It's going weird now!

Rating: 6/10 (14 February 2003)

POSSIBLE PLOT SPOILERS Back to the Future Part 2 tries in vein to be like its older brother  but unfortunately  it sort of fails to rekindle the magic of the first film.
The film is set right after the end of the first film  the Doc takes Marty and his girlfriend to 2015 to help sort a `drama' with his future son (he gets arrested  oh no!). But unfortunately  when they return to 1985  everything has changed for the worse.
The movie is kind of fun in 2015  with subtle throwbacks to the first film (ie: the mayor, the milk bar/80's bar, skateboards/hover boards). It makes fun of things like Ronald Regan and Jaws  but all of the actors do a rather unconvincing job ageing (and cross dressing!).
The film from then on  gets a much darker, nastier feel  as they travel back to the 80's  where things are not as nice as it was. Plus the plot gets rather confusing.
The nice part about the second half of the film is the revisiting of the events in the first film (in 1955)  but it sort of just ends up being more confusing. Plus the film ends on a strange, unresolved note  where nothing much is.resolved!
It also shows a preview of the third film  as part 2 and 3 were shot back to back (Matrix / Lord of the Rings style baby!). It was revealed on the DVD version that the director  Robert Zemeckis spent some time directing the third film while this movie was being finished and it shows!
I'll give this film 6 out of 10  fun, but not in the same way of the original.