Review of Frogtown II

I got this B-movie as a gift due to friends knowing that I love to view train wreck tacky movies on DVD. I was not disappointed but I actually enjoyed this one. I liked seeing my favorite character actors show up 'en masse' in this little film. My 'baddies' fav actors are Charles Napier, Don Stroud, Brion James and the visually scary -Robert Z'Dar. It was fun to see them all together in this same film. Also a nice ladies eye-candy surprise was seeing Denice Duff, Linda Singer and the lovely blonde Rhonda Shear. The strangest part of the film is the Frogtown mutant bar stage band singing sequences. I guess everyone wanted to get into this blockbuster film -sarc- for that Hollywood fame. The main lead character was played by the pro-wrestler, Roddy Piper (best scifi film was 'They Live!') in the first film, but changed in this film lead to the comic book looks of Z'Dar. Not bad. It was very pleasing to see that most of the vehicle driving and town exteriors were shot at the Paramount Ranch in Agoura, Calif. The lead frog mutants makeup was very well done and added to the drama. I must say the gimmick of using a hand puppet frog mutant in the film as a character and to end the film with a BIG laugh with that hand puppet was just too clichéd an ending for my sensibilities. Too much!