The Fly 2 - Good Bad Flicks 

Eric Stoltz finally got to play Martin McFly.

The dog scene broke me. Even with all the pain, it still wagged its tail happily when he saw Martin. At least the dog got to spend its last moments with the only one who cared for him. I still wish Martin found a cure for it in the end.

Alternate ending: "How do you feel?''..."Pretty fly for a white guy..."

Eric Stoltz would have made a great Peter Parker

"He can't sleep, he never sleeps; He has sex for the first time: Zzzzzzzz..." classic.

The whole business with the dog burned itself into my memory. Even 27 years later, it is one of the few scenes which truly breaks my heart. Also, Eric Stoltz is a totally underrated actor.

"Stay out of my sector! You no longer have clearance." Why is this not a meme???

Alternative original ending: Beth: How do you feel? Martin, looking at Beth, grinning and winks: I'm buzzin'

To this day, the dog scenes remain the saddest and most disturbing thing I ever saw as a kid. Even as an adult, that scene with the dog howling and crawling to his bowl rips my heart out. Poor dog. It's true: If that scene didn't break your heart, you have no soul. Lol

This movie is brutal!The birth,The poor dog,the deaths, the villain's end...Everytyhing is disturbing.

"I had no love for the man!" is a pretty mild way of talking about the guy who vomited your hand and foot off to be fair.

9:38 Security guys face he melted is like, "I was just doin my joooooooob. Joooooob!"

Seriously though The Fly 2 suffers solely from being a sequel to a masterpiece first film. The movie in of itself is very good but the original is just so iconic it's hard to watch it without thinking about its predecessor. Kinda like Psycho 2 or Rocky 2.

"I have yet to see CGI capture this kind of emotion." Exactly. Which is why The Thing still packs a visceral punch to this day and the 'prequel' recently released doesn't even generate a minor flutter in my stomach when I see the CGI in it.

4:26 nothing is more inspiring than looking at a picture of Jeff Goldblum.

The guy stole my wife, disolved my hand and leg with fly vomit....I had no love for the man......he bugged me.....hahahaha. I really like the fly 2. Agreed it is underrated. Some very inventive gore shots and the puppetry was first class

Not going to lie : I was working at a juice bar in California in a relatively affluent area and one day Eric Stoltz came walking in ordered a drink from me .., when i handed him the drink , for some reason , even though I loved Pulp Fiction at the time , I said :" I loved you in the Fly 2 " :)

Eric Stolts finally got to play Marty Mc Fly

I agree the ending in the film was perfect. Not only did he get what was coming to him, but the film ended the same way all this craziness began: with a fly.

9:40 There's just something about seeing a skelefied face yelling in agony, so horrifying and yet fucking awesome. Like, you can see the jaws open wider to let out a scream that would even make death himself shutter.

The Dog "What the hell am i supposed to do with this?" That sir is your finest joke. Love it.

The Fly 2 is probably the only film I've seen so far that had me bursting out crying on the infamous dog scenes and still gives me a huge lump in my throat every time I watch those scenes.

I remember when I first watched this as a kid that I cried my eyes out at the dog scene. One of the only scenes in a film to ever do that.

I don't remember this, but my mother tells me that The Fly was my favorite movie when I was 4. Idk how I saw it, maybe my parents were watching it, but apparently I freaking loved it and gleefully told several people all about the grossest parts of the movie. Then I watched all 3 Exorcists in one night when I was 11 to prove to my dad I wasn't scared of horror movies. No wonder I'm so messed up lol. I didn't even know this movie existed. I feel compelled to watch it.

