Themes: Technology Run Amok, Computer Paranoia, Virtual Reality
Main Cast: Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer, Austin O'Brien, Ely Pouget, Kevin Conway
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
A young boy and a brilliant scientist attempt to thwart an evil cyber-villain's attempts to take over the world in this inferior sequel to the 1992 sci-fi adventure The Lawnmower Man. Former Max Headroom star Matt Frewer replaces Jeff Fahey in the title role of Jobe, the mentally challenged gardener transformed into a brilliant, computerized megalomaniac by a series of virtual reality experiments. Though destroyed at the end of the first film, Jobe finds a way to return to digital life, and he sets out in search of an important computer chip that will grant him frightening levels of power. A group of young hackers, led by Peter (Austin O'Brien), discovers this nefarious scheme and turns to retired virtual reality pioneer Ben Trace (Patrick Bergin) for help. Chase scenes and gunfights follow, both in the virtual world and the real world, as Trace and the boys try to figure out how to defeat Jobe. Despite a more blatantly futuristic setting, the sequel's special effects fail to match the standards of the first film, and the confused storyline proves more illogical than suspenseful, limiting the film's appeal to die-hard genre aficionados. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
Cami Cooper - Jennifer; Ralph Ahn - Doctor; Patricia Belcher - Impatient Customer; Richard Fancy - Senator Greenspan; David Gibbs - Male Pilot; Castulo Guerra - Guillermo; Amanda Hillwood - News Anchor; Arthur Mendozo - Technician; Stephanie Menuez - Female Lawyer; Molly Shannon - Homeless Lady; Ellis Williams - Chief of Security; Kenny Endoso - Train Conductor; John Benjamin Martin - Henry the Guard; David Byrd - Judge; Dale E. House - Helicopter Pilot; Patrick LaBrecque - Shawn
Credit
John Michael Kelly - Art Director, Vincent Reynaud - Art Director, Masao Takiyama - Associate Producer, Glenn Daniels - Casting, Deborah Everton - Costume Designer, James M. Freitag - First Assistant Director, Farhad Mann - Director, Peter E. Berger - Editor, Joel Goodman - Editor, Steve Lane - Executive Producer, Robert Pringle - Executive Producer, Clive Turner - Executive Producer, Peter Mcrae - Executive Producer, Robert Folk - Composer (Music Score), Holger Gross - Production Designer, Ernest H. Roth - Production Designer, Ward Russell - Cinematographer, Edward Simons - Producer, Keith Fox - Producer, Butch Kaplan - Producer, Michael Meinardus - Special Effects, Cinesite - Special Effects, Richard Schexnayder - Sound/Sound Designer, Gimel Everett - Screenwriter, Brett Leonard - Screenwriter, Farhad Mann - Screenwriter, Michael Miner - Screenwriter
