People are voting emotionally.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

While others downgrade this movie, as other movies i would agree to, depending on movie. I don't see why this movie is rated so low, when there is real stupid movies out there that really is bad, even through people don't accept their bad. Or one sided.I do admit they need to kill more people in this movie, which the alligator didn't really kill many. I like Hodges, and his rookie. I even liked the blonde hair guy in it. To me compared to real stupid, movies many int he very old days, but did manage to build on the horror to make it grow into a big success than not being around at all, the real stupid movies of TROLL 2, RESIDENT EVIL extinction, which to me is a big abomination, THE BOY, WITCH <--- ANother what is this movie doing in it? i mean really! Those movies are terrible but people somehow looooove them ... i don't get them and id explain why to each if have to.But was off subject. Here we got ALLIGATOR 2, not cheap this or cheap that and no dumb CGI how it is nowadays or the animated CGI bubbly garbage. Got a guy that kicks butt, a rookie that shows hes cool though he was anyhow. The MAyor which plays on Alf as the Psychiotrist or so spelled.The alligator to me was realistic cheap deaths somewhat but really fun and the characters to me was really into them. Those movies i mentioned are bad this isn't bad at all. Not great but not bad. The bad guy deserved to die, after killing Mayor and the high chief and he would be looked at anyhow if he didn't die.And Hodges wife from the best Howling Movie the 1st one. The old guy lived which was a plus made many appearances or brief in Boy Meets World, Fresh Prince, all i know is the two guys i wanted to live lived, and well one died, but all in all solid good movie, if people want bad id eventually get more that are just plain ... Bbbbbad. THis at least had a alligator it tried to kill a lot, not cheap or dumb looking the cast was watchable and good. Not see why that poor of a rating when real terrible ones like mentioned deserve a 0.

Alligator II: The Mutation is directed by Jon Hess and written by Curt Allen. It stars Joseph Bologna, Woody Brown, Harlan Arnold, Steve Railsback and Dee Wallace Stone. Music is by Jack K. Tillar and cinematography by Joseph Mangine. A loose sequel/remake to/of Alligator 1980, "The Mutation" in question is a giant Alligator that has mutated and goes on a hungry rampage in small town Americana.I should think that not many go into a film like this expecting a high quality creature feature, but this is not even in the so bad it's good camp. This in spite of some rather nice colour photography and the presence of decent performers like Bologna, Railsback and Wallace Stone. Standard cheapo thrills apply, ole Gator is the victim of mans dabbling with chemicals/testing et all, so after shredding some unfortunates in the water, Gator goes on land to upset amusement park dwellers. Enter the determined cop and some specialist game hunters, and we are building somewhat unimaginatively to a Jaws like finale. There's a snippet of social conscious in the plot, but it's quickly passed over for more rubbery nonsense. Not even fun nonsense, and worryingly I think that the well respected actors are taking it seriously! 2/10

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.

Ah, yet another bad movie I caught on the Sci-Fi channel. I have developed a very unhealthy addiction to B-movies lately. I bet every time I watch one of these, it shaves a year off my lifespan.There's nothing of real interest in this one, but after watching it, I started wondering: how come carnivals are always so incredibly evil in movies? Every movie carnival I've ever seen has a spooky Gothic atmosphere, the only ride is a ferris wheel, and all the carnies look and act like Satan's minions. I remember carnivals being FUN when I was a kid, but filmmakers seem to hate them. I'm not sure who or what started this, but I suspect Ray Bradbury has something to do with it.As far as the alligator goes, it is not very scary. The ending sequence, with the heroes trapped in the water with the gator, is rather exciting, but there is not much else. This is obviously a Jaws rip-off, but the truth is, sharks are scarier to watch than alligators and that's all there is to it.2/10 stars.