Such an awesome sequel, that dog scene will always get me

I agree that the sequel deserves a lot more credit. As with the 1986 remake, I wish it were longer and not so rushed through. The scenes that got me the most were actually not so much with the dog, but with Martin's birth (poor Ronnie); Martin's discovery of his origins; etc. I love how that, unlike Seth Brundle, he was able to retain just enough of his humanity to not harm either the guard dog or Beth. That scene where the creature is looking at her, you can see he's trying to communicate with her - but he isn't capable and when he walks away, you could imagine his despair at frightening Beth and not being able to comfort her. Plus, also, I really feel for Stathis in this one. Although he started out as a jerk in the last film, he ended up a hero and having to witness the love of his life die from giving birth to a mutant (lets be honest, Martin IS a mutant), not a human being - it would be a shock if it didn't traumatize him. In fact, in the script, after Ronnie died, Bartok gave Stathis hush money to not speak of the experience to anyone. After all the stuff he went through, it is really not surprising he became a bitter drunk. But even despite that, and probably because he knew Ronnie was a part of Martin, he decided to help him. I do think its super insanely disgusting and creepy that Martin is essentially hitting a woman who is 18-25 years older than him and Beth is no better - she is in lust with a 5 year old.... = Calling every known law enforcement agency in the known universe as well as Chris Hansen! Gross!

The most powerful moment in the revenge dish served cold to Bartok was when he crawled over to his gruel dish and in his gruel was a FLY that he stared at in shock! That was the most important scene! I am kind of surprised that you missed that detail, but great video regardless. :D

"Bartok's been lying to Martin, telling him the reason that he's there is because he suffers from a rare growth disorder that he contracted because of his father" I mean, he's technically not lying

I couldn't watch this for a few years after it was in theaters because I'd seen the kitten in a movie review on tv. Someone told me the kitty was okay, but they didn't warn me about the dog. I'm more a cat person, but the dog made me cry.

9:45 See, right there. That eye twitch shows perfectly that the guy is piss-pants terrified, but still has a job to do. God I love little details like that! I miss back when directors would actually let a shot linger instead of cutting every half second!

Coincidentally, I watched both The Fly and The Fly II late at night on television, roughly 3ish months apart from each other (I was about 13 years old and was taking full advantage of having a TV in my room). The Fly is my favourite monster/horror film and The Fly II is, while flawed, a solid movie in its own right. To this day, I tell everyone who'll listen that MartinFly's creature effects are some of the best I've seen. I've heard rumours of another Fly remake in the works and I'm cautiously optimistic. If anything it'll give me a reason to make my friends watch the 80s Fly movies.

The dog scene in this movie crushes my heart! And the futurama episode "Jurassic Bark" does the same (leaving me emotionally destroyed).

Serves Bartok right for what he did to the poor Golden Retriever.

They Fly is one of my all time favorites, but I didn't finish this one. The mutated dog bummed me out way too much. I was in the mood for a goretastic vomit fest, and instead I got a punch in the soul. It does make the end one of the best revenge moments ever, though. I should have stuck with it.

All I remember of this movie is the so-sad dog scene and the line "I'm getting BETTER!"

Man, that dog scene, makes me cry to this day, but the bad guy payoff, ALWAYS makes me smile, nothing like seeing a villain get their comeuppance

The scenes with the dog hit me in the heart strings. I love dogs and that was just horrifying. Poor thing didn't deserve that.

i love that the main character finds a way to live, for the most part cure himself,and the villains get what's coming to them.

The 'Circle Of Life' bit was perfectly justified since Disney now owns Fox.

lol Beth was the one getting the “good dickin’” technically.

Try turning on the TV in the middle of the night, with all the lights off, and it's right when the face-melting scene happens. That happened to me once, and I didn't sleep for the rest of the night. (shudders) 😖

I love practical effects, I wish they were used more today.

The dog ;((( NOT THE DOG!

That dog is still one of the saddest things I've seen a movie, I watched it pretty young too and it fucked my head up then and it still gets to me now (twenty years later) :-(

That dog scene was really sad

This was a nice continuation of the first film, kept the same dark tones and gore, and was nice to see the son taking over and trying to get those machines to work.

I like the ending shot of that fly on his food bowl. As if to say all of this started because of a simple damned house fly.

