I'll give them credit - unlike the original 'Exterminator' - he actually wields a flamethrower here and roasts bad guys. Robert Ginty returns from the first film and this is more of a straight up vigilante flick. Not the same level of creepy sleaze, but it will please low level action fans. It also has an interesting production history.
John Eastland (Ginty) is still roaming the streets of New York battling crime. He ends up dating a dancer (Deborah Geffner) and gets a job from friend Pee-Gee (Frankie Faison) as a fellow garbageman. Gang leader X (Mario Van Peebles) is looking to take things to the next level. Amongst their acts they rob an armored car to fund a drug buy from the mob. Of course, it won't end without a final confrontation between the two.
'Exterminator 2' delivers on what it's selling, but that doesn't stop certain beats from being boring. Knowing the film's troubled history beforehand explained some of the plot roughness, but Cannon Films also did a halfway decent job of salvaging the picture when they couldn't get Ginty for reshoots. It also features some break dancing which they had struck gold earlier in 1984 with.
John Eastland (Ginty) is still roaming the streets of New York battling crime. He ends up dating a dancer (Deborah Geffner) and gets a job from friend Pee-Gee (Frankie Faison) as a fellow garbageman. Gang leader X (Mario Van Peebles) is looking to take things to the next level. Amongst their acts they rob an armored car to fund a drug buy from the mob. Of course, it won't end without a final confrontation between the two.
'Exterminator 2' delivers on what it's selling, but that doesn't stop certain beats from being boring. Knowing the film's troubled history beforehand explained some of the plot roughness, but Cannon Films also did a halfway decent job of salvaging the picture when they couldn't get Ginty for reshoots. It also features some break dancing which they had struck gold earlier in 1984 with.