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Now, I have never seen the first Mangler movie, but after viewing part 2, I know that it has almost no relation to the first movie at all. First off, before I start my review, I would like to say that Mangler 2 is the second worst movie of all time (the first movie being Killjoy). I was browsing through the channels at 4:00 in the morning, looking for something to watch. As I scan through the guide, I see this.Mangler 2. I really wanted to see the movie, because I heard it was awful, and I wanted to see if it was as bad as everyone said it was. I pressed ok, and I was so lucky, the movie just started. It was the second worst movie experience EVER. First off, the story of the first movie wasn't very good, but it was a good old-fashioned horror, and it was from legendary Stephen King. But, what the writers try to do with Mangler 2, is they try to use computers to make the movie at least seem a little smart. They used computers and viruses and crap like that to try and override the fact that the plot was awful. I was constantly searching through the guide to find something else on, but there wasn't! The acting is what you would call wretched, the actors give little or no life to the characters, but the bad acting might have improved if the script wasn't filled with ridiculous lines. Speaking of the script, I would like to say that this movie wins second place for worst script ever written. The characters have no personalities, they are all just a bunch of walking, talking clichés. The movie itself tries to be funny, but fails. For example, just when a character is about to be killed off, the computer monitor says in big text, YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK. That was obviously a pathetic attempt to get a laugh or a smile. After you're stomach and mind finally get over the terrible script and acting, you will cringe at the constant re-playing of techno music in some scenes. In a part of the ending, a girl shoves a knife between the strap of her pants, and begins to walk with an angry look in her face. This is one of the scenes that make you want to yell obscenities at the TV, and throw something at it as well. This scene is also example of pathetic choreography: The techno music plays-the girl walks into frame.she walks out of frame.the camera is now in front of some other building.girl walks into frame.and then out of frame, and the repetition of that just makes you laugh at how stupid and witless it is! I've seen the trailer for the first film. I can already tell that it has lots of gratuitous blood and gore, but this movie just has blood, there's nothing special or appealing. The deaths are cheesy and clichéd. Now, horror movies these days call themselves horror, but they're not horror. The writers of this movie thought that if they added blood, that people would call it a horror movie. No. This movie does not deserve to called a horror movie because it has ABSOLUTELY no chills at all. You'll laugh more than you'll scream. Bottom line, the acting is wretched, the script makes you want to throw up, the constant re-playing of techno music makes you laugh and cry, the awful choreography makes you point at laugh at the TV screen, and the lame-ass "chills" makes your heart beat slower, and not faster. Take it from me, if you're looking for a good straight-to-video B horror movie, look somewhere else. Hell, if you're looking for some entertainment, go watch paint dry because it'll sure as hell be better than this garbage. It's awfulness matches right up to Killjoy, also a straight-to-video "horror" movie. Mangler 2 is a disgrace to the world.

Overall score: A big fat 0 out of 10.

Okay fine it's true I watched the Mangler franchise a bit wonky, I saw the first which I think was a watchable effort followed by the third which was a total mess and now finally all these years later have gotten to part 2.

Now going in my hopes were fairly high, it stars Lance Henriksen so it couldn't possibly be that bad, right?

Well The Mangler 2 follows on from the first movie in no shape or form, it's an original tale about a virus that takes over a heavily automated school and starts killing folks off.

Devoid of originality, oddly dull, with awful death scenes and instantly forgettable characters The Mangler 2 tops part 3 but just barely.

Not entirely sure what they were going for but I can confidently say that it doesn't work, not even slightly.

Watch The Mangler (1995) and pretend it doesn't have sequels.

The Good:

Decent soundtrack

The Chef stole the whole film

Lance Henriksen

The Bad:

Weak connection to the original film

Really quite boring

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I'm left wondering whose idea it was for one of the girls to just wear her bra for near the entire film

While most of her peers are away on break, a student genius (Chelse Swain) plans to get revenge on the stern dean of her school (Lance Henriksen) by developing a computer virus that will shut down her high-tech campus long enough to give her and her stupid friends some time to party. Instead, the plan backfires when the computer system takes on a mind of its own, traps the group inside and starts killing them off by manipulating and controlling the electric wiring.