The Fly 2: Fly Harder.

I really liked this movie, watched all the time when I was a kid in the early 90s. There was less star power than the original but the 3rd act of the movie with the Fly creature was amazing, the best monster in the pre-CGI era.

9:55 Daphne Zuniga's scream was epic.

Man, that Face Melt scene is one of the best examples of practical effects for older movies that I can think of second to The Thing. I wish I could put it into better word, but it's just so REAL and SO GOOD!

The Fly II was almost entirely filmed 2 blocks away from my home at the time. All the "interiors" (Bartok Industries) filmed at Bridge Studios (then known as B.C. Film Center Studios) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (next door to Vancouver) The "exteriors" (Bartok Industries) further away as mentioned at Simon Fraser University, also in Burnaby. I remember passing by hoping to see any actors. I had seen actress Daphne Zuniga outside smoking & Eric Stoltz walked by her saying "smoking again?"

wait a second, a good sequal and remake, we'll never see something like this again

That dog man...that poor poor dog...

There are some pretty horrific scenes that will fuck up your childhood for life in this movie: - needle braking in a vein (when he was getting those shots) - hunchback dog and his suffering - guy with face and hands melted, but still was breathing and alive although his skull was practically open - that other guy's head exploding by the pressure of an elevator coming down on him

I was based on the outskirts of London when this came out, was lucky to get to see a midnight double bill of The Fly and this film a week before its general release. The ending, with Bartok messed up living in the pit, got the biggest cheer I've ever heard in a cinema, even to this day; the perfect comeuppance, which everyone agreed with.

I watched that movie when I was 13. Still haunted by the dog scene. Thanks for the review, great memories.

I love this movie and the original! Nice to hear somebody say good things about it. It's not as good as the first one but I like the story a bit more, and that ending with bad guy becoming a fucked up monster man is one of the most satisfying villains endings I can think of.

Martin 5 years old, girl 25? That's not questionable at all.

I saw both the original (remake) and part 2 in theaters as a teen. The Fly is an unquestionable masterpiece with no equal, but part two isn't the dumpster fire most make it out to be. Definitely worth a look if you're into gory B-movies.

That melting face has to be one of the most powerful examples of practical effects. It makes you feel like laughing, but is so horrible that it makes you feel sick. CGI only makes you laugh or facepalm.

That part with the dog, made me cry so much... Ffs.. Lol

I remember seeing this when it first came out, I cried with the dog scene. All these years later....you made me remember, so I cried again. I have a soul!

5:33 just in horror movies? That's one of the saddest things i've ever seen in any movie. It's very rare for me to start sobbing uncontrolably over any form of media. But that scene managed to completely break me.

That face melting scene always makes me cringe!

A highly underrated film. Brilliantly made.

Lol Stathis isn't a scumbag. He may be ripe with jealousy, but if you think about it, he's actually a decent guy. He does everything possible to help Ronnie: comforting her after she discovered she was pregnant, finding an abortion clinic for her, then pulling strings to get it done, AND managing to rescue her from Seth even after his hand and foot were melted off by fly vomit. Stathis was the real hero there lol

My mom and I watched this when I was a kid and I couldn't stop crying about the dog. She had to pause the movie and explain that it wasn't real and no animal got hurt. I remember this movie and punpkinhead really making me cry as a little kid.

The whole animal over human things comes from that domesticated animals are usually cute/helpless/trusting and completely innocent so they put that in knowing that to make it fuck with you more.

I actually liked this sequel better than the first one. This one had an emotional resonance that I feel the Fly never really had. Jeff Goldblum's character was a complete nutter, while his son easily invoked sympathy and audiences' support, even when he murdered the scientists and guards. Hell, they could have made the scientists and guards less cruel and I still would have supported Eric Stoltz's character's murder spree.

