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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL,
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This review is from: Exterminator 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is your classic D grade trash movie, and a guilty pleasure. This time Ginty's back & after a scummy street gang with the aid of his garbage truck arsenal. Definately better than the first movie, and actually quite fun.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Much better than reputation indicates,
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This review is from: Exterminator 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This sequel to "The Exterminator" returns Johnny Eastland (Robert Ginty) to the mean streets of NYC, this time sporting a flame thrower and a welding mask . Eastland and a friend (Frankie Faison, better known to modern audiences as Barney from "The Silence of the Lambs") run afoul of a sinister gang led by a psychotic named "X" ( a surprisingly entertaining Mario Van Peebles), and soon enough Eastland is once again in action on a mission of revenge.Although this is definitely a knock off of "Death Wish" (it is low budget to say the least), "Exterminator 2" is a lot better than it's reputation would indicate. This isn't the type of movie that any filmgoer would view expecting oscar worthy performances or direction, but rather a shamelessly exploitative action flick that pumps up the "eye for an eye" philosophy to the max. That's okay, though, because it's supposed to be such a film. By streamlining Eastland's M.O. in this picture, the filmmakers have given him a little more of an edge. Whereas the first film had the vigilante moments incorporating a wide variety of 'creative deaths" (almost as if it were the slasher movie variant of "Death Wish"), here Ginty pretty much stays with the flamethrower as his primary tool of vengeance. One can conceivably understand why any punk terrorizing the streets would be in fear for his life if a vigilante were walking around torching their numbers at random. This allows for some pretty good moments where The Exterminator, almost phantom-like in his ability to emerge from the shadows, walks up out of the night to torch some criminal (One of the more memorable scenes involves a thug keeping guard while perched in a tree). There are logic errors throughout the film ( examples: in the climactic confrontation, how does "X" know Eastlands name? And since when does a police helicopter crash in the middle of a city street with nary a cop car in sight?) but these can be forgiven due to the movies willingness to satisy the viewers action lust and show us what we came to see in the first place- The Exterminator laying down his own violent brand of justice. Over all, I gave this four stars because the film knows what it is, and aspires to be nothing more (or less) than fun, B-movie trash. Besides, it's light years and away better than "Death Wish" numbers 2-5.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I Am The Streets,
By IrnMdn00 (Not in a Red State, unfortunately) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Exterminator 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Will you people calm down.No this movie is not "Citizen Kane" and sure its a ripoff of the "Death Wish" movies, but so what. You've got a couple of likeable characters, some big time bad guys lead by a young Mario Van Peebles, and you've got flamethrowers and garbage trucks used as weaspons...what more do you want???? Any Golan-Globus movie with butt-kicking and explosions is fine by me.
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