- Actors: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Samantha Phillips
- Directors: Don Coscarelli
- Writers: Don Coscarelli
- Producers: Dac Coscarelli, Robert Del Valle, Roberto A. Quezada
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Digital Ent
- DVD Release Date: 5 Sep 2002
- Run Time: 97 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004VVSA
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 58,068 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details |
Reviews
Special Features
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Fangoria TV Spot
Interview With Angus Scrimm
US TV Spots
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Library
Scene Selection
English
Region 2
Fangoria TV Spot
Interview With Angus Scrimm
US TV Spots
Theatrical Trailer
Photo Library
Scene Selection
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is the second installment in the Phantasm series written and directed by Don Coscarelli. Part 2 has always been my favorite since it is action-packed, has plenty of gore and an overall lighter mood than the other parts. This is basically an action movie where the good guys go after the tall man using all kinds of groovy home made weapons. This movie seems a bit inspired by Evil Dead 2 with the many one-liners and action sequences. Overall a great movie with good acting, efx and pace.
The DVD release itself is somewhat of a let down. First of all, the movie is presented in full screen and not the original aspect ratio. Secondly, the encoding is not great and this release looks no better than the old Universal laserdisc from 1988. When will DVD companies learn that the minimum the DVD consumers require is original aspect ratio and proper encoding...
Wait for the R1 release which will be widescreen and have a better picture quality at least.
Format:DVD
It's a tight race between Parts 2 and 3, but I would have to say the second installment is my favorite, despite replacing A. Michael Baldwin with James LeGros - which was not Don Coscarelli's fault, but once again the studio imposing their will.
LeGros does a great job anyway, just to be fair.
Besides that, Phantasm II is nearly flawless (nearly means, I didn't really care for the telekinesis-thingy either).
I liked the "darker" setting of this one and that it didn't feature too much comedy as Phantasm III did. Phantasm II mixes horror/sci-fi with a bit of roadmovie, which was picked up in part III and did the series well.
All in all the Phantasm movies are so very different from your average horror gorefests (personally I don't think the violence and gore in this series is particularly strong, compared to most movies in the genre)and feature more realistic and loveable characters, people you DON'T want to see killed.
The cliffhanger endings - you either like them or you don't. I think it kind of fits into the mood of the series.
LeGros does a great job anyway, just to be fair.
Besides that, Phantasm II is nearly flawless (nearly means, I didn't really care for the telekinesis-thingy either).
I liked the "darker" setting of this one and that it didn't feature too much comedy as Phantasm III did. Phantasm II mixes horror/sci-fi with a bit of roadmovie, which was picked up in part III and did the series well.
All in all the Phantasm movies are so very different from your average horror gorefests (personally I don't think the violence and gore in this series is particularly strong, compared to most movies in the genre)and feature more realistic and loveable characters, people you DON'T want to see killed.
The cliffhanger endings - you either like them or you don't. I think it kind of fits into the mood of the series.
Format:DVD
I personally prefer the original Phantasm to this re-make, but there is still much to enjoy as Reggie and Mike battle the Tall Man and his minions from the 3rd Dimension! Not as fun as Phantasm III, but much faster paced than part IV. Contains a trailer. Decent quality picture in fullscreen format.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
