Directed by:
William LustigScreenplay:
Larry CohenCinematography:
James LemmoComposer:
Jay ChattawayCast:
Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell, Robert Z'Dar, Clarence Williams III, Leo Rossi, Paula Trickey, Charles Napier, Laurene Landon (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Matthew Cordell returns to continue his homicidal odyssey through New York. The forces of order will follow his trail again to try to put an end, once and for all, to the non-dead policeman's threat. (Sitges Film Festival)
Reviews (2)
I figured that the hand on the pier at the end of the first film wasn't the best idea... A car chase or the shootout at a police station (a weaker copy of the one from the first Terminator) certainly don't replace the gloomy atmosphere of nighttime New York, and that’s even more true in the case of the chilling feeling of Matt's confrontations with innocent fellow citizens. The script also gives him a strange alliance with a pervert and a certain amount of repentance at the end. The director clearly lost his judgment during the 2-year hiatus. Instead of the introduction, he shows us the final two minutes of the first film and for good measure a flashback explanation of Matt's scarred face - and the work of the make-up artists is otherwise probably the only good thing, given that they really pulled their weight. One of the most glaring examples of the early 1990s of what a sequel to a classic should definitely not be.
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The undead plum Matthew Cordell. Cold hands, and a burning heart (and not just that at the end). It's often incredibly dumb, but at the same time, it looks damn good during the action! The taxi chase with an NYPD vehicle and especially the scene where the police station is cleaned with a Calico M950 will make you reminisce about Cameron’s six-year-old tech-noir. As a sort of "hardboiled bonus," the viewer also gets Robert Davi and his spicy one-liners: "I shot him before he shot me..."
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