Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
Last Watch Date - November 1, 2025
Total Times Watched - Once
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While Jack Frost is a classic in my house, I had never seen this one. I knew OF it for I guess decades at this point, but never got around to watching it. It's tough to live up to the quirkiness of a hidden gem like the first, so I had a pretty low bar going in.
Right off the bat, this movie proved that the bar needed to be much, much lower. Like underground lower. They decided to spend a bunch of their budget on digital effects instead of going for any sort of practical stuff. This movie was made in 1998 before being stuck without a release for 2 years – I WONDER WHY – so you have to figure this has low budget 1998 special effects. Really think about that to understand how awful they look.
The biggest issue I have with this is that they really ham it up the whole time, but it's kind of like when you hear a 60 year old telling you a blonde joke. It's not funny, not offensive, but incredibly stupid. So stupid that it's annoying.
I'm not going to say the story in this is awful because of course it is. But they jumped right to "let's have a kid in the movie" before the snow man got stale. He pops out little snowball Frosts that call him daddy and similarly can't really die. THAT IS, until they discover that Jack Frost shares genetic material with the sheriff now and since the sheriff is allergic to bananas, so is Jack Frost!!! AND HIS BABIES! They start shooting them with this banana goo from super soakers. It's ... uhhhhh.
Recommended?
NO. While Jack Frost is excellent, this one doesn't understand what made it special and kills the joke. With a banana to the face.
