Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Vomitron_G Holy Macaroni! This one really is as bad as everyone says it is. Poor Lance Henriksen! This truly is one of the worst movies I ever saw him in. This movie should have been called "The Cables of Death" or whatever, because it has nothing to do with the original "The Mangler" (1995) and all we see is some cables and wires moving around once in a while. At least in my country DVD distributors had the sense to re-name it "Virtual Death" (a more stupid & more fitting title). All killings are off-screen and there's no real tension whatsoever throughout the whole movie... And that stupid, cheap electro/techno soundtrack... Ow, aw, ugh! On to the points: One point because this movie makes "The Mangler" look incredibly good (and the original one needs that, in my humble opinion), if not to say excellent! One point for Lance Henriksen hanging on cables with wires running through his head and body near the end. One point for Daniella Evangelista doing a lot of running dressed in a tiny red bikini, making her boobs go up and down and up and down and up and down and... wooow, what a fascinating sight that was. There you have my generous rating for "The Mangler 2" explained.

djcoreyp2003 The Mangler Deux was one of the best movies I have ever seen. Going into the movie I had no idea what it was about, and now I do. Why did this movie go straight to video? It should have been a red carpet summer blockbuster!!! It would have been the feelgood hit of the year!!! I guess it is just a sleeper, maybe in the year 3029 The Mangler Deux will finally be recognized as a film making masterpiece. I don't really know who was in the movie, who produced or directed it, hell, I don't even know what day it is. One thing I do know is, The Mangler Deux will make you want to do huge dramatic jump fly kicks, and cast wizard spells on drunken sprites. Apparently they are making a sequel to The Mangler Deux. I don't know the name of the title, but I hope it is The Mangler Thrice. Hold on to your cowboy hats, it's gonna be a wild ride!!!!!

NightWindDrifter Looking to spend some movie-time with my girlfriend, we both made our way to a local Blockbuster. While browsing lanes, a certain title caught my eye - Mangler 2. I had seen part one years ago, and really enjoyed the movie. Naturally, I thought this "sequel" would be just as entertaining, if not slightly less.Let me tell you, this had to be the worst movie I've ever seen. The only horror coming from this movie is the acting; absolutely horrendous in every way possible. Sure, this is the kind of thing you expect from a low-budget movie, but did it have to be this bad?The Mangler in this one is completely different and unrelated to the Mangler in part 1 (which, for those who haven't read the tag line/seen the movie, is a laundry machine). I won't compare the movies for sake of spoilers, but the fact that the Mangler has taken a steep downhill turn of scare-factor from devil-possessed machine to computer virus should be convincing enough that the first-mentioned prevails between the two.A predictable storyline, poor acting, corny jokes, and a plethora of shallow sexual innuendos will have you racing back to your rental store for a refund.Said several times and true, "You can't do a low-budget horror film."

ajbo I just rented this film two days ago, and got around to watching it last night. It's not as bad as people say it its, it doesnt deserve this bad of a wrap. Farfetched? Yea Horrible? No, it has an interesting plot and the acting isnt half bad, and face it people we dont need a freakin gore fest to have a good movie *Helloo Halloween?!* Onto the review...The Plot: A Disturbed girl, Jo Newton, breaks into her father's office and plans to download a virus onto her Father's computer. All goes well until the alarm goes off, and she bolts. Her father ends up catching her and as a punishment sends her back to her Private School, where everyone is getting back from Spring Break. Jo isnt exactly what you would call popular, although her father donates INCREDIBLE amounts of money to the school, yet Jo only has about four friends. So Headmaster Bradeen decides to add an incredibly high-tech security systme, all controlled from one computer. Before he does this, he sends all students but five onto their geography trip, guess who the five that stay back are...Well Jo gets mad at everyone and downloads a virus called Mangler 2.0 onto the school's System, which in the end wreaks havoc on the entire school and soon, begins Killing off the remains one by one...The Acting: It's a DTV, get over it, the acting isnt gonna be Award Winning Material. Although it wasnt horrible either. The Actress who stood out for me was Daniella Evangelista, not only was she a good actress and plays "Bitch" very well, but was great Eye-Candy. Chelsea Swain was all right, she handled her role well even though she's not the best cryer, but she did what she could...as for the others they did ok, the Stoner, African American Guy and Boyfriend were all about the same, they did what they could, the Chef was good for Comic Relief and also did what he could, the other teachers, electrician and Bradeen were all on the same level. It's a surprise that Lance even did this. He went from Scream 3 to doing DTV Films...?Blood & Gore: There's really nothing but some blood spatter here. Some guy gets his skin peeled off by scaulding water, some other guy gets his hacked up by Hedge Clippers (Held By Computer Wires...?) Another falls down a flight of stairs and gets his head chopped off by a Fire Ax, Another woman gets her hair caught in a Fax Machine and has her hair ripped out, then theres an electrocution, hanging, and a guy gets crushed in the bleachers. As bloody as this all sounds, most of it is Off-Screen.Directing: The Director of this film wasnt that bad for a First Time Director. He did fairly well for his first time. Different angles and the Night Vision angles and Security Camera angles were pretty cool, so over all it was a pretty decent film. Nothing to get scared over, but just a fun film to watch on a night with friends.ALSO ive heard numerous reports of a Glitch on the DVD where a scene is cut out, i didnt see this. After an Un-Named Character dies in the bleachers, it's obvious all the others run out of the gym and out to the field, it's not that hard to understand, unless im missing something or something i dunno, but i didnt find any "Glitch".OVERALL the film was decent, dont rent it if you want to be scared shytless, but just for pure fun. Its a refrshing installment into the Slasher Genre, something we havent really seen before. I Give Mangler 2 an 8/10, talks of a Mangler 3 and 4 have been heard, i wonder...