Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki Verbose, mediocre sequel picks up six years after the original film, with Jack Deth (now living happily in present day 1991, with wife, again played by Helen Hunt) pursuing more trancers sent from the future, in a most contrived fashion, by original villain's brother. This time, his wife in the future is also sent back, and when she meets with Deth's current wife in 1991, it results in on-going arguments between the three. All parties concerned have apparently forgotten that Deth and his future wife were married 300 years in the future and haven't seen each other since Deth was sent back in the first film, six years earlier. Also forgotten is the fact that Jack Deth was told she was dead. Helen Hunt (still cute) and Megan Ward (gorgeous, although clad in khakis) have moments of humorous banter, and moments when their bickering becomes thoroughly annoying. This film tries to be cheesy like the original, sometimes it works, but sometimes feels too forced and artificial, with too many explanatory scenes of characters explaining the plot to the audience, while looking directly into the camera. Lengthy, painfully unfunny sequence of drunken derelict baseball in the alleyway is the nadir. The villain's death by pitchfork might have been a good touch, had it been filmed and edited better. Looking like a made-for-cable-TV movie, and nearly fifteen minutes longer than the original, it exemplifies the saying "Brevity is the essence of wit."

Woodyanders The original "Trancers" had a wit and spark to it which in turn made it one of the most inspired and enjoyable low-budget sci-fi sleepers from the 80s. This rather forced belated sequel tries a tad too hard to recapture the spirit of the first one with strictly middling results. Tim Thomerson still has the right cynical stuff as Jack Deth, who this time fights Whistler's brother E.D. Ward (smoothly played by Richard Lynch) who has started his own organization called Green World that's really a sinister front for a trancer farm. Alas, Charles Band's pedestrian direction and Jackson Barr's needlessly convoluted script both result in a very uneven on and off pace: The story really plods in the first two thirds and the initial action set pieces are blandly staged, but fortunately things pick up to a good degree in the pretty exciting last third. A worthy cast of familiar B-movie faces keeps it watchable enough: Martine Beswicke as the evil Nurse Trotter, a goateed Jeffrey Combs as Wardo's antsy assistant Dr. Pyle, Art LeFleur as Deth's hard-nosed boss McNulty, and Barbara Crampton as talk show host Sadie Brady. Helen Hunt is her usual sweet and charming self as the spunky Lena, the adorable Megan Ward adds some much-needed vitality as Jack's feisty first wife Alice Stillwell, Bill Manard is a hoot as reformed drunk Hap Ashby, Sonny Carl Davis contributes an amusing turn as wacky hospital orderly Rabbit, and late, great veteran character actor John Davis Chandler has a nifty bit part as a baseball-playing wino. However, the humor is hit or miss: A sizable amount of Jack's one-liners fall flat, although the squabbling between Lena and Alice does provide a few mildly funny moments. Both Adolfo Bartoli's slick cinematography and the moody synth score by Phil Davies and Mark Ryder are up to par. Acceptable, but it should have been so much better.

barnthebarn Frequently exceptional script for Trancers 2 so kudos to Jackson Barr. This sequel to Trancers is indeed 'ham'my but far from a turkey and (excuse the minute spoiler) never a bomb! The cast here is excellent with most of the original team repeating their roles and with Jack Deth's future wife played by Megan Ward an exceptional addition as is Richard Lynch as a troublesome environmentalist. Several cameos from Charles Band's father (Albert), mother (Jackie), mother-in-law (then wife Debra Dion's mother) and Helen Hunt's brother and Richard Lynch's son (Christopher) and Tim Thomerson's father and brother.Re-Animator team Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton also have small roles.Possibly better than the enjoyable first film this is a great sequel to - what at this point - looked like a fantastic film series.

TVGM3000-2 Me and my friend rented this movie for $2.50. And we both agree on one thing:THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!Also me and my friend counted 475 face shots. (Which makes up 95% of the movie).So in other words: DO SEE THIS MOVIE UNLESS YOU LIKE WASTING MONEY! And I do!