Chelse Swain (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES) fails to convince us she can tie her own shoelaces, let alone is a genius, and the talented Henriksen is sorely wasted as the human heavy, who's eventually transformed into what looks like Plughead from the CIRCUITRY MAN films.

Highly implausible plot, amateurish acting, insipid dialogue, painfully annoying characters and offscreen murders mean don't bother with this "sequel," which is completely unrelated to the 1993 Tobe Hopper film.

It's amazing what kind of movies are made when monkeys write the script. There was a scene in the movie where a guy tries to be really philosophical about the periodic table, saying that it's a language written by aliens. For example, they communicate with molecular formulas... "Take Silicone for example, it's used to make computers faster, but put it into a woman's body, and that speaks in much different ways." The element on the periodic table is Silicon. I'm pretty sure if you put that in a woman's breast area, it would kill her. Silicone and silicon are two completely different things.

Nice going, ya dunce.

This movie has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It's an unwanted sequel, unbelievably stupid, no horror, no laughs, and no gore. OK, I admit that I missed the first 15 minutes. Thank God. But what does this movie have to do with the original? Why was it even rated R? Nothing happened! Talk about low budget! And how about a computer that taunts the token black guy before killing him. Nothing like a race conscious computer! Good grief. If this review stops at least one person from watching this movie, it would be worth it. I would give this movie 0/10 stars if possible.

elcabio

Holy Macaroni! This one really is as bad as everyone says it is. Poor Lance Henriksen! This truly is one of the worst movies I ever saw him in. This movie should have been called "The Cables of Death" or whatever, because it has nothing to do with the original "The Mangler" (1995) and all we see is some cables and wires moving around once in a while. At least in my country DVD distributors had the sense to re-name it "Virtual Death" (a more stupid & more fitting title). All killings are off-screen and there's no real tension whatsoever throughout the whole movie... And that stupid, cheap electro/techno soundtrack... Ow, aw, ugh! On to the points: One point because this movie makes "The Mangler" look incredibly good (and the original one needs that, in my humble opinion), if not to say excellent! One point for Lance Henriksen hanging on cables with wires running through his head and body near the end. One point for Daniella Evangelista doing a lot of running dressed in a tiny red bikini, making her boobs go up and down and up and down and up and down and... wooow, what a fascinating sight that was. There you have my generous rating for "The Mangler 2" explained.

This movie only scored 1.6 out of ten. which makes it in the bottom ten movies ever in IMDb's rating. for some reason this fact is not recorded on IMDb's worst 100 movies list. perhaps someone knows why this is. In any event it was truly an excellent movie, in my opinion and should have come in the top ten movies of all time. There are a few goof in the movie though. there biggest one being that the opening credits were not immediately followed by the closing credits. however after 80minutes of playing the fool, the director finally realised the gravity of the goof and corrected the error, allowing us to settle down to watch far more talented productions such as the shopping channel.

Simply one of the worst movies you could pick out of your video store..

Jo Newton uploads the mangler virus into her schools computer which controls the whole school. Lance Henriksen stars as the headmaster who seems pretty obvious in his face that he cant stand this movie. The schools computer starts eventually starts killing everyone one by one. Jo is basically the Rebel Child, and her friends include the Jock, The hot girl, The funny guy, and the black guy, all with overly used clichés and who are all stereotypes you will find in a slasher/horror movie...but Wait..is this a horror movie? no its not, Im not sure what is is,but for a 15 cert here in Ireland its the biggest pile of feces laid to man. A lot of questions need to be asked about this, but ill just raise the important ones:

Why is Chelse Swain so angry in this movie? What has she to be angry about? Why did Lance Henriksen star in this movie? Why??? Why was this movie even made?

