Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

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Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
Lawnmower Man 2.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFarhad Mann
Screenplay byFarhad Mann
Story byFarhad Mann
Michael Miner
Produced byKeith Fox
Edward Simons
Starring
CinematographyWard Russell
Edited byJames D. Mitchell
Joel Goodman
Peter E. Berger (uncredited)[citation needed]
Music byRobert Folk
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • January 12, 1996 (1996-01-12)
Running time
92 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[1]
Box office$2.4 million[2]

Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (also subtitled Jobe's War) is a 1996 science fiction action film written and directed by Farhad Mann, and starring Matt Frewer, Patrick Bergin, Austin O'Brien, and Ely Pouget. It is a sequel to the 1992 film The Lawnmower Man. The film was negatively reviewed by both critics and fans of the original film.[3]

Plot[]

The founder of virtual reality, Dr. Benjamin Trace (Patrick Bergin), has lost a legal battle to secure a patent on the most powerful worldwide communications chip ever invented. Touted as the one operating system to control all others, in the wrong hands the "Chiron Chip" has the potential to dominate a society dependent on computers. When corporate tycoon and virtual reality entrepreneur Jonathan Walker (Kevin Conway) takes over development of the Chiron Chip, he and his team discover Jobe Smith (Matt Frewer) barely alive after the destruction of Virtual Space Industries. After having his face reconstructed and his legs amputated they hook him up to their database to have him help them perfect the Chiron Chip.

Six years later, a now 16-year-old Peter Parkette (Austin O'Brien) is a computer hacker and living in the subways of a cyberpunk Los Angeles with a group of other runaway teens. While hooked into cyberspace, Jobe reconnects with Peter and asks him to find Dr. Trace for him. Peter locates Trace living out in a desert and brings him to his hideout to speak with Jobe. Online, Jobe shows Trace his newly constructed cyber world and asks for info on Egypt, a hidden Nano routine in the chip's design. Trace refuses to tell him, noting Jobe to be insane and that he wouldn't understand its power. Enraged, Jobe hacks into the subway's system computer to send another train crashing into the one Trace and the teenagers are in, but Trace causes the runaway car to crash into a construction site instead. However, the group is forced to flee after the entire tunnel is blown out.

Joining forces with Dr. Cori Platt (Ely Pouget), Trace's former lover, Trace, Peter and his friends must go on a race against time to save the world from Jobe's diabolical scheme and face him in one last battle in cyberspace. In the end, Trace defeats Jobe whose powers are destroyed by Egypt, regressing him back into his former self. When Walker threatens Peter, Jobe helps Trace save his friend and kill Walker and now redeemed, goes home with Trace, Peter and Platt.

Cast[]

Production[]

The first Lawnmower Man had been New Line Cinema's highest grossing theatrical release of 1992 and a sequel had been initially advertised with the title Lawnmower Man 2: Mindfire on the 1993 VHS releases of the first film. Filming for the sequel commenced in March 1995 in Los Angeles with only Austin O'Brien returning from the original. Pierce Brosnan was initially mooted to also return but was unavailable due to the production of GoldenEye - this led to the hiring of Patrick Bergin as Dr. Benjamin Trace. Original director Brett Leonard was directing Virtuosity at the same time and did not return to helm the sequel to his original film.

Reception[]

Lawnmower Man 2 was poorly received by critics, with an 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 2.4/10.[4] The plot and characters were generally negatively received,[5][6] while the visual effects received mixed reviews.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Blair, Iain. "Lawnmower Man Makes Cyberhistory". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Lawnmower Man 2 - Jobe's War (Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "Lawnmower Man 2 - Jobe's War (Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace)".
  5. ^ "Film Review: The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace".
  6. ^ Hicks, Chris (14 January 1996). "Film review: Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace".
  7. ^ "Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace". 15 January 1996.
  8. ^ Harrington, Richard. "'Lawnmover Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace' (PG-13)". www.washingtonpost.com.

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