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.
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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.
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