Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Genre: Family / Adventure
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
United States / France
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Stars: Jason James Richter, Mary Kate Schellhardt and Michael Madsen
IMDb score:
5,1 (20.788)
Releasedate: 19 July 1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home plot
"The adventure is back. The fun is back. Willy's back. And this time he's brought his whole family to meet an old friend ... and take on a new challenge."
Adopted Jesse is told that his real mother has finally been located due to her passing. He turns out to have a half-brother who is now being taken in as a foster child in their family. However, Jesse doesn't want to accept him, especially not because he keeps telling lies. When they all go camping they see the orca Willy who is reunited with his family. However, the freedom of the orcas is now threatened by an oil tanker disaster.
Actors and actresses
Jesse
Glen Greenwood
Annie Greenwood
Randolph Johnson
Nadine
Elvis
Dwight Mercer
Kate Haley
John Milner
Bill Wilcox
Reviews & comments
Theunissen
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- 12328 messages
- 5536 votes
A somewhat less successful sequel to the success from 1993, namely "Free Willy", but still somewhat fun entertainment.
While camping by the sea, Jesse (Jason James Richter) comes into contact with his old friend, sword whale Willy. The killer whale gets trapped in an undersea cave. Jesse springs into action to save Willy and his family from an impending environmental pollution death in the form of an oil slick.
It remains formulaic work, but knows how to play the emotions and the intentions are believable enough to fascinate young and old. Incidentally, Orka Willy (Keiko) had to cancel at the last minute to recover from a skin virus in Mexico, so a digital version was put together.
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Chainsaw
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- 8845 messages
- 3690 votes
A sequel that fits perfectly in the line of 90s family film sequels like Home Alone 2 and Beethoven's 2nd: innovation is hard to find, but the original cast is back, making it at least feel like a pretty worthy sequel. As a kid I loved Free Willy and had little problem with Free Willy 2 being more of the same. Like sequels like Home Alone 2 and Beethoven's 2nd, many things are done the same, but at least the location is different. This time we are camping in the woods. In terms of summer atmosphere, the film is in any case good, you get the urge to pack the tent and stay in nature. It's a nice change from that Seaworld-esque setting from the first film. Furthermore, Jayne Atkinson and Michael Madsen return in their sympathetic roles of foster parents and August Schellenberg is back to tell some age-old stories of his people. Even though the focus of a film like this is of course mainly on the kids, these three are probably the nicest characters in the film.
But that's also because the younger figures are rather one-dimensional and boring. Main character Jesse is now the good guy, although he still gets a few scenes in which he can play quite angry. To still have a street girl, they introduce Elvis. A bit of an annoying youngster, but that is largely the intention. In addition, it must be said that the young Capra (no relation to Frank) does play the dramatic scenes very convincingly. Because the drama is definitely present again, just like the first film, Free Willy 2 is almost humorless. But despite that and the somewhat slow build-up of the film, it all rarely gets boring. The completely nonsensical love story between Jesse and Nadine may barely interest you, but it's done much worse. And that might be Free Willy 2 in a nutshell; the average, nowhere excellent, but nowhere really bad.
Benefit of the doubt, 3 stars.
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K. V.
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- 4418 messages
- 3810 votes
Never seen this sequel, but the film turned out better than expected. Another great story that was captivating from start to finish. Nice to see the original cast return.
Nice to have seen.
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