then it probably wasn't meant to for the most part. If approached without any expectations set forth by the original, The Fly 2 actually makes for a decent watch. I'd recommend it to horror and science fiction fans.
 By the numbers sequel to a great film April 8, 2008
Derrick Dunn (Woodbridge,VA)
The Fly II is a clealry by the numbers sequel to a great film. When I say by the numbers I mean more gore, less story, more action, weak acting. Eric Stoltz does an okay job in the lead role but to me Stoltz has always been more of a serious actor and he seems lost in this film. Just check it out if you wanna see gore otherwise be afarid, be very afarid.
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