VividSimon Simply Perfect

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Scott LeBrun Yes, admittedly it's just not as good as the first, very cool "Trancers" film, but then that's often to be expected of sequels. The basic ideas are still good, but this is quite plot heavy; the viewer really has to pay attention, and it's advised that they see "Trancers" # 1 before seeing this. It's also a little plodding, unlike the first "Trancers", and is short on action. There's still some humour to be found in the characters and the situations, and the gadgets are amusing like they were before.Tim Thomerson is once again a total hoot as cynical Trancer hunter Jack Deth, who's adjusted to life in the 20th century with his wife Lena (Helen Hunt). Hap Ashby (Biff Manard) has cleaned up his act and also cleaned up in the stock market. However, soon their happy lives will be disrupted when Jacks' first wife Alice is sent back in time to occupy the body of a mental patient (Megan Ward) and Dr. Wardo (Richard Lynch), brother of original villain Whistler, is using an environmental movement as a cover for creating a Trancer army.The real attraction is a wonderful collection of B movie actors; certainly the casting directors knew what they were doing. Lynch is of course a fantastic bad guy as always. Art La Fleur and Telma Hopkins return from the first film; La Fleurs' character McNulty is once again transported into the body of his female ancestor (Alyson Croft), who's now a teenager. Martine Beswicke and Jeffrey Combs play Lynchs' evil associates, Sonny Carl Davis is amiable asylum attendant Rabbit, Barbara Crampton has an all too brief role as a TV talk show host, and John Davis Chandler has a bit as a wino. Performances are decent but most of the actors have been better utilized in other projects.The dialogue just doesn't have a whole lot of zip to it; although Thomersons' delivery is good, it's doubtful that fans will go around quoting "Trancers II". Producer / director Charles Band seems to be going through the motions here, which is too bad. "Trancers" could and should have gotten a worthy sequel, but this is overall too muddled and lacking in energy to really soar.Six out of 10.

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.

hypnometal This actually started out with a good idea - essentially bringing Jack's wife back from the dead through time travel tricks, and bringing Whistler's protégé (in this case, his brother) to seek revenge and rebuild the Trancer army. But from there, the movie just suffers from a whole legion of little problems that are just noticeable enough, and they add up to just be annoying. First, while the drugs and the rebuilding the army make for a good sequel, the whole mental asylum/environmental front seem more appropriate for an episode of a TV series than a feature film. Second, the fact that Leena seemed to ignore the fact that Alice actually was Jack's wife who had died and instead treated her as just some woman he was cheating on her with was really bad writing. Third, could they have please not made Alice into a complete nympho, wanting to get into Jack's pants every other moment? Fourth, while a 9-year old girl sounding like a middle aged man is great comic relief, a 15-year old girl trying to sound like a middle aged man just sounds like a typical 15-year old girl. Finally (last one, I promise), what was the director's obsession with having practically every line be delivered right into the camera? Totally blew the storytelling.Still, it was a good effort, and it's not like the huge nosedive that the series took starting with Trancers IV.

Maniacmikeuswf Tim Thomerson once again did a great job playing Jack Deth. Helen Hunt was back for this one as well as Megan Ward who was very talented as Jack's first wife. This movie was a lot of fun to watch. It introduced the TCL Chamber. I loved this movie. The Jack Deth character deserves a lot of credit. The Trancers series must continue.