Eight years after the events of the first film, Mike and Reggie team up with Liz, a girl Mike has been seeing in his dreams, to track down the horrible Tall Man and stop his evil plans.
Subgenres: action, suspense
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The second Phantasm film is noticably darker than the first one, and that is to the benefit of this film's atmosphere and mood. Unfortunately, the same darkening of atmosphere also makes this film less fun than its predecessor. The emphasis in Phantasm II is on action (I love the quadruple-barrel shotgun). For all its seeming movement, this film still strangely goes nowhere, though it's not, without enough creative touches to hold a viewer's interest. Oh, and by the way--the is a dream or isn't it? ending isn't cute anymore. (Jan 19, 2000) | ||||||
Follows Phantasm. Followed by Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, and Phantasm IV: Oblivion.
