AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

SnoopyStyle Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) has lived happily with new wife Lena (Helen Hunt) in L.A. for six years after he sent Whistler back up the line without a body. Whistler's brother E.D. Wardo has gone back to old California. McNulty is given two days to go back to capture him with the help of Jack Deth. Jack's future body is too damaged and he must return in the TCL Chamber. He's been offered a seat on the council. In the present, drunken baseball pitcher Hap Ashby has cleaned up his life and made a fortune from investments. Jack, Lena, Hap, and McNulty in the body of a girl face off against Wardo and his organization Green World which is turning the insane into trancers. Then Jack's deceased wife Alice (Megan Ward) shows up after he helps her escape from Green World.Trancers is one of my favorite sci-fi B-movies. The world is a fun mash up of sci-fi concepts. There's time-travel, time-dilation, and the zombie-like trancers. There is real charm to the lower budget B-movie. The sequel should be bigger but it's still the same level. They try to change it up by sending down Jack's dead wife. It's a wrong move. It makes Lena look bad. It's badly complicated. The rest is a retread of the first movie. This is disappointing.

Vomitron_G The first "Trancers" (1985) was a minor classic when it comes to Charles Band films (still produced under the flag of his short-lived Empire Pictures production company). With the formation of Full Moon Entertainment, "Trancers" received its first sequel and was turned into a franchise during the '90s. If you've enjoyed the first film, then you'll most likely have some fun with this second one (and third film also). All principle players from the first film return (Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Biff Manard, Art LaFleur, etc.) and the cast is completed by some cult actors/actresses in supporting roles & cameos (Jeffrey Combs, Martine Beswick, Barbara Crampton). Regular Full Moon cutie Megan Ward ("Crash and Burn", 1990) is along for the ride too (as Jack Deth's former love-interest) and Richard Lynch plays - surprise, surprise - the main villain. Needless to say the celebrated B-movie cast alone makes this film a fun watch. Other than that, "Trancers II" is yet again your typical early Full Moon blend of sci-fi/action/horror & a tad bit more comedy than usual (thanks to Tim Thomerson's character & his spot-on one-liners). The plot is the usual bag of fun nonsense: While future cop Jack Deth (Thomerson) is now accustomed to the life of 1991 L.A., he'll have to pick up his Trancer-hunting habits again when evil Dr. Wardo (Lynch) & his organisation have come up with a scheme to turn mentally weak humans into Trancers (zombie-like slaves with great physical powers). "Trancers II" isn't really worse than the first one (and not better either), but the original is just a bit more spirited. This first sequel just feels a bit less gritty (less '80s and a bit more early '90s, that is) and the chemistry between Thomerson & Hunt is a bit gone now. And it's the same with all of Full Moon's major film series (like "Puppet Master" and "Subspecies"): if you've seen one installment and didn't like it, you probably won't like the other films either. And that goes the other way around too, of course.

dr_foreman Why review good movies when you can review "Trancers II?"Ooh, this film is soooo lame. I can just picture the cast and crew driving around L.A. with a camcorder, hurling extras in silly monster make-up at poor, long-suffering Tim Thomerson. The stars' families actually turn up to play cameos, probably because Full Moon couldn't afford "real" extras. Lame effects, lame sets, and a script so convoluted it would take eons to untie all the knots - this must be classic Trancers!And yet...and yet...it rules. Note this is the same thing I say about "Trancers IV." I say it because it's true. What can beat watching an old guy in a trench coat mow down zombies, then bust out with quips like, "Don't worry ladies, they're bio-degradable"? Well, lots of things could be better, but anyway this is still good stuff.My only significant reservation is Megan Ward, who really stinks up the joint. She's a lousy rival for Helen Hunt's character - they're both young pieces of eye candy, and it would've been more effective if they actually contrasted a bit more. Oh well, you can't have everything. At least the wonderful plot device of the "long second watch" is back in place, and we've got more of Hap Ashby, the least-convincing athlete in the history of cinema (oh, wait a minute - he's got a rival in the form of David Ogden Steirs in "Creator").I haven't seen this lately, but I do seem to remember that Martine Beswick runs away twice during the final battle. Hooray for lousy continuity! Just one of the many highlights in this fine film.

TVGM3000-2 Me and my friend rented this movie for $2.50. And we both agree on one thing:THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!Also me and my friend counted 475 face shots. (Which makes up 95% of the movie).So in other words: DO SEE THIS MOVIE UNLESS YOU LIKE WASTING MONEY! And I do!