There is no blood or gore in this movie, just a few stupid deaths,one by electrocution and others off screen. A few references are made to other sources,like on the computer after one of the kids dies " You are the weakest link" and an stupidly amusing Spice Girls quote by Henriksen "tell me what you want,what you really really want"

???

What were they thinking?! :(

Wow. I watched the Mangler 2 last night with my good friends, and my life will never be the same. This movie is a great commentary on the dangers of downloading ridiculously powerful computer viruses into your school's security system. Let me tell you something, I hope the good folks at Norton Anti-Virus are on the lookout for this virus, because it's a real danger to society, not those other weak viruses. I mean, this virus had the ability to control EVERYTHING!

But as far as the movie goes, the acting was superb, the plot was simply engaging, and the climax is one I will not soon forget. Trust me, do yourself a favor and see the Mangler 2. It will be regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time, mark my mangled words.

The Mangler 2 features a different story that makes it either a spin-off from the previous movie or just a different movie that only bears the title. It leaves aside the supernatural thing to bring us something more focused on science fiction. What we have here is a virus that infects a school's computerized security system and unleashes a disaster. It does pretty much the same thing as The Lawnmower Man, which is take a Stephen King story and turn it into something else. The only theory that could connect this movie to the previous one is that the virus is possibly the same entity that possessed the machine from the previous movie and was transcended into a virtual medium. As a movie it's another one of those cheap movies you could find in video stores during the 90s and 2000s. A generic home movie that didn't invest a lot of budget, since instead of using digital effects, everything here is practical. What attracts the most attention is the veteran Lance Henriksen who went from participating in large productions to low-budget films. The original soundtrack is pretty good with that electronic style and that includes the songs. The soundtrack is perhaps the best thing of the entire movie. The Mangler 2 is one of those bad sequels that have been made to take advantage of a well-known title, even though The Mangler was a flop at the time, but this sequel has a certain charm for those who grew up watching this type of film. My final rating for this movie is 6/10.

This is a story about a teenager who deliberately downloads a virus to take down the new school computer security system. What she doesn't realize is that it is out to kill everyone.

Where this film goes wrong is in everything that has to do with the physical universe. A combo of wires and mechanical doors moving by themselves, cold water pipes suddenly becoming scalding hot (for those who don't know, cold water pipes, especially sprinkler pipes, are physically isolated from hot water pipes in every building), and a computer turning a human into a cyborg.

Most of these are forgivable in movies that involve possession or paranormal. But these have no place in a computer/virus horror movie. The only believable scenario involves an electric fence. Though, why anyone would install an electric fence around a school is beyond me.....

All of the characters make the usual horror movie mistakes: splitting up, going back for more, not pulling the plug, etc. The acting is okay, considering the script...

Only watch this if you are totally bored out of your mind. This would be a perfect film for Mystery Science Theatre 3000 to lampoon....

David

I saw this movie on HBO just a few short days ago. While I knew all the while how poor the acting, script, etc. really was, I was compelled to watch until the credits rolled. This was for one thing and one thing only: to confirm my already-predicted ending. Awww, look, the loner girl saves the day (or her own ass, leaving everyone else to the Mangler)... or does she??? :::dun dun dun:::

We have here yet another piss-poor sequel that makes more than obvious attempts to grab the youth of america by the balls. (And though I am not equipped, being a girl, I'm pretty confident that I walked away unscathed by the wrath of the super-spooky Mangler)

From the painfully cliche characters... -the "goth" girl who obsesses over chaos -the skanky girl who was sexually abused by the headmaster I'll just end that topic here.

And let's not forget the soundtrack... For a second there I thought I was on ecstacy...all that techno rave music. Well, let's bring out the glow sticks! Ok, while we can all appreciate a movie score which echoes the plot (computer technology = techno), I doubt we could appreciate it as much when it's on a continuous loop. "Jo" could've been tying her shoe, crying over her meaningless existance some more, or hey, maybe even taking a crap and we'd still here that same techno track. I mean, come on.

