Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The Fly II The worst insect you genes can be spliced with would be one that loves feces. And while the adolescent in this horror movie isn't part dung beetle, he is half housefly. Raised in a government laboratory ever since he first emerged from a larval pouch five years ago, Martin (Eric Stoltz) now appears to be a full-grown adult. On his 5th birthday, he learns his inventor father (Jeff Goldblum) died after a teleportation experiment fused his DNA with that of a fly's. As Martin repairs his old man's telepods he too begins to mutate into an acid-spewing insect. A direct sequel to David Cronenberg's 1986 reimagining of the 1958 original, this 1989 follow-up does not retain its visionary director but it does manage to amplify the gore. In fact, this underrated addition has a number of unforgettable death scenes. Incidentally, human-fly hybrids never get invented to parties where there's uncovered food. Yellow Light

Where David Cronenberg's original 'The Fly' rose above its B-movie premise and roots to become an operatic tragedy, the sequel never even aspires, much less reaches, those lofty heights. Instead it mucks about in the genre gutter, happy to be nothing more than a B-grade monster movie.The first two acts move at a snail's pace, with nothing compelling happening and no clear sense of urgency. Things come alive a bit in the final half hour, but it's all just standard monster/horror genre stuff.The make-up F/X are pretty good, and Lee Richardson eschews hamming it up as the would be villain, but 'The Fly II' is otherwise a very big step back from the original.

Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson and John Getz star in this 1989 sci-fi/horror sequel. This begins with woman, Veronica (Originally played by Geena Davis) dying after giving birth to a baby. Soon, we meet the child, Martin Brundle (Stoltz) who is not only very intelligent, but ages rapidly because of his late, father, Seth (Jeff Goldblum). Richardson plays businessman, Anton Bartok who adopts Martin and is head of company, Bartok Industries. Soon, Martin learns about his father, his research and that he's inherited his insect genes trying to find a cure. He also discovers that Bartok is corrupt and using him to continue his father's work. Zuniga (Spaceballs) plays Martin's love-interest, Beth Logan and Getz returns briefly as Stathis Borans who is now crippled. This isn't a bad sequel that's underrated, Stoltz is great in it, Chris Walas' make-up effects are grotesquely good and Christopher Young's score is great as usual. I recommend this.

Picking up where "The Fly" left off, this sequel offers a fresh, different story about the son of Seth Brundle, Martin (Eric Stoltz). His corrupt employer, Bartok (Lee Richardson) adopts Martin only only to use him as a guinea pig to resolve the issues the TelePods present. The fly's genes make five year-old Martin grow extremely faster than normal and, onto the company's scheme, he attempts to find a cure for his condition before he becomes a fly permanently and before the corrupted company succeeds in their evil deeds. This movie highlights, just like the first movie, brilliant make-up and special effects (no CGI stuff) that brings the Fly to life, looking creepy enough to make the hair stand on the back of your neck and make you cover your eyes at times. The plot is fast-paced that cleverly details the scheme of the corporation to Martin attempting to save himself and those he loves, all the while in a thrilling race against time to stop his genes from mutating himself into a full-blown fly. There is the usual graphic scenes like the first one, which one comes to expect from a sci-fi horror, but with added gore. There is also a nice balance of drama, such as the emotional scene involving Martin's dog. And, one thing I would give this film a notch up from the first film is that it had ***spoiler ahead*** a more positive ending (I am a sucker for happy endings) ***end of spoiler***Overall, it's a very good sci-film that relied on its drama, brilliant make-up, and a right amount of horror and action elements in its entertainment value, as opposed to the overly excessive CGI effects, overkill action fight scenes and campy acting that render some of the more recent sci-fi/action films unbelievable and cheesy. Grade B