Genre:
Comedy / Science-Fiction
Directed
by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring:
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
Running
time: 108 minutes
The second movie starts where the first one
ends. After repairing the damage he did to his personal history with the help
of Doc. Brown and his DeLorean time machine, Marty McFly plans to resume his
teenage life with his family and his girlfriend Jennifer. But, Doc comes back
to get him, saying they have to go to the future to prevent Marty and Jennifer’s
future son from ending up in jail and thus bringing doom upon the family. They
travel to October 2015 (yes, I know). Unfortunately, in the process, they do
some more life-changing damage to their history, which they will have to repair
by going back to 1955 again.
While not as solid as the original, Back to
the Future Part II is still a very entertaining flick. Now that we are actually
in October 2015, it is quite interesting to see the vision the filmmakers had
for these times over 25 years ago. Flying cars and hoverboards, everything
automated and technology-galore; while much of it was outlandish, it is still
fun to see it and notice that technology has indeed taken over our lives, even
though not quite to that extent.
It was also a nice touch to go back to the
events of the first film, in a time-travel back to 1955, and see it with a
different point of view.
The chemistry between Fox and Lloyd is still solid
in this sequel. They work well off each other. Some of the cast, namely Crispin
Glover and Claudia Wells, needed to be replaced, but many of the originals were
back at it too.
As for the plot, it got convoluted at times
because they tried to squeeze a little too much in a film lasting only 108
minutes. Nonetheless, the charm of the characters and the basic storyline still
operated. Years later, I am still entertained by it, and that’s really all you
can ask from this type of movie. It is not meant to be an accurate account of the
future we are in now. In that sense, Zemeckis and co. did a great creative job.
They may have gone a tad overboard in terms of plot, but they still managed to
deliver a very good movie.
Rating:
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