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  • 1991
  • PG-13
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 1991
  • PG-13
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's ...

Directed By: Richard Franklin

Written By: Robert T. Megginson, Gregory Fleeman, Bill Condon

  • 1991
  • PG-13
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 1991
  • PG-13
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m

F/X2

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's ...

Directed By: Richard Franklin

Written By: Robert T. Megginson, Gregory Fleeman, Bill Condon

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
10 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
10 Reviews
13% Negative
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80
The craftsmanship that went into the making of this film has to have been formidable, yet a key part of its enjoyment is its throwaway, unpretentious charm.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
63
FX 2 is entertaining enough, but lacks the zip and wit of the original.
By Clifford Terry FULL REVIEW
50
The cheesy production values won't grab anyone. When Bryan-Brian aren't schmoozing, there's not much to look at. It's anyone's guess whether this sequel will be as big a hit on tape. But it'll end up on the shelf soon enough. [10 May 1991, p.2D]
By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW
50
The film rarely makes any sense, and the climactic confrontation is incomprehensible. [10 May 1991, p.G5]
By Bill Cosford FULL REVIEW
50
There should be a special category for movies that are neither good nor bad, but simply excessive.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
40
Valiantly tries to recapture the spit and polish indie feel of the original, and comes up looking more like something Franklin might have directed on a Bad Day.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
25
Gradually, FX2 ties itself into a knot it can't undo even with the most desperate of measures. Everything is left hanging, and by the end the plotting is so clumsy it's embarrassing. [10 May 1991, p.E3]
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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4.4
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1 Rating
43% Mixed
3 Ratings
43% Negative
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Production Company Orion Pictures, Dodi Fayed - Jack Wiener
Release Date May 10, 1991
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Outgunned by the mob, outmanned by the cops..... their effects had _better_ be special!
Website http://www.mgm.com/title_title.do?title_star=FX2
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