F/X2 (1991)

This is an awesome action film with great performances by Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy. Its fast paced action packed and full of great special f/x hence the name. I started to hear about this movie and f/x 1 about a year ago and it sounded interesting so a few months ago I went to fye and bought it and I loved it. I recommend this and F/X to all action fans. F/X is available on 1 DVD and 1 blue-ray and F/X2 is available on 1 DVD. You can find them for cheap on ebay. Although this film is underrated I think it is really awesome and that action fans would love this. If you like the movies there is also a TV series. FX2 is also known as the Deadly Art of Illusion so if you find a movie under that title it is FX2.

Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until an unknown party kills Mike. Mike's boss, says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, he is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, his close friend for help, and they discover it's not just the killer and the corrupt cops they have to worry about.......The first film was a moderate success when released, and the chemistry between Brown And Dennehy was sensational, so its not hugely surprising that a sequel was green lit.And while it's not the greatest film ever made, in fact, it's quite an incoherent mess at times, but just for the absurdity of it all, and the smugness of Dennehy, its a blast from beginning to end.Any film featuring a transvestite with a rocket launcher for an arm, a dancing clown suit, and a sausage firing machine, just begs to be seen.It's unashamedly tacky, one of those films that was struggling to adjust from the eighties, so we have your stereotypical bad cops, the woman who say yes to going to Jamaica after they haven't seen the guy for years, and of course, drinking and driving is an acceptable past time.But the chemistry is still there, the soundtrack is hilarious, and it looked like the cast and crew had a nice little holiday out of it by the look of the final scene.

First: I don't like action movies (anyone who ever read any of my comments probably knows it).But there are a few action movies that contain enough humor to be borderline comedies, and I just love them. After 'Lethal Weapon' (No 1 in the genre) I like FX most.And what about FX2? You can't say it's better, you can't say it's worse, you can't (unfortunately) say it's different from FX1 at all. From the very start (action scenes from making a movie) to the very last (two main characters in Europe with a lot of money belonging to no one, so they can keep it) there are so many similarities that I'm reminded on modern TV coverage of ski races where TV directors put a picture of one competitor over another to compare them. And just like the skiers, these two movies go the same path between the same gates and making the same jumps with just a little divergence from time to time.Comparing to 'Lethal Weapon' there is far less dynamics between main characters, they act as if they do their routine job - and remembering FX1 (where they hardly met at all) and watching first part of FX2 (where they say they haven't met for a long time) you would expect that they had to take some time to adjust one to another so they can cooperate that well. There are also more hard-to-believe plot twists than in part 1, so if that one looked funny though a bit strained, this one is still funny but unbelievable. But if that doesn't bother you, and if you liked part 1, you won't regret watching this sequel (or should I say clone?).

Everyone has one or two films which they know in their heart of hearts isn't a great film, maybe not even an average one but for whatever reason it crawls inside your head and wont let go. You just can't help but love it and this is one of mine. The acting is OK, the story idea is kind of cool if a little un-believable, the bad guys are inept (why doesn't anyone just shoot the guy!) but none of it matters I love this film.Bryan Brown is excellent as the FX Man on the run and Brian Denehhey is up to his usual standards as good backup. It's a fun run from start to finish if you sit back and let it go this is a great way to pass 95mins. The FX tricks employed are clever and gosh darn it there's a happy ending maybe i'm just sentimental!! I hope more people see this film I highly recommend it, now i'm off to write a review of my other guilty pleasure the Secret of My Success.....8/10