And I know someone already mentioned the pointless product placement of sorts, i.e. the Mangler quoting "Tell me what you want what you really, really want" of the Spice Girl fame. Well, I did laugh...so I guess that was the attainable result of the writers. But I laugh only in mocking of their collective effort...and the miserable failure in the process. Not to mention that I was picturing a wired Lance Henrikson as the next Scary Spice...

But moving right along... I have seen, for lack of a better word, prequel--The Mangler.

And I have a few questions: How exactly did the evil spirit Mangler end up on the internet via virus? I was just wondering... oh wait, that's right. THE MANGLER 2 WAS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL. Ok, so there are many horror movie sequels that fail to acknowledge the previous installments. But for the love of all things sacred....could they at least leave us with something!? The Mangler 2 may as well been called...Killer Virus on Campus, or something. And by the other incriminating evidence (read: non-stop techno, empty stock characters), I declare The Mangler 2 to be in direct violation of movie ethics. The writers go far beyond focusing on a target audience...they dumb down the target audience to the effect of complete idiocy. Sure, we'll buy the latest shoe or guzzle the new flavors of the slurpee machine at the 7-11. But please, don't force-feed us with sugar-coated crap, if there is nothing in it for us. Not all teens, after all, are hell bent on chaos. And not all teens fit into those neatly-woven cloths they cut, in their close-minded cliche ridden dialogue. Playing some funky synthesizers and having well-endowed women on the screen does not ensue entertainment. I mean really, I am 19 years old. And even im my darkest hour of self-pity, I doubt I'll be putting any "Manglers" on my college's main frame. Then again... :::cue the techno music:::

This movie does have its moments, but you have to be quick to catch them. Gruesome in some spots and then others the horrible deeds are off camera. Disgruntled students want to get back at their Headmaster. A teen thinks it good pay back to download a virus on her school's state of the art computer system. Little did she know that Mangler v2.0 would unleash a murderous entity. A glimpse of "jiggle and wiggle", but nothing redeeming. Just about a waste of time. The players are:Chelse Swain, Dexter Bell, Daniella Evangelista, Miles Meadows and Lance Henriksen.

The first movie was awful.This movie has zero reason to be called a sequel. Its main female lead is awful and not even nice looking probably due to some horrendous make up.The other female is the better Actress and nicer looking. But the horror is the movie itself. This was probably funnier than Scary movie 2, but only cause it's rotten. I saw this on DVD and it looks like it was transfered from a videotape. The budget must of been spent on Lance Henriksen, maybe he had bill's to pay. As for the plot and script add up to probably the worst horror sequel that makes the original look like a piece of Art. And considering the original was quite awful. This just proves how rotten this is. 1 out of 10

One of the worst sequels I've ever seen, ESPECIALLY with Stephen King as the writer...

This movie could be classed as a B- movie, dark, strange camera angles, flashbacks (same flashback 2- 3 times works once, not more, atleast in this movie...)

The only character that brings this movie any credits is Lance Henriksen...

You'll notice if you see this film.

And as always when any electronics is involved, the consultans (If that's the right word..?) are NOT DOING A GOOD WORK.

I've never (ever) seen a cable move it self by electricity. There's no explaination what so ever to why everything happens, it just does.

Almost every other S. King movies I've seen, begins with an resonable explanation, for eg. Magic, mechanical stuff (Moved by magic), but not a friggen computer that controls cables!!? Get real.

Michael Hamilton-Wright - Get a new job! Obvious, this is his first directed movie (IMDB), ok, sure, that's acceptable, but he sure need's to learn how to use a computer, then how IO- ports work, things behind that etc, etc...

Then also, a computer system like the one in the movie, could not be able to close doors, hatches, move cameras without engines and things like that WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION. That's what makes a movie ESPECIALLY when computers are involved.

Sure you may think "That's what's written in the script.." Hmm... Get a new perspective on things, or learn your self about electronics and computers.

