In
Pet Sematary II (anche
Cimitero Vivente 2), la mamma di
Edward Furlong (il sempre impresentabile bambozzo di
Terminator 2) tira le cuoia; il
paparino veterinario (già
dottor Mark Greene di
ER, già
Goose di
Top Gun, già tri-lambda di
La Rivincita Dei Nerds) prende baracca e burattini e si trasferisce in una ridente cittadina, dove il figlio - che comunque non si strugge di dolore - possa superare questo difficile momento nella maniera tipica degli americani: trasloco + cane o gatto nuovo + bulli della scuola che ti pestano per bene.
Qui farà più o meno amicizia con un panzone vessato dal patrigno poliziotto.
Quando lo sbirro spara al cane del ciccione, i due ragazzi lo seppelliscono nelle vicinanze di casa, dove si trova un vecchio cimitero indiano che secondo le leggende ha il potere di resuscitare chi vi viene sepolto (che è anche una brillante soluzione al problema della carenza di aree cimiteriali).
Va da sé che il cane resuscita come macchina da guerra, e prontamente sbrana il poliziotto.
I due intraprendenti ragazzuoli con un futuro da becchini, seppelliscono pure lui, che ritorna morto, violento e gioviale allo stesso tempo.
Colti dal sacro fuoco del metodo scientifico empirico, seppelliscono pure la mamma di Furlong che - ingrata come pochi - resuscita pure lei malvagia.
Scontro finale con Furlong. Per dire il livello...
Filmetto di serie B, senza neppure un momento originale e non abbastanza splatter per divertire. L'unico personaggio quasi decente è il poliziotto morto, per il quale tutti noi facciamo il tifo.
Voto: 4.5 Trashometro
® 4/10:
Furlong, Edward
Nome di battesimo: Furlong, Edward Walter
Data di nascita: 2 August 1977
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born in Glendale, California, Edward Furlong had no acting ambitions until he was approached by casting agent Mali Finn, who was looking for a young actor to play the role of John Conner in what turned out to be one of the the biggest box-office hits of the 1990s, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Finn instantly recognized his ability, and suggested him for the part, feeling that he could hold his own playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton.For his career-starting role, Furlong earned an MTV movie award for best breakthrough role, and a Saturn Sci-Fi award for best young actor. From there, he took an unconventional route through Hollywood, which led to his working with some of the top people in the business, in both studio and independent films. His work has included starring opposite Jeff Bridges in American Heart (1992) for which he was nominated for an IFP Spirit award for best supporting actor. He has also starred in A Home of Our Own (1993) with Kathy Bates, Little Odessa (1994) with Tim Roth, The Grass Harp (1995) with Walter Matthau and Barbet Schroeder's Before and After (1996).He also starred opposite Edward Norton in Tony Kaye's controversial and gripping drama American History X (1998) and in the hit comedy Pecker (1998). More recently, Furlong has been opposite Willem Dafoe in the prison drama Animal Factory (2000), directed by Steve Buscemi. He recently starred in Pupi Avati's 11th-century tale, Cavalieri che fecero l'impresa, I (2001) ("The Knights of the Quest").
Trivia random: In 1992, he launched a successful music career in Japan and is still extremely popular with Japanese girls today. His debut song "Hold On Tight" even beat Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" to #1 on the Japanese charts.
Citazione random: "I enjoy playing people that are totally different than me. It's a challenge to get inside these people's heads and wonder why they would have these beliefs."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Edwards, Anthony (I)
Nome di battesimo: Edwards, Anthony Charles
Data di nascita: 19 July 1962
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Jeanine Lobell::(1994 - present) 4 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born to a well-blended family, Anthony Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, on July 19, 1962, the youngest of 5 children. Growing up as the son of an architect and an artist, his parents encouraged him to act at age 16, which eventually led him to attending a summer workshop in London before graduating from high school. Returning to the United States, Edwards worked in commercials, jobs that helped him pay his education at The University of Southern California where he studied acting. However, he dropped out of college, and in that same year, he had a small role in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), starring Sean Penn. The movie was a box office smash and Edwards was looking forward to doing more films. His very first movie role was that of teen-aged John Muldowney in Heart Like a Wheel (1983), and his first starring role as nerdy Gilbert Lowell, in Revenge of the Nerds (1984). Edwards didn't need to worry about being typecast as a socially-challenged loser. After starring in The Sure Thing (1985) and Gotcha! (1985), he landed another big-time successful movie Top Gun (1986), in which he played Tom Cruise's ill-fated easy going navigator/best friend, Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw. As Cruise rode "Top Gun" into the Hollywood stratosphere, Edwards also found his flight to stardom, at the same time. After "Top Gun", he reprized his role as Gilbert in the movie Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), before he starred in Summer Heat (1987). He also featured in Mr. North (1988), and Miracle Mile (1988), however they weren't too successful. He began working in TV movies and continued to star in more box office movies such as Hawks (1988), How I Got Into College (1989), Downtown (1990), Pet Sematary II (1992), Landslide (1992) and Delta Heat (1992). The 90s won Edwards his best reviews for his recurring role of the quirky "bubble man" Mike Monroe on the immensely-popular "Northern Exposure" (1990). He was nominated for a Cable Ace Award in HBO's Sexual Healing (1993), and the following year, he starred in Charlie's Ghost Story (1994), before he played lawyer Clint Von Hooser in The Client (1994), which led him to the ultimate role of a lifetime, as easy-going charismatic physician, Dr. Mark Greene on "ER" (1994). For his work on "ER", he was nominated for an Emmy Award, 4 times For Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, but has never won, however, he has won a Golden Globe Award For Best Performance by an Actor-In a TV Series, and was nominated 4 times, and also has 2 Screen Actor's Guild Awards. Prior to playing Dr. Greene, he also played bank breaker turned cold-blooded killer, Dick Hickock in the TV movie remake of Truman Capote's _In Cold Blood (1996) (TV)_ , which was the best TV movie of the 1996-97 season. During his hiatus on "ER" (1994), he went back to the box office circuit to star and to produce the movie Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999), which was a pretty complex movie, which wasn't a big hit. Edwards, once again, returned to the set of "ER", and this time, he signed up for a salary that almost no actor could be paid, so his decision was to stay on the show for 3 more years and possibly to save the money in order to spend a lot of family time and to work on directing later. His first big roles after ER were that of Brains in the movie Thunderbirds (2004), and as Jim Paretta in The Forgotten (2004). In the many years that he starred on ER, that show gave him more success in working on and off the set, also it gave him a spiritual blessing that so many popular actors have had over the years.