My uncle was first or maybe second assistant director on this movie and I was so excited to see it when it came out. When I was 8. Holy crap, it haunts me still when I think of it, I’ve only been able to finally rewatch it again in the past couple of years.

That dog has haunted me ever since I was a kid when I seen this movie. I have to remind myself it's just a puppet .

Imho the film suffers most from its lighting and shot choices. Script and performances aside, it looks and feels like a tv movie.

8:08 It's nice to know Byers had a job as a scientist before he joined The Lone Gunmen.

Dude didn't even look like a fly in the end😳😳

"I have yet to see cgi have this type of emotion" i think you forgot I am legend

I’d repressed the memory of that dog… Thanks sooooo much for un-repressing it...

who said this was crap, The Fly 2 was brilliant

I love this movie, very underated! The first time I saw it, is when I was seven at a friend's Birthday party. His name was Marnell and he was from the Philippines and the two of us were big into horror movies (phrophorobly A Nightmare on Elm Street). We watched it after all the other kids had left; I thought his parents were the coolest in the world for letting us watch it - great moment in my life.

This video is never not rewatchable So stoked you're still pumping out great stuff to this day!

Just discovered your reviews, keep up the phenomenal work

They Fly 2 is maybe one of the best under rated movies ever. Could you do a review of the 1982 movie Madman? It isn't as well known as it should be and I hope that maybe you could help it out.

I gotta say, the face melt scene was pretty damn cool. Hats off to the special effects guy.

Vince D'onofrio loves playing bugs.

It's odd. I've seen this about 10 years ago for the first time, not since then. But I remember almost everything about it.

Ending is weird. Everyone in the lab would be upset that martin brutally killed staff members.

The dog scene still makes me cry. Ugly cry. 😢 Triggers my childhood feelings when I first watched it.

Great review. I haven't watched the movie since it was released on VHS all those years ago. Your review made all the memories come back about how enjoyable the Fly II really was. Before that everything was just a vague fog tainted by what I heard about it since. Again nice job, subbed and I'm going to re-watch it tonight.

AMAZING REVIEW. Subbed. That shot at 9:28 with the door shutting is pitch perfect! Possibly the best sequence I've seen in a non-cgi film to show the strength of a monster. Wow. Just... wow! And I love how he pats the dog just before! Naaawwww... back when even the [apparently shit] sequels had soul & spirit. :) I might check this out.

10:16 I'm glad Bartok got what he deserve what a sick bastard.

I remember seeing this and being really surprised that so many people disliked it. It was competent, the practical effects were fantastic, and holy shit were the dog/Bartok genetic breakdown parts powerful. I've been watching horror movies all my life, and the scene where Bartok is revealed to be the new laboratory experiment is still disturbing.

Great video, gonna watch the Fly 2 tonight, you made it look awesome and I wanna watch it even after the comprehensive review.

It's a perfectly decent creature feature with a bit more to it than I would have expected. Great effects. It's just so inferior to the original that it seems worse than it really is.

This is a great review - thanks for mentioning the creature crew: I worked with Jim Issac on his last film, many of the folks on our crew were Fly veterans. The best in the industry. They had some fun stories.

Have no idea how this video was selected. I just turned my phone on and it started playing. The flyII is one of my all time favorites so I couldn't stop watching. Now I'm going to need to break out my VHS.

This is a rare instance where the sequel surpasses the original. The Scoreby christopher young with those hellraiseresque type of themes are some of the darkest operatic and melancholy orchestral music ever written . Plus the tear jerking dog scene and the chemistry between the actors portraying good and bad is very beleivable.

Boy that dog sequence is moving.

OK! Been considering subscribing... Now I am DEFINITELY Subscribing! This was a great movie and your review is brilliant!

One of the nest movie reviews/reviewer I have seen/heard. Well edited. On point commentary w/o any hoopla or gimmicks. Well done!

You know thats a pretty good touch. Not attacking the security dog but petting it. Shows that like his father he still had his mind. He is just really really REALLY pissed off.