Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Madilyn Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Platypuschow At the end of Alligator (1980) we see another gator flushed down the toilet and therefore a sequel is teased. 11yrs later the world got one and it's a bit of a mess.Essentially the same movie, just with a weaker cast and somehow someway worse creature effects! Another oversized gator appears to lay waste to the city and it takes one renegade maverick cop to take it on.This time it's been enhanced by chemical waste dumped into the sewers yet this doesn't seem to have changed the gator at all. If that is the excuse at to why it's so big then why does it appear smaller than the one in the first movie? Poor creature feature and a miserable excuse for a sequel.The Good: Not so much The Bad: Creature effects, how 11yrs later can they be worse? No consistency in gator size again Terrible endingThings I Learnt From This Movie:If a decade before a giant alligator had run rampant through a city and claimed several lives it wouldn't be a big deal and wouldn't have made the news at all Upon request police detectives can be issued explosives and heavy armaments

Uriah43 After being exposed to toxic chemicals an alligator, residing in the sewage system of a nearby city, increases in size and begins to threaten the inhabitants who are unaware of its existence. To make matters worse one of the few people who becomes aware of this monster, "Detective David Hodges" (Joseph Bologna) cannot convince those in charge to take it seriously. He does, however, manage to get a couple of people to help most notably his wife, "Christine Hodges" (Dee Wallace) and a rookie cop named "Rich Harmon" (Woody Brown). Eventually, other important characters also become involved but their concerns aren't necessarily the same as his. At any rate, while the movie was okay for the most part I thought it happened to be missing one very important ingredient—suspense. As a result, while the actors performed well enough the overall impact of the movie was somewhat subdued and it never quite realized its full potential. What could have been a very good movie turned out to be slightly less than average. In short, I suppose it's worth a look for viewers who enjoy movies of this nature as long as they don't expect too much.

TheUnknown837-1 Let me state right off the bat to all fans out there that I did not like the original 1980 film "Alligator." As a matter of fact, I did not like it at all. I rarely use this word beginning with an H, but I *hated* the first "Alligator." To some, it's a funny creature feature satire. To me, it was a total bore and that's too bad for me, because I love the creature feature genre and was really looking forward to that film, which has gone on to become sort of a cult classic.Anyway, enough about the first movie. If you want to know why I detested it, see my review for it. We're here to talk about its 1991 sequel unimaginatively titled "Alligator II: The Mutation." And it's even more unimaginative than its already unimaginative predecessor. It's an even more typical sewer alligator picture. Now keep in mind, I have not seen this movie in ages and I have no desire to see it again. What I do remember of "Alligator II" was that it was a complete bore with special effects that were barely more competent than the movie that preceded it by eleven years.The plot was something like "Jaws" set on a lakeside. There's a carnival going on by the shores of some urban body of water. A detective (Joseph Bologna) becomes convinced there's a killer alligator loose in the water, but a greedy businessman is determined to keep the attractions open nonetheless. Anyway, boaters and swimmers decide to go for a dip or ride in the water and are never seen again and then finally...I must stress the word "finally" because "Alligator II" is a really tough film to sit through. It's not particularly gruesome; it's just a complete bore partially because it's so predictable. What also gets a kick out of me is how people panic at this gator because it's moving so slowly through the water when pursuing them. When out of the water and lumbering around, it is more agile and quick. And to conclude just how tasteless and dull this movie is, I reflect upon its ending which is just another rip-off of the hair-raising climax of "Jaws" and just proves just how great that Steven Spielberg picture was.I thought the first "Alligator" was a very bad movie, but it does outshine its sequel.

Chase_Witherspoon Another chemically enhanced alligator grows to epic proportions, leading to a series of fatalities that threatens a lakeside development project. The obligatory doubt and denial lead rogue cop Bologna and rookie Brown to first convince the hierarchy that the title beast exists, and then embark on a search and destroy mission to end the mutated monster's path of destruction. Greedy developer Railsback employs his own means, contracting big game hunter Lynch to hunt down the predator, in a bid to secure his financial interests.Sequels are notorious for being inferior imitations of the original ("Godfather Part II being, arguably, the exception), and this follow-up is a perfect example of why such notoriety exists.Avoiding the comparisons with the original, this entry suffers from a try-hard script that fails to amuse despite its constant attempts at humour, poorly staged attack scenes, and more fundamentally, absence of a cohesive story, lacking any modicum of momentum or effective continuity. Even the "mean streets" sub theme introduced part way through the picture is poorly conceived and badly handled, only contributing to the malaise.It's a pity that such a talented cast can't redeem any qualities in this film, because the audience might have expected better, considering the solid cast (Bologna, Wallace-Stone, Lynch, Railsback & Peters). Alas, they make no impression other than to be bystanders to an embarrassing debacle.