Teen Wolf Too (1987)

Horrible sequel

Because I was nuts about the original with Michael J. Fox, I felt that I had to go see this movie when it came out. Although it stared Jason Bateman in the lead role this time (Fox had other committments) I figured that I would give it a chance and so went to the theaters.

College student Todd Howard may be more intially popular than his small town cousin Scott, but the revealing of the family secret is much less amusing this time because it is basically the same synopsis with a location and some character changes. This of course did not make a successful movie, and I venture to argue, may have actually hurt the franchise's chances.

To his credit, Bateman really tries to make this film work, but lacks Fox's same comic timing and the ability to play an average person blessed with a rather unusal family curse. The problem is, the sensitivity and confusion that Fox managed to convey throughout the first film never shows up in the hastily produced sequel. May 11, 2002

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