Before you read my review, take a look at this review left at The Internet Movie Database:
From: Thomas Lee of Charlottesville, VA
Date: 11 April 1999
Summary: I want 90 minutes of my life back
Ahh, Frogtown II. I caught this thing on USA around 2AM last night... I honestly can't believe this thing was only 90 minutes. They didn't even show that many commercials... yet I was up till 5:30 watching it. Oh GOD it hurt, but I had to sit through it. Intensely low-budget fx, a hero with a really weird jaw and about three crappy scifi movies' worth of premises jammed into one make for... well... somethin. Really, I can't believe this was shot on film. It's tremendously awful... no one had any idea what they were doing. My personal favorite is the four-minute long song sung by the frog-person band, apparently just to express the movies' animosity toward the teenage mutant ninja turtle franchise. But I don't want to sell short the evil twins, cyborg frog heads or texas rocket rangers. So I'll just say... save yourself. Cause once you start watching, you'll be forced to sit there "waiting for the good part", to make sure the universe makes sense, because nothing that bad could get worse, right? Well... let's just say I don't know what to believe in any more.
Well, what do you think that review did? Yes, it made us want to see it even more! Of course! Come to think of it, I really don't remember much of the plot. I know there's the Texas Rocket Rangers who are battling the frogs and the evil Czar Frogmeister. The frogs are capturing humans and injecting them with some 'stuff' that turns them into mutant frogs. I guess it's kinda like Planet of the Apes with mutant frogs and rocket rangers ... or something.
As the guy above said, this movie kept getting worse as it went along. It had a Scooby Doo-like chase scene complete with the corny music. A song by a frog band called 'Meaner and Greener' which made several thinly veiled threats to turtles. Hmm, wonder why? There was a stupid little mini frog named Czar Junior that cackled all the time. It looked like a low-grade muppet that had been run over by a steam roller repeatedly. Seriously, a two year old could've made something more believeable. I can't believe people actually kept a straight face while that thing was on camera.
You know, I'm not going to tell you any more about this movie. Trust me, don't watch it unless appropriate beverages are handy or you've already lost your mind!
Here's a sampling of the conversation around the room:
Brian: 'When someone says 'Braaghghgha' to you, you'd better listen!'
Will: 'Especially if he's a 6'5" frog.'
- As I said, take necessary precautions before viewing this one.
- There's a few intentionally funny parts, but for the most part you're twitching in pain.
- Again, it has its points, but you'll be suffering the rest of the time.
- No, this isn't creative. They just took a bunch of other successful (OK, kinda successful) ideas and threw 'em in a blender. This mess was what came out.
I summarize this movie by repeating my original question. Why? Why did they make this movie?
