Back to the Future, Part 2 Movie Review 1989

Taking up exactly where Part 1 left off, Doc Brown and Marty time-hop into the future (2015 to be exact) to save Marty's kids, then find themselves returning to 1955 to retrieve a sports almanac that causes havoc for the McFly family. Clever editing allows for Marty Part 2 to see Marty Part 1 at the school dance. Most of the cast returns, although Glover appears only in cuts from the original and Shue steps in as girlfriend Jennifer. Not up to the original, but still satisfying. Cliffhanger ending sets up Part 3, which was shot simultaneously with this.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure, Time Travel, Rescue Missions Involving Time Travel, Period Piece: 1950s, Future Shock, Gambling

Screenplay

Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Cast

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Harry Waters, Charles Fleischer, Joe Flaherty, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Casey Siemaszko, Jeffrey Weissman, Flea, Billy Zane, J.J. (Jeffrey Jay) Cohen, Darlene Vogel, Jason Scott Lee, Crispin Glover, Ricky Dean Logan

Cinematography

Dean Cundey

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Music

Alan Silvestri

Producer

Bob Gale, Neil Canton, Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, Mark Huffam