5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2015
Best movie trilogy ever!!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2022
Not as good as the original, perhaps. But that movie is so awesome it’s hard to top.
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2022
Buena para ver con la familia
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2022
This is such a great sequel! I want a hoverboard!
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2022
Great scott! This was probably one of the worst movies I've seen. It was NOT AT ALL like the first one. Doc should use the DeLorean to make this a better movie. The beginning takes place in 2015 (lol) and is unbelievably ridiculous and the Biff and griff characters became so stupid as villains. This movie was actually exhausting and disconnected. The second half of the movie is just rewatching clips of the first movie for a second time but now Marty and doc make a million mistakes which makes the movie go on nearly forever. I could barely finish it. But the satisfying ending saves it... not. I don't have to worry about spoiling it because the ending is just promo for the third film... yay so satisfying. I did give two stars for the laughs I had but it was just over how ridiculous this movie was. BTW why was Marty's gf even in this? Legend has it she's still waiting on the random porch.
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2011
In 1989, Universal Studios, director Robert Zemeckis and writer/producer Bob Gale brought us Back to the Future Part II. This second film has gotten some bad reviews, but it really is an underrated sequel.
Marty(Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown(Christopher Lloyd) travel to the year 2015 to stop Griff Tannen from sending Marty McFly Jr. to jail. While in the future, Marty buys a sports almanac and plans to use it to bet on sporting events in the past. Doc Brown throws the almanac in the trash and Old Biff Tannen(Thomas F. Wilson) fishes it out of the garbage can. Old Biff steals the DeLorean time machine and gives the book to himself in the past. When Marty and Doc Brown return to 1985, Hill Valley,
California has been turned into a crime-filled, gritty, polluted dystopia. Biff is filthy rich and married to Marty's mother, Lorraine(Lea Thompson). Marty finds out that George McFly was murdered in 1973! Marty and Doc Brown must travel to the year 1955 and destroy the sports almanac in order to repair the damage to the time line. Claudia Wells played Jennifer Parker in the first film. In the sequels, Jennifer is played by Elisabeth Shue. Crispin Glover didn't want to play George McFly in the
sequels. He's filled in with actor Jeffrey Wisemann playing George McFly, still photos of Glover, and stock footage.
Back to the Future Part II opens with credits playing over stock footage left over from Firefox(1982). Alan Silvestri polished and enhanced some of his music cues from the first Back to the Future. Back to the Future Part II treats us to the sight of Marty using a Hover Board. In 1989, some people thought they were real. We also get to see more of the flying DeLorean. There's
sight gags such as Jaws 19 playing in a movie theater and a Max Headroom version of Michael Jackson in the Cafe 80's. Zemeckis pokes fun of himself by putting a Roger Rabbit doll in a window! Zemeckis directed the live action scenes in Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988). At one point, the scenes in the past were going to take place in 1967. We'd see George McFly and Lorraine as hippies. The producers used 1955 as the past to keep the budget under control. We get to see scenes from the first film at
alternate angles. In Back to the Future Part II and III, Marty loses his temper when someone calls him a "chicken"! This never happened in the first film. Back to the Future Part II is an underrated sequel and Back to the Future Part III completes the story arc.
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2016
This movie Back to the Future Part II takes a very somber view of what happens when Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Llloyd) transport from 1985 to 2015. For one thing, both the characters of McFly and Doc Brown have to try to stop a Presidential Biff (Thomas F. Wilson) from turning the country into a dystopian society filled with extreme economic unrest for people outside of the government. One of the other reasons why the time travel is shown to be essential in this episode is due to the fate of McFly’s parents’ lives (played by Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover) hanging in the balance if they are not able to stop the Biffs from 2015 and 1955. The date November 12, 1955 is significant for the characters of Mcfly and Doc Brown to travel back to in order to intervene in Bif’s life before he has the chance to use his knowledge for evil/sinister ends. Additionally, they have to find a way to go ahead and include McFly’s girlfriend Jennifer Parker (Elizabeth Shue) in their plans without her remembering too much. Of course, there is much more to this fiction time travel movie (as well as other characters and actresses involved such as Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers playing a brief cameo of Douglas J. Needles). I understand that Back to the Future Part II is an entertaining and fictional time travel movie. Additionally, even as someone who wanted Hillary Clinton to become President, I’m hopeful that the dystopian potential reality reflected in this movie never happens in real life (because a less than ideal outcome in real-life would affect all supporters regardless of political affiliation).
