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Summary: A masterpiece like the first
Review: In the first one Jeff Golblum got Geena Davis pregnaunt after stepping out of the teleporter. Geena Davis's human fly child is born at Bartoc Industries, the place that supplied Jeff Goldblum the parts for the teleporters. After Genne Davis dies while her son is born, the Bartoc people adopt the baby watching and waiting for him to mutate into a fly.
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Summary: One Great Flick, One Bad Flick
Review: It's too bad Fox has decided to release these two films together, which means Cronenberg fans will have to buy the inferior sequel that the Canadian director never had a hand in. The Fly is a tremendous remake (actually it's more of an extrapolation on the original) with Goldblum turning in a tremendously moving performance (think Elephant Man) as an introverted scientist whose experiments in teleportation go awry. The Fly II is an abysmal failure that features Eric Stoltz (as the son of Goldblum) who also undergoes an insectoid transformation. Total dreck from beginning to end. Buy the set for Cronenberg's Fly and chuck the other disc - or sell it to some poor devil. The Fly: 4 stars. The Fly II: zip.
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Summary: SWAAAAAAAT !!!
Review: Let's start with the bad side ~ Part 2. Saw this one in the theatre with high expectations - but what a let down, even down to the Geena Davis lookalike birthing in the first reel. BUT like the Cronenberg re-make of the 1958 classis - only the Originals hold substance - the sequels to both the classic and the Cronenberg are somewhat insulting .... to everybody.Cronenberg's 'obsession' with the disfurement of the human shape ["The Brood", "Scanners", "Crash"] has never been more brilliantly flung into the audience's face as with THE FLY, and the casting, acting and most of the rest of the movie is really superior. The love between Davis and Goldblum forms the backdrop to this tale of terror and metamorphosis - and the auditotrium squirmed many a time and looked the other way during the eating, and conversion sequences .... not even mentioning those who just left their seats for a few moments - then returned - shall we say 'lighter'? NO, stick to Cronenberg's remake - this one goes way beyond five stars .... a classic in our time. [And the 1958 original] the rest? Get some imagination guys and write something worthy!
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Summary: get a big bug spray this is one badass bug
Review: like father like son how spot can you get the fly 2 is not the most frighting film but it's the most instresting one the certure FX are quite disturbing incoulding the viseerated dog how upseting can this get the gore is ok worth seeing but dog lovers fast forward past the dog you won't like it....
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Summary: Fly astounding, Fly 2 is terrible
Review: MAN, I hope they release The Fly separately from Fly 2. I lovedGoldblum's Fly, one of the creepiest, most intense horror movies of all time, but the sequel is just trash - why did they have to slap this junk on the same DVD as a classic? Guess I'll wait for the solo Fly, if there is one... (Rating 5 stars for THE FLY, no stars for FLY II= two stars overall)
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Summary: Hey, I'll take "The Fly" for $10...
Review: Okay, so another movie comes with it, a sequel I haven't bothered to see. So what? It's worth the cost just to have this, a film from the inimitable David Cronenberg. To paraphrase the great Stephen King, on one level, "The Fly" is about how you'd like to see someone very close to you slowly and inexorably deteriorate. On another level, it's about how you'd like to see a disgusting creature use acidic vomit to turn your body parts to easily digestible glop. Yes, it's gory, although the real stomach-lurcher in the movie is about halfway through. But the gore is crucial to the story; this isn't a death we can discreetly turn away from, where the doctor comes out and tells us that despite all possible efforts, your friend, your uncle, your father, your son didn't make it. The climax is the equivalent of cancer coming out of someone's chest and working the room; something civilized society could use more of, in my humble opinion.
Denying death is a spectacularly bad idea. I like Cronenberg because he's one of the few who can genuinely unnerve and be intellectual at the same time. He can really engage the old intellect...right before he nails the instincts. In a lot of ways, he's a master of misdirection. This is a deal, even if you don't like the sequel saddled with it. Snap it up!
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Summary: Like Father, Like Son
Review: Set Brundle was a fly. Seth Brundle had a son. He is brilliant. He matures rather quickly. And he is probably gonna turn into a beastie like his old man. After the small budget success of THE FLY, it was inevitable someone would cash in and make a sequel. The result is a quick bang for your buck hour and a half. This time around, CHRIS WALAS takes over directing chores. He did the original make-up designs for the first film. And so, unsurprisingly, this entry is filled with even more grotesque and sickening 'gooey' effects. But gooey is not always better. Eric Stoltz plays the five-year old offspring of Jeff Goldblum's BRUNDLEFLY and is given very little to work with in the formulaic screenplay. He does have one excellent scene as he prepares to immerse his body into a cocoon, so he can get 'Better'. Daphne Zanuga is the beautiful but useless girlfriend who, like Geena Davis before her is quite often running her hands over the wet, gooey, deformed skin of her fly-friend. And like it's sequel before it, we have another ridiculous performance by Gary Chalk as Scorby, the overzealous security guard. John Getz, the only performer returning from the predecessor, joins him in the ridiculous department. (Goldblum does show up in a brief video recording.) The film is often gross which was obviously the intention of the director. All in all, this film is an obvious story to get a quick buck. Come prepared. Bring a flyswatter.
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Summary: Dive deep into the Plasma Pool
Review: Since 1986 something has been missing. Every version of this film I have ever seen has had what can only be described as a weak presentation, muted picture and lackluster sound. Since David Cronenberg shoots in 1:1.88 a widescreen version has always been wantedf but not strictly necessary. Fox finally did right by this film. When it came out in the mid 80s this film earned the kinds of reviews that usually were reserved for works like Brazil and Blue Velvet, and now 14 years later we are finally treated to a presentation that is the equal of the subject matter, in a word beautiful. While I admit I've never been a big fan of Mark Irving's cinematography this DVD really shows it off to best effect. I'll admit I'm so happy to finally have this kind of attention given to this movie I almost gave it 5 stars, but even with a 5 star presentation The Fly does deserve more: A commentary, behind the scenes, the cut material David finished but chose to exclude (readers of Cinefex know what I mean), something more than just a preview and the sequel (yes I am considering the sequel to be just a part of the bonus material rather than a seperate presentation it helps me sleep better that way) I mean in a world where Supergirl and Nekromantik get the DVD presentations they've gotten The Fly certainly has earned more of a supplementary section than 20th Century Fox has chosen to provide.
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Summary: Don't eat when you watch this movie.
Review: Since this was directed by a makeup person, the gory effects and makeup are used more then the actors are. And boy, do they come off as both violent and corny at the same time. By the end of the movie, you are just glad that Zuniga and Stoltz made it through the picture with their sanity still intact.Not that these two, have actually been in demand for further movies, because they have not.
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Summary: Classic sci-fi tale of disintegration
Review: Sunday, August 01, 2004 / 5 of 5 / Classic sci-fi tale of disintegration. Rarely if every do I feel pathos during a sci-fi film, but the Cronenburg classic The Fly provokes an emotive response at the end as the Brundlefly-Pod puts the gun to it's own head and implores Geena Davis to end its misery. Couched beneath the gory effects and the metaphors of personal disintegration, Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum create likable characters, whose futures we're genuinely interested in. That's also part of the reason the transformation into the Fly is disturbing, because we've come to like Goldblum. Slow moving towards the inevitable climax, The Fly holds up well today as a classic of the genre.
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