1991
Jon Hess
Jon Hess
Another cop of questionable ethics, David Hodges (Joseph
Bologna) or better known as “Lobo Solo” to his family and the local populace,
stumbles upon some severed limbs that are showing up in the lake. He figures out it’s
a giant alligator in about five minutes. The evil Future Chemicals has
been dumping experimental growth hormones in the sewers. There’s a professional wrestling match in the middle of the movie
for no reason. Richard Lynch shows up as Hawk Hawkins: Professional alligator
hunter. Nothing makes any sense for sixty more minutes and then we have two
cops shooting rocket launchers in the sewers to try and kill the alligator.
‘Alligator II’, forgoes the wit and lean plot of the
original and instead decides to go for crazy and ham-fisted. I knew when the
movie opened with two goons pouring chemicals in the sewer and explaining the
entire plot, I was in for a treat. There is a lot of comedy, and surprisingly, a lot of it
works. Sadly the alligator effects just don’t look very good. The attacks are
not scary or dynamic and the decision to give the alligator glowing yellow eyes
was pretty dumb. It’s a completely ridiculous monster movie but very entertaining.
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