After the events of Part 1, Billy and Kate have moved to NYC. They both have
jobs in the high tech, high rise Clamp Tower. Their lives seem mildly happy, but
as fate would have it, there happens to be a genetics laboratory in the building
and who else but Gizmo is being held there! Imagine that. Stuff
happens and Billy rescues Giz only to carelessly leave him alone in his
desk. Gizmo then decides to go exploring on his own.
Brilliant! Naturally, he gets water splashed on him and before you can say
"Mogwai penis" there's like a thousand crazy gremlins wrecking havoc all over
the building. And thanks to the genetics lab these new gremlins come in all
kinds of flavors: talking, spider, vegetable, electric, bat, female, etc.
GREMLINS 2 isn't as sweet or endearing as the original, instead it's more for an
irreverent, tongue-in-cheek vibe. That's okay, but in the end, Part 2
doesn't have the same magic that the original had. It's almost like an
explosion of small ideas just slapped together, whereas the original had a
straightforward story with likable characters and a sweet hometown feel to
it. If I had to guess, I would say that Spielberg had less involvement
with this film than the original. As it is though, it's still an
entertaining watch.
I'm still hoping for a hard R-rated Part 3.
Part 1 - Gremlins (1984)
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