Trivia random: Moved to Manhattan, New York, in 2002
Citazione random: "There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2 - il giorno del giudizio
Regista: James Cameron Scrittore: James Cameron,
William Wisher Jr. Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.2/10 (98947 voti) [#94 nella top250]
Durata: 137 min
Paese: France, USA
Lingua: English, Spanish
Cast:Trama:Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
Trivia random: Sarah's ECT where Sarah is fitted for electro-convulsive therapy and voltage is pumped into her.
Citazione random: T-1000: Get out.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Pet Sematary II (1992)
Cimitero vivente 2
Regista: Mary Lambert Scrittore: Richard Outten Genere: Action, Horror
Valutazione: 3.7/10 (2656 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
Trivia random: The 6 January 1991 draft of the screenplay credits revisions to David S. Goyer. He is not credited in the final film.
Citazione random: Clyde Parker: What are you doing, man?::Gus Gilbert: I'm just fuckin' with ya'!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"ER" (1994)
E.R. - medici in prima linea
Genere: Drama
Valutazione: 7.9/10 (484 voti)
Durata: 60 (including commercials) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Michael Crichton has created a medical drama that chronicles life and death in a Chicago hospital emergency room. Each episode tells the tale of another day in the ER, from the exciting to the mundane, and the joyous to the heart-rending. Frenetic pacing, interwoven plot lines, and emotional rollercoastering is used to attempt to accurately depict the stressful environment found there. This show even portrays the plight of medical students in their quest to become physicians.
Trivia random: Anthony Edwards was first choice to play the part of Dr Mark Greene. Unfortunately Edwards was committed to direct a feature film at the time the pilot was due to shoot and was therefore unavailable. By sheer luck, his feature was pushed back and he was able to film the pilot instead.
Citazione random: Linda Ferrell: Do you think there's one perfect love? You know, like 'Sleepless in Seattle', somewhere under the stars. One perfect person for everybody?::Carol Hathaway: I don't know, why?::Linda Ferrell: Because for Doug, it's you.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Top Gun (1986)
Regista: Tony Scott Scrittore: Ehud Yonay,
Jim Cash Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Valutazione: 6.5/10 (41059 voti)
Durata: 110 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:Maverick is a hot pilot. When he encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly outflown and freaks. On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the Carrier. When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. There he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father's death in combat that killed others due to his father's error. Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and in a different way to Charlie, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted.
Trivia random: Both John Carpenter and David Cronenberg turned down the chance to direct.
Citazione random: Viper: How ya doin'?::Maverick: I'm all right.::Viper: Goose is dead.::Maverick: I know.::Viper: You fly jets long enough, something like this happens.::Maverick: He was my R.I.O., my responsibility.::Viper: My squadron we lost 8 of 18 aircraft. 10 men. First one dies you die too, but there will be others. You can count on that. You gotta let him go. You gotta let him go.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Rivincita dei nerds, La
Regista: Jeff Kanew Scrittore: Jeff Buhai,
Tim Metcalfe Genere: Comedy
Valutazione: 6.0/10 (7501 voti)
Durata: 90 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:- Robert Carradine .... Louis Skolnick, Tri-Lam
- Anthony Edwards .... Gilbert Lowell, Tri-Lam
- Timothy Busfield .... Arnold Poindexter, Tri-Lam
- Andrew Cassese .... Harold Wormser, Tri-Lam
- Curtis Armstrong .... Dudley 'Booger' Dawson, Tri-Lam
- Larry B. Scott .... Lamar Latrell, Tri-Lam
- Brian Tochi .... Toshiro Takashi, Tri-Lam
- Julia Montgomery .... Betty Childs, Pi-Delta-Pi (as Julie Montgomery)
- Michelle Meyrink .... Judy, Gilbert's Nerd Girlfriend/Omega-Mu
- Ted McGinley .... Stan Gable, Alpha Beta/President of Greek Council
Trama:When lovable nerds Gilbert and Lewis embark on their freshman year at Adams College, little do they realize the perils that await them. They're beset with taunting by the jocks of Alpha Beta fraternity, which only worsens when the jocks accidentally burn down their house and are forced toss the freshmen out of the freshmen dorm. To make matters more problematic, Lewis develops a crush on pretty Betty Childs, popular sorority sister and quarterback's girlfriend. Joined by the aptly named Booger and the violin-playing Pointdexter, the nerds soon realize they must form their own fraternity in self-defense. Soon the tables are turned as the nerds employ high-tech warfare against the jocks.... but can they really win and make a difference?
Trivia random: A display in the background the Tri-Lambda's performance at the end is provided by a Tandy Color Computer using the Audio Spectrum Analyzer cartridge. One of the nerds carries a board with shoulder straps that has a CoCo attached to it.
Citazione random: Lewis: Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about sex.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
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