I personally think that when there's computers and electronics involved, the characters should really know what the heck they're talking about! They speak of firewalls and stuff not really related to what they're doing as they speak of it.

I'm only guessing that I might, if I had the chance, I would have made the consulting better...

The plot it self is good thou, a computer virus - That's cool and belongs to the age of the new millennium

Petty though it had a lot of gaps in the directing

One thing (Among many) that I thought was quite tacky, the ending scenes... Not to mention too much, but it was too obvious, too short, and too often used scenario

The prequel was a LOT better =0)

Summary of this: If you're interested in computers and programming, don't see this movie. This movie is a disappointment

When I saw Mangler 2 at place 3 of the imdb worst films ever, I realized that I had to see it! When reading user comments I felt it even more, no film made not long ago could be that bad! And I was right. It was not that bad at all, I've seen plenty horror movies that are way worse than this and several films in other genres that are way worse. I wouldn't call it a sequel to Stephen King's "The Kangler", since they are not related in any way (as far as I noted) other that both are written by the same author. I would have liked them to show more of the "action" when it came to the killings though, seemed to be a kids type of horror movie, no details when it comes to blood and gore. Or maybe I just had a censored version?

Anyways, to sum it up, if one like horror movies, it's worth watching.

I give it 4/10.

This is quite possibaly the WORST movie in existance to date. I can't think of a single good point in the movie. Not too much about it even makes sense. Every single thing about this movie sucks... the acting, the story, the music... anything you can think of. So, if you're thinking of renting or buying this movie, DON'T!

this is the worst movie I have ever seen. Actually there are 3 people in the house and we agree this is the worst movie WE have ever seen. to bad the lowest score is 1 cause this POS is a -7. I was so facinated by how bad it was that I kept watching to see how much more pointless and boring it would become. And I wasn't disappointed, it keept getting worst and worst and.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

A top-notch computer security system installed in a private college becomes deadly when infected with a computer virus called The Mangler 2.0.The virus crawls into the school's mainframe and all sorts of mechanical gadgets,like freezers,washing machines,security locks,and the various cameras all begin to go haywire and kill students/college workers."The Mangler 2" has nothing to do with gory and enjoyable original.The film itself is a tedious bore.The script is filled with holes,the gore is non-existent and the dialogue is rubbish.The techno soundtrack is incredibly annoying and horror regular Lance Henriksen is completely wasted as the strict head master.Stay away from "The Mangler 2".3 out of 10 and that's being kind.

Ladies and Gentlemen, The times of great film are thought to have gone the way of the Tasmanian Devil and the Ne-Ne--lost to the ages. If you find yourself a believer in this school of thought, I submit to you "The Mangler 2--Graduation Day." Our times are defined by a select few films, viewed by folks generations from now who see the characters and scenes of these films to portray the thoughts and emotions of those living in its time period. Truly, "The Mangler 2" is one such film. With its true-to-life dialogue, allowing the viewer to not only empathize with the character but to BECOME the character, this movie takes us by the collar and pummels our emotions brutally, stomping on our conceptions of modern security systems and slicing away piece by piece our false sense of safety in our schools. From the first intense seconds of this film, the viewer follows along the turbulent life of a young girl who struggles with her father as well as herself and what society expects of her. She soon meets up with several friends, all of whom are perhaps the most well-developed, complex characters to grace the big screen since those of "Taxi Driver" or "Citizen Kane." These young men and women struggle against a foe far greater than they can comprehend, and several succumb to its evil plots, meeting only the most horrible (yet thought-provoking) deaths imaginable to the human mind. Without spoiling the ending of this cinematic classic, I will suffice it to say that the climax is gripping, a true testament to fine camera-work, acting, writing, and music. The viewer is left on the edge of his seat until, finally, the movie comes to a breath-taking close, leaving us to ask "what's next?" Not only do I give this movie 10 stars, I give it a standing ovation and offer it my first born. Dare I ask when "The Mangler 3" will come squealing from the womb of its writers, squinting into the bright lights of fame?