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BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Alligator II: The Mutation</B></div> <div> <B>(Animal/Toxic/Mutant/Monster)                                                                  6******skulls</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>*Blood* *Not Violent* *No Strong Language* *No Nudity* *No Sexual Situations* *Not Gory*</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1990/Color/92 Min./New Line Home Video & RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video & Golden Hawk Entertainment, Ltd./Rated PG-13</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Director.............Jon Hess (Excessive Force, Lawless Land, Watchers)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.......Curt Allen</B></div> <div> <B>Music................Jack Tillar</B></div> <div> <B>Producer..........Brandon Chase</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.....</B></div> <div> <B>Mechanical Creature and Make-up Effects by Bob McKee</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>David Hodges............Joseph Bologna (</B><I><B>My Favorite Year,Trannsylvania 6-5000</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Christine Hodges......Dee Wallace Stone* (</B><I><B>Cujo, E.T., The Howling</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Hawkins......................Richard Lynch (</B><I><B>Bad Dreams, Puppetmaster III</B></I><B>) </B></div> <div> <B>Rich Harmon..............Woody Brown (</B><I><B>The Accused, The Rain Killer</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Sheri Anderson.........Holly Gagnier </B></div> <div> <B>Mayor Anderson.......Bill Daily (</B><I><B>I Dream of Jeannie</B></I><B>-TV, </B><I><B>Bob Newhart</B></I><B>-TV)</B></div> <div> <B>Vinnie Brown.............Steve Railsback (</B><I><B>Blue Monkey, Helter Skelter</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Chief Speed................Brock Peters (</B><I><B>Star Trek VI, Two Minute Warning</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Carmen.......................Goric </B></div> <div> <B>Reuben Ruiz..............Julian Reyes</B></div> <div> <B>Wino Henry................Carmen Filpi</B></div> <div> <B>Wrestler.....................Professor Toru Tanaka</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: This is a shameless rip-off of the original Jaws down to the minutiae and a good one at that. Liberally lifts scenes from "Jaws" falling flashlight, swirling leg, syringe full of poison, unethical businessman and Mayor, exploding creature etc. Retarded dialog "Did anyone ever tell you you have a great backyard?" and camp comic book characters that don't really wash in the beginning, but do grow on you. The flirtation, and particularly the love affair, has no preparation whatsoever. In fact, the film could have ended one scene earlier. Despite the films rather glaring deficiency in screenplay and originality, it overcomes its early jitters to provide (we can't believe it ourselves) another decent mutant alligator movie. The acting is fine and the settings and camerawork, combined with the slick direction provide a nice mood and pace. The alligator footage is even better this time around with a few brief exceptions. Does Dee Wallace Stone (Cujo, The Hills Have Eyes) act as a magnet for mean animals and Mutants?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: In the sewers beneath the city of Regent Park, a rat struggles to remain atop a skeleton churning in the very green water as two goons pump chemical waste down a manhole cover. One wonders what effect this might have. The unsuspecting denizens are all celebrating. At the same time, two Hispanic men don scuba masks and begin spear fishing. The celebration of a catch is cut short when a gigantic alligator eats them both. The next morning Nightshift Det. David Lobo celebrates his birthday alone with a video made by his wife, Chris and son. Mayor Anderson and his real estate gangsters are celebrating their ostentatious new housing development. The report of two missing persons interrupts the celebratory mood. When Det. Hodges, who speaks Spanish takes an interest in the case he is informed of a foot that was found this morning. The coroner says "Big animal bite!" The amino acid he found was from saliva, the chemicals he can't identify. Hodges wife works at the university lab and she doesn't know what she has without a water sample from the lake. She warns him to be home for his party. The coroner adds three derelicts have recently disappeared and the sewer system which runs beneath the entire town is connected to the lake. While Det. Hodges is at the lake a boy watches his beach ball eaten by a big alligator. The Hispanic population believes Brown is trying to scare them from their homes. Christine sees the photos and concludes its a hitter, a crocodile or alligator.</B></div> <div> <B>How could a sewer alligator grow large enough to do this kind of damage? In less the 24 hours Vincent Brown and the Mayor will hold their grand party at the waterfront and put this town on the map. Hodges heads for the country club to talk to Brown. Brown and the Mayor refuse to cancel the party. Brown promises to take care of the matter quietly and the Mayor puts Hodges under house arrest. Brown tells his henchman to find some alligator hunters. Hodges cuffs his rookie escort, Off. Rich Harvin to the toilet and escapes within minutes. Mayor Anderson's very spoiled daughter arrives and proves to have a strong character. She doesn't want him hanging around with sleazy Vinnie Brown. She decides to horrify her father by schmoozing with Vinnie herself so that he might realize what an appalling sight it is. They enjoy fixed wrestling while the city's homeless population takes a big hit Alligator style. As mayors daughter frees Off. Harvin romance blossoms. Hodges meanwhile is surrounded by a gang. They want to discuss the pollution in the lake, the bizarre growth of the fish and resulting lousy taste, all since Brown started working the water front. Their leader Ruben wants Brown stopped, he's killing people and his poison is causing the fish to mutate. Hodges says its not Brown, its a big alligator. Hodges responds to the report off the eaten homeless "bits and pieces" and this time there is a witness, homeless Henry, "It was a giant crocodile!" The Mayor gets a compromise from the chief Clarence until noon tomorrow Brown has to catch the thing or they do it Hodges way. Harmon is suspended for his embarrassment, a trick by the chief to allow Hodges and Harmon to work together on the monster. The enamored mayor's daughter tags along. Christine's test shows that the specimen shows adrenaline and saliva, indicating that the Future Chemicals Corporation tests on growth hormone bonded adrenaline may never have stopped. That would be very bad in the case of an alligator. As in part one, a flamboyant alligator Hunter, Hawkins, and his crew are brought in, this time from the deep south. At the same time Hodges and the claustrophobic Harmon are in the sewers searching for the problem while Christine and X do manhole cover duty above via walky-talky. Soon the yty encounter and shoot the alligator with no effect, the hand grenade likewise has no effect. The two sticks of dynamite just makes it mad. The City Boys get out for reinforcements while the Southern boys go in, knowing full well what they're up against based on the size of the nest. The Professionals too are forced to retreat but not in time. Hawkins' brother and two crew members are lost. Brown is exposed as a chemical dumper he is and agrees to close down the carnival. The question is, can they close Regent Park down fast enough. Its turf violated, the alligator is expected to move to open waters, and in its current agitated state, it might pose a threat to the friendly civilians at the waterfront. Hawkins predicts a rampage. As he races to close down the park Police Chief Clarence is run off the road by Brown's limousine. Brown deal raises the stakes by declaring the carnival and everything there free of charge and raising his previous real estate offer by 5000 per house. Below the city Hodges, Hawkins, and Harmon are building a six stick dynamite bomb for their amphibian foil. Unfortunately, the alligator eats it damaging the detonator and is now a walking bomb. Christine arrives with a giant syringe full of Syenogen?, a deadly poison. Getting close enough to inject it in the alligator's soft underside may pose a problem and the bomb in the alligator could go off at any time. When the Mayor finally turns on the megalomaniac Brown,  he is shot on the ferris wheel right as the alligator walks onto the carnival grounds. 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