Too convoluted but engaging fun.

Rating: 7/10 (26 November 2000)

This generally enjoyable sequel to the (excessively) popular 1985 sci-fi comedy manages to be more imaginative than its predecessor, as others have already remarked. The freewheeling spirit of the film helps us ignore some gaps in logic, gaps that are perhaps inevitable since the script exploits so many possibilities of the central premise. Michael J. Fox is enormously engaging as the hero, Thomas F. Wilson hits the mark with a scary performance, but couldn't there be more scenes with Elizabeth Sue? (**1/2)