Synopsis
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
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Cast
- Zach GalliganBilly Peltzer
- Phoebe CatesKate Beringer
- John GloverDaniel Clamp
- Robert ProskyGrandpa Fred
- Robert PicardoForster
- Christopher LeeDoctor Catheter
- Haviland MorrisMarla Bloodstone
- Dick MillerMurray Futterman
- Jackie JosephSheila Futterman
- Gedde WatanabeMr. Katsuji
Recommendations
- 80
BBC
The sequel to Gremlins actually proves more enjoyable than the first film, offering audacious dark humour and a lot of knowing 'in-jokes'. - 80
The New Yorker
This uninhibited and uproarious monster bash, directed by Joe Dante, is more quick-witted and ironic than the original; it sets forth a savvy, slaphappy agenda before the opening credits and follows it straight through to the end, and even beyond. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Gremlins 2 is a limited achievement — it’s nothing but the sum of its own whirring pop-culture mechanics. But that’s more than enough to keep you occupied, and occasionally exhilarated. - 75
The Seattle Times
What lends it novelty and makes it such wicked fun is the change of locale from a Capra-esque small town to rude, hectic New York City. - 70
Chicago Reader
Solid, agreeable entertainment, this basically consists of plentiful gags and lighthearted satire spiked with Dante's compulsive taste for movie references, humorously scripted by Charlie Haas but without the darker thematic undertones and the more tableaulike construction of the original. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Gremlins 2 is better than the original, though it lacks the same archetypal horror-movie drive. - 70
The New York Times
Gremlins 2: The New Batch speaks to the gleeful hell-raising monster in each of us, and it speaks with much more verve, cleverness and good humor than the film on which it is based. Add this to the very short list of sequels that neatly surpass their predecessors. - 70
Newsweek
Gremlins 2 has its horror-movie side, but the grisly is definitely subordinate to the gags. Only a snob could resist such a generous level of lunacy.