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5.0 out of 5 stars NEW HD TRANSFER FOR THE CLASSIC SEQUEL TO FIRST BACK TO THE FUTURE, PLUS NEW SPECIAL FEATURES
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2015
An excellent sequel to the 1985 classic, i think this sequel is just as Good as the first in my opinion anyway
screenplay/story written by both Bob Gale & Robert zemeckis but Directed by Robert zemeckis
scrap the very old dvd release of this film
get this new blu-ray quality of Back to the future II
Universal has again given the picture quality a new HD transfer & it looks
beautiful in 1:85:1 widescreen
very sharp & clear picture quality just like the first Back to the future blu-ray
again a new 5.1 Master audio mix has been given to which makes a big Difference to the sound quality for sure
Universal have also added a new 30min retrospective Documentary just for this blu-ray release
TALES FROM THE FUTURE-TIME FLIES
new in depth interviews about the sequel
with again Bob Gale, Robert zemeckis, Steven spielberg, Frank marshall, Kathleen
kennedy
Cinematographer Dean cundey, Production Designer Rick carter, costumer Designer Joanna Johnston
plus new interviews with Claudia wells who played the original Jennifer parker
she explains how she was asked to reprise her role for the sequel
but she had left the Acting business in 1986 due to very personal issues in her family
and so Actress Elizabeth shue was brought in to replace her
unfortunately Elizabeth shue was not interviewed for this Documentary maybe she was
not available
but the usual Actors from the first back to the future are still interviewed
Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Marc McClure, except for Crispin Glover & Thomas F Wilson
Actress Wendie Jo sperber who played Marty's sister Linda McFly is also not interviewed
cause she passed away back in 2005 from Breast cancer
plus all the old special features from the 10 year old dvd release
making Back to the future II 1989 TV promo broadcast hosted by Leslie
nielson
plus the old DVD Documentary
BACK TO THE FUTURE-MAKING THE TRILOGY PART II
PHYSICS OF BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II, 8min featurette about the Franchise
all the Featurettes about the Production of the film
Designing the Delorean, Hoverboard test, Evolution of the visual effects shots, Photo Galleries
Deleted scenes, outtakes with optional commentary by Bob Gale
plus the old movie length dvd commentary by Bob Gale & Robert zemeckis is still included on this
blu-ray
all this one 1 blu-ray Disc, incredible
again the packaging is just standard blu-ray case
where is the U.S. edition is fold out Digi-pak but both Blu-ray versions are ALL REGIONS anyway
so you can either buy the fold out Digi-pak or this standard case version
time to upgrade for sure, get this new blu-ray version
worth 5 stars no Doubt about it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Back to the future II steelbook
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2018
Marty mcfly and doc brown with Jennifer travel to the future in this amazing steelbook
5.0 out of 5 stars Total gelohnt...
Reviewed in Germany on December 29, 2012
...hat sich der Kauf der Blu-ray des 2. Teil der Reihe. Einige Wochen zuvor habe ich beim DVD-Wühltisch im Supermarkt den ersten Teil gefunden und gekauft. Es ist nicht so, dass ich den Kauf bereuhe. Was ich aber bereuhe, dass ich nicht den 1. Teil auch auf Blu-ray erworben habe. Der Unterschied ist enorm. Die Farben leuchten, das Bild ist kaum körning. So macht Fernsehen erheblich mehr Freude. Für mich ist der 2.te Teil einer der besten Fortsetzungen. Z.B. Michael Jackson als animierte Figur im 80er Jahre Cafe ist einfach genial!
Kann also allen Fans der Reihe nur raten, die Teile auf Blu-ray zu erwerben. Es lohnt sich wirklich!
3.0 out of 5 stars ywa playable in canada
Reviewed in Canada on November 29, 2019
I wrote a review few days ago here advising that the item was suprisingly shipped from United Kingdom so figured it would not play in North America. The supplier agreed this probably was the case, but I opened the case and tried it and it played here, so even though the case was not marked with a region or listed as All regions it worked so amending my rating from one star to 3 stars.
5.0 out of 5 stars Längst ein Classicer
Reviewed in Germany on June 29, 2015
5Sterne für alles.Bild,Ton,und Preis recht akzeptabel.Für alle Zukunftvisionäre oder die auch mal in die Vergangenheit zurück reisen wollen zB.in die 50er Jahre.Auch Teil2 ist wie Teil3 in einer Blechschachtel verpackt auf der das Coverbild gedruckt ist,was sehrgut aussieht.Ein Film der nie vergeht u.den man immer wieder sehen kann.