Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Name: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: June 15, 1990
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Christopher Lee, Dick Miller, Gedde Watanabe, Haviland Morris, Jackie Joseph

1990

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: June 15, 1990 | PG-13

Starring: Christopher Lee, Dick Miller, Gedde Watanabe, Haviland Morris, Jackie Joseph, John Glover, Phoebe Cates, Robert Picardo, Robert Prosky, Zach Galligan

Summary: The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.

Director: Chuck Jones and Joe Dante

Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 106 min

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Harper Barnes

One of the wildest and funniest satires since the original Airplane. [15 Jun 1990, p.3F]

R. L. Shaffer

Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a great meta horror-comedy. It focuses less on scares, but makes up for it with great effects, a hilarious story, and awesome supporting characters. Read full review

Michael Sragow

This uninhibited and uproarious monster bash, directed by Joe Dante, is more quick-witted and ironic than the original; it sets forth a savvy, slaphappy agenda before the opening credits and follows it straight through to the end, and even beyond. Read full review

Ted Mahar

Written by Charlie Haas, Gremlins 2 is more clever than Gremlins, and Dante seems to move everything at a much quicker pace here. Perhaps because things are pretty predictable, Dante lingers on little. Much dialogue will be lost to audience laughter. [15 Jun 1990, p.R15]

Janet Maslin

Gremlins 2: The New Batch speaks to the gleeful hell-raising monster in each of us, and it speaks with much more verve, cleverness and good humor than the film on which it is based. Add this to the very short list of sequels that neatly surpass their predecessors. Read full review

David Sterritt

Of course, most of the people who flock to Gremlins 2 are interested in the special-effects fantasy scenes featuring the gremlins themselves, and the nastier the better. Here the filmmakers are at their most energetic and most wearisome, dishing out so many silly-gruesome variations on the crazy-creature theme that you can't help being impressed, even as you feel like ducking under your seat for a moment's relief from the relentlessness of it all. Read full review

Hal Hinson

Nothing in the first Gremlins came close to being as bad as these early segments in the second one, and because the concept is no longer fresh, and the suspense over what's going to happen is lost, we're ready for the filmmakers to get on with it long before they've finished setting the table. Read full review

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kyle20ellis

Mar 28, 2022

Okay, the first film is better, but Gremlins 2:The New Batch is a very entertaining sequel that is by far one of the better ones out there. I think it is more of a comedy than the first film was, the original had plenty of comedy and horror and succeeded in both areas. The plot isn't quiteOkay, the first film is better, but Gremlins 2:The New Batch is a very entertaining sequel that is by far one of the better ones out there. I think it is more of a comedy than the first film was, the original had plenty of comedy and horror and succeeded in both areas. The plot isn't quite as clever or as wonderfully simple as the one in the original, and one or two moments don't quite work. Still, it is very funny thanks to a good script and efficient direction, and the time just flies by before you even know it. And of course the gremlins steal the show, and boy don't they do it well. They are brilliantly designed, if maybe not as scary, and there is a good voice cast. Tony Randall especially is brilliant as Brain Gremlin. The human actors do a great job, with Zach Galligan more appealing here, he was a tad bland in the original, and Keye Luke is simply great in his reprising role as Mr Wing. Christopher Lee is an exceptional actor, and he also does well as Doctor Catheter. And Jerry Goldsmith's music is again very impressive. I do think this sequel is underrated, it isn't perfect but it is well worth watching. 8/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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JLau

Aug 23, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gizmo ends up in NY, specifically in the tower where Billy works, gets wet again, makes babies again, they eat after midnight again and they become Gremlins again.… Expand

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HellHoleHorror

Feb 16, 2022

Cleaner image than the first movie. The creature effects go to the next level too. Great use of all the speakers except the bass speaker which was a little soft. This takes everything to the next level. There is more comedy, more crazy gremlins and that's your lot. Much less serious than theCleaner image than the first movie. The creature effects go to the next level too. Great use of all the speakers except the bass speaker which was a little soft. This takes everything to the next level. There is more comedy, more crazy gremlins and that's your lot. Much less serious than the first and I prefer it that way.… Expand

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NickTheCritick

Nov 4, 2021

I wasn't a big fan of the first movie but this sequel is way worse than the original. It's not that bad but I found it hard to enjoy.

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