F/X2



He's a special effects man from Australia. He's a New York detective who specializes in pissing people off. Together, They Fight Crime!

This 1991 film is the follow-up to F/X. F/X master Rollie, now retired from special effects, is asked by his girlfriend's ex-husband to help him catch a killer. When the ex-husband and killer are both killed by an unknown assailant, Rollie turns to former-detective turned Private Investigator Leo McCarthy to help him figure out why and bring the killer to justice. They discover the trail leads to an old case involving stolen gold medallions that have been missing for decades. The antagonists mean to retrieve the stolen medallions and return them to their proper owner, the Catholic church. At the same time, an unknown assassin is trying to kill Rollie and his family in an attempt to destroy all evidence of the murder.


 * Banned in China: Rollie's work got him banned in Australia.
 * Car Chase
 * Chekhov's Armory: Any and all special effects equipment that is shown at one point in either movie will come in to play by the end for more than Rollie's work.
 * Also pay attention to any and all character traits mentioned, even if it's only once. Rollie does.
 * Cryptic Background Reference: There are plenty of mentions of Rollie's past work.
 * Dirty Cop: The main villain of this film.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Rollie, once again.
 * Fake Action Prologue: Like F/X, this movie opens up with a filmshot which is falsely presented as the real thing.
 * Fight Scene
 * Jump Scare: Leo turns the tables on Rollie in this film -- he got his hands on Rollie's "jump out" rubber monster and installed it in his apartment -- and surprises Rollie with it.
 * Latex Perfection
 * MacGyvering: Rollie is a special effects wizard. If you ever get the chance, ask an effects man just how much of their job involves this trope.
 * The Mafia: Plays a major role....
 * Master of Disguise
 * Numbered Sequels
 * Shower Scene: Used to lure out the killer.
 * Slashed Throat
 * Special Effect Failure: Happens in-universe to the alien in the Fake Action Prologue.
 * There's No B in Movie: Opens with a shooting of a film which features a sex starved transsexual alien on a rampage.
 * They Fight Crime
 * The Vatican: The victim of a long-ago crime which is key to the plot, and the site of the final moments of the film.