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2/10
Ouch
Teknofobe7016 August 2005
It's a sad truth that there are a lot of bad werewolf movies out there. But there are a few that really stand out as being among the worst of the worst ... and "Teen Wolf Too" is undoubtedly one of them.

It follows pretty much the same plot as the first movie, which was itself a recycled formula. Todd Howard (cousin of Scott from the first movie), a hard-working science student, arrives in college wanting to work towards becoming a vet. But there's one snag -- he's there under a sports scholarship, and unless he performs well in the boxing tournament his place in the college is at stake. Thankfully, he finds himself succumbing to his cousin's lycanthropic curse and becomes a popular and agile werewolf. But in the process he, of course, forgets who his real friends are.

There are numerous recurring characters from the first movie, some of whom have inexplicably moved to this college. There are Scott's high school chums, Chubby and Stiles -- Stiles is this time played by Stuart Fratkin, who also appeared in an episode of the TV show "Werewolf" the same year ("A Material Girl"). Scott's dad also makes a few appearances, as well as the Scott's coach, who is also played by a different actor this time. But of course, none of this matters ... without Michael J Fox, this movie was pretty much doomed from the start. He was pretty much the only thing that saved "Teen Wolf" from being a flop.

The dialogue is unbearable, the directing is clumsy, and the acting in places is downright appalling. Since this is basically a remake of the first movie, there's absolutely no reason to watch it. Just watch the original, and forget about this one altogether. There's hardly anything good to say about it at all. And believe it or not, it still made money. In fact it's very surprising that we didn't see a "Teen Wolf Three" the next year. Thank heavens for small blessings ...
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4/10
A sequel that shouldn't have been made
jdb100000101122 October 2004
Does Hollywood ever learn? You can't top a film like 'Teen Wolf.' All you can do is defile its existence by producing a sequel like this. The movie isn't worth watching unless you're a Jason Bateman fanatic or a masochist.

The plot from the first movie is reduxed here, and poorly. The message is the same. The moral is the same. The only thing that's changed is the faces, because the majority of the cast from the first movie was wise to avoid this bomb. The dad from 'Teen Wolf' makes an appearance, and that's all I can remember (without checking the listing). A forgettable flop.
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3/10
Realistic and funny
cabdriver_casual20 September 2004
Unfortunately Teen Wolf Too Is neither. I know what you're thinking, 'it's a film about a teenage who can turn into a werewolf, or course it's not meant to be realistic'. Fair point, but I know that whenever I see a person turn into a werewolf I at least react, usually by saying 'what the s**t is going on here?' That's the main problem I have with film. Jason Bateman turns into the werewolf in the middle of a boxing bout and the whole school starts cheering for the wolf, without even thinking 'wow, a dude just turned into a werewolf, that's a little unique'. THEY DIDN'T EVEN GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT. Possibly because the cast had seen the original Teen Wolf and knew that it is possible for college sports stars to morph into werewolves when they face adversity.

Unfortunately the rest of the film is pretty weak, with alleged jokes misfiring at regular intervals and Teen Wolf singing 'do you love me'. Don't really have to say anymore about that…

I wont give away the end, just in case people are reading this and thinking 'wow, its been out for 18 years but it's only now that I feel the need to get amongst this cinematic masterpiece', but will Teen wolf decide to face the world as himself or as the wolf? Only time will tell.
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Notable only for how cheap it is and how little effort was put into it across the board
bob the moo26 July 2009
Although he is Scott's cousin, Todd Howard has managed to dodge the "family problem" and is a perfectly normal young man starting a promising college career. Despite being very weedy and interested in becoming a vet, Todd has managed to get a sports scholarship without being sure why. Turns out that the Dean has assumed that Todd can do for the college boxing team what Scott did for his high school basketball team what with him being a werewolf and everything. Todd discovers this quickly and is keen to disappoint but his genes betray him as the "family problem" manifests itself suddenly. Overnight Todd is a star in the ring and on the campus – but can he manage this sudden change?

When I read overly negative reviews of the first Teen Wolf film I can only silently shake my head and wonder what the same viewer makes of the sequel. I say this because, as basic as the original film is, Teen Wolf Too/Two/2/whatever is like the makers condensed the original film to the basics and then just put that out on as little money, time and effort as possible. It shows in all areas of the film but I have to start somewhere so I will do so with the actual story. The flow of it is this (a) studious kid doesn't really fit into school/college, (b) kid becomes werewolf, (c) kid becomes popular but also a major a**hole, (d) kid learns life lesson. OK, so you can see it is essentially the same film as the first time, with the sport and setting different. In terms of the telling of the story though, we literally jump between these parts without any gradual development between them. I'm not saying it needed a lot of complexity but maybe just one or two scenes bridging the gap between the elements – instead it will literally have 1 scene of him becoming a werewolf for the first time, then the next scene is him popular and doing a 50's twist (for some reason) at a party – not even a bridge which shows him winning over an initially hesitant campus. This is the same across the whole film and it makes it weaker as a film – a problem considering it would still have not been great with these scenes.

