Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a
1990 American horror-comedy film, and a sequel to Gremlins (1984). It was directed
by Joe Dante and written by Charles S. Haas, with creature designs by Rick Baker.
It stars Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky, Haviland Morris,
Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph, Robert Picardo, and Christopher Lee.
The story continues the adventures of the creature Gizmo, who spawns numerous small monsters when wet. In the first film, Gizmo's offspring had rampaged through a small fictional town. In Gremlins 2, Gizmo multiplies within a skyscraper in New York City. The new creatures thus pose a serious threat to the city should they be able to leave the building, and much of the story involves the human characters' efforts to prevent this disaster.
Like the first film, Gremlins 2 is a live action comedy-horror film. However, Dante put effort into taking the sequel in new anarchic directions. In general, the film is meant to be more cartoon-like than the darker original, and the violence is fairly slapstick. There are also a number of parodies of other films and stories, most notably Gremlins itself, as well as the Rambo films, The Wizard of Oz, Marathon Man and The Phantom of the Opera. As with the first film, critical response varied. However, some critics who thought the first film was too dark gave Gremlins 2 better reviews. Compared to its highly successful PG-rated predecessor, Gremlins 2 did not perform as well at the box office and it was rated PG-13 by the MPAA.
Cast
Zach Galligan as Billy Peltzer
Phoebe
Cates as Kate Beringer Peltzer
John Glover as Daniel Clamp
Robert Prosky
as Grandpa Fred
Robert Picardo as Forster, chief of security
Christopher
Lee as Doctor Catheter
Haviland Morris as Marla Bloodstone
Dick Miller
as Murray Futterman
Jackie Joseph as Sheila Futterman
Gedde Watanabe as
Mr. Katsuji
Keye Luke as Mr. Wing
Kathleen Freeman as Microwave Marge
Twin actors Don Stanton and Dan Stanton as Martin and Lewis, Dr. Catheter's
assistants
Jason Presson (star of Dante's Explorers) as Alex, the Yogurt Jerk
Rick Ducommun as a security guard
Belinda Balaski as the mom in the movie
theatre
Paul Bartel as the theatre manager
Kenneth Tobey as the theatre
projectionist
Hulk Hogan as himself
Julia Sweeney as Peggy, the lab receptionist
Charles S. Haas as Casper, Dr. Catheter's assistant
John Astin as a janitor
Henry Gibson as an employee fired for smoking
Leonard Maltin as himself
Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith as themselves, attacked at the salad bar
Howie
Mandel as the voice of Gizmo
Tony Randall as the voice of the Brain Gremlin
Frank Welker as the voice of the Mohawk, Daffy, George & Lenny Gremlins
and director Joe Dante himself as the director of Grandpa Fred's show.
The film takes place a few years after the original film in New York City, where Rand Peltzer (Billy's father) had acquired Gizmo (voiced by Howie Mandel). Gizmo is a mysterious, cute, good-natured furry creature called a mogwai. In the first film, Billy was informed of the "rules" regarding mogwai; namely that one must keep mogwai away from any bright light especially sunlight, never get them wet or feed them after midnight. Nevertheless, Gizmo was later exposed to water and therefore multiplied. When the new mogwai ate after midnight, they morphed into dark green, reptilian monsters with sharp teeth and claws. These monsters, or gremlins, caused much destruction and mayhem in Billy's small hometown. Gizmo's original owner Mr. Wing (Keye Luke) took the creature back after the gremlins had been eradicated.
Billy and his girlfriend Kate Beringer (Cates) now live in New York, where they are having difficulty adapting to the large and impersonal city. Billy works for Clamp Enterprises, which is based in a large, automated skyscraper in Manhattan. Kate also works at the building as a tour guide. The head of Clamp Enterprises, Daniel Clamp (Glover), is a caricature of tycoon Donald Trump and media mogul Ted Turner.[1]
As part of the new development in the area, Gizmo's owner Mr. Wing is offered money to sell his store to Clamp. Mr. Wing refuses, but not long afterwards dies of old age. His store is then demolished; Gizmo is captured and taken to a laboratory in the Clamp office building. The lead scientist of this laboratory, Dr. Catheter (Lee), is a sinister mad scientist who threatens to dissect Gizmo.
Billy eventually learns that Gizmo is in the building and rescues him. However, when one of Billy's bosses takes Billy away to a restaurant, Gizmo is left in the office and accidentally gets wet. The resulting mogwai, Mohawk (essentially the original film's Stripe reincarnated), Daffy (the crazy one), George (the tough one), and Lenny (the stupid one), soon eat after midnight in a cafeteria or near a water main and are transformed into gremlins. They quickly start a fire that triggers sprinklers, causing them to multiply even further.
The Brain GremlinThe new gremlins cannot leave
the building because it is still daytime and they are vulnerable to sunlight.
While confined to the building, the gremlins invade the laboratory, where they
discover various fluids that cause them to become creatures never before known.
One gremlin consumes a hormone that makes him super-intelligent and gives him
the ability to speak with a refined voice (provided by actor Tony Randall). This
"Brain Gremlin" acquires a pair of spectacles from oblivion to denote
his newfound intellect. Another gremlin takes the form of electricity; after he
kills Dr. Catheter, Billy captures him in the phone system. Mohawk drinks a potion
which enables him to change into a spider. Another gremlin drinks a bat formula
and sprouts wings. The Brain Gremlin injects him with a genetic sunblock formula,
making him immune to sunlight. The Bat Gremlin breaks out through the lab's wall
and flies through the city. It soon attacks Murray Futterman, who pours cement
on it; thereafter it lands on a church and becomes a gargoyle. Another gremlin
becomes part-vegetable as a result of the formula it drinks. Finally, the last
gremlin becomes a female.
Kate is trapped in Mohawk's spider web with Billy's boss Marla with Mohawk advancing on them; Billy is tied up in a dentist's chair with Daffy about to experiment on him; and Gizmo is tied up after being tortured by Mohawk. Gizmo manages to free himself and makes a bow and a flaming arrow to use as a weapon. Mr. Futterman enters the building and rescues Billy by driving off Daffy with a dentist's light; they seek and find Kate and Marla. They try to free the two women; Mohawk comes after them, but he is killed by Gizmo with the flaming arrow. Later, the Brain Gremlin leads all gremlins into the lobby when they are ready to leave the building. Billy and his friends turn a waterhose on the gremlins and, as the monsters start to multiply, Billy releases the electric gremlin. The gremlins are hit by the electricity and consequently melt away. The sole survivor of the new batch of gremlins was the female gremlin, who appeared at the very end of the film romantically pursuing security chief Forster (Picardo).
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