This slapdash approach is reflected in the whole film and it is no surprise that the script is poor. The dialogue matches the "good enough" approach to the narrative – ie lines are clunky, obvious and lacking anything that would make you care enough to listen. However, producing even this level of trash was clearly too much for the writers because they appear to have been too busy to get laughs, fun or energy into the script. Visually it looks cheap. The sets are faded and unconvincing while the aim appears to have been to try and pull off "crowd" scenes with as few extras as possible. The wolf makeup is also really bad – never great of course but in Too it looks like a mask purchased at a corner store.

With all this it is no surprise that the cast can do nothing with it. I feel sorry for Bateman but he is poor here and cannot do anything with the material handed to him. He has almost zero chemistry with Chandler as well – again neither of them helped by the material having no bridge between "oh hi" and "you are the love of my life". Astin must have hoped for more but, even though he has a glint in his eyes that suggests a fun role in the film, he does nothing and has nothing to do. Fratkin and Holton are both annoying and deliver nothing in the way of laughs that the writers clearly just assumed they would do on their own (wackiy guy and fat guy – practically writes itself.....errr, no, no it doesn't).

The end product is not so much a terrible film in that everything was misjudged but rather a terrible film because nobody seems to have given a single, flying f**k about it from conception to final delivery. The plot is the same as the first film but yet so much worse and basic, with similar dialogue. The "feel" of the film is likewise cheap and "make-do" and it is no surprise that nobody in the cast can do much of anything with the whole affair. The only value the sequel has is making the first Teen Wolf film seem more fresh and filled with fun that it was.
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1/10
This is cash-in sequeling at it's worst.
Rob_Taylor22 December 2002
And to think that people complained that Return of the Jedi was too much like Star Wars...

They obviously hadn't seen this movie, which is basically the exact plot of the original with different actors. Not even a token piece of originality.

This is cash-in sequeling at it's worst, equalled only by the likes of Grease 2. Avoid it, or you'll think you're watching the original with new voices dubbed over the top.
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1/10
I don't even know where to begin.
ZacharyALL25 July 2001
I am going to start out by admitting that even though I think the original Teen Wolf is a pretty stupid movie, I actually like it quite a bit. I don't know what it is about it that I like, but for the last couple of months I've found myself watching my copy of Teen Wolf about once a week.

I decided to purchase (you gotta OWN these titles, that's the fun of it.) a copy of Teen Wolf Too on eBay for $4. The only other time I had seen this movie was when I was in 4th grade, which was over a decade ago. I didn't remember much about it, save a couple of moments involving Chubby.

I just finished watching the movie for the first time in 11 years, and I can say with complete certainty that this is one of the worst movies I've seen in a LONG time. In many ways, this is the *perfect* bad sequel... The first film wasn't especially good or commercially successful, so it seems pointless to have even considered making another chapter in the Teen Wolf saga. They also weren't able to get the big star of the first movie (Michael J. Fox) to come back, so they instead focused on his cousin, whose personality is almost exactly the same. Even further, they decided to bring back a few of the characters from the first movie, only two of which are played by the same actors. Stiles, who was corny but funny in Teen Wolf, has been replaced by an actor who isn't nearly as convincing or amusing. Coach Finstock, who was the only genuinely funny character in the first film, is now played by a man whose line delivery made me laugh exactly zero times throughout the course of the film.

These discrepancies aside, the plot of this film is crap. It's basically exactly the same as the original, only even more sketchy. Anyone who hasn't seen Teen Wolf will probably not be able to make sense of the plot, not that any of them would actually watch this ridiculous film in its entirety.

I could probably write a fairly long essay on the problems with this movie, but I'm limited to 1000 words here. I would comment more on the many specific elements that make this movie stupid, but I don't want to waste more of anyone's time. And since I'm trying to keep you from wasting your time, then I will recommend that you do not watch this movie. Ever. Anyone who says that this movie is not that bad is wrong.
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1/10
Sucks
elenoid28 June 2003
Teen Wolf 2 is a pale copy of teen wolf. The first movie is great the second one just boring, not funny, and it sucks. The characters are faked and the plot is just the same as it is in Teen Wolf 1. I fell asleep when I first saw it, and I'm not going to see again ever.
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1/10
Dear God, Why?
thebishop212 November 2004
This one ranks up there with Mannequin 2 and Weekend at Bernie's 2 as the worst sequels of all time. As if the cheesy first film starring Michael J Fox wasn't bad enough, some dink in Hollywood decided that a second must be made despite the fact that there were many obvious signs not to make it. Shouldn't the signs be clear when you can't get star of the film back, or half the rest of the cast who realized they'd be doomed to the C circuit forever?

This is just a poor rehash of an already terrible idea. Geek (Jason Bateman) going to school, is somehow into athletics when he should really be into studying and insects, is in love with the hot chick on campus but doesn't notice the blistering crush the longtime girl friend has on him. He turns into a wolf, parties, gets really good at sports, learns a lesson, and then wins as himself instead of using the magic powers Oden inferred upon him and discovers that the longtime girl friend is the hottest chick in the movie. yay.

I only have a few thoughts on this flick though. Why did they feel the need to bring back Mr Howard? I mean, they could have made a clean break, cast all new people and just made it another film that had a similar 'plot'. But instead, they bring back incidental characters from the first film that weren't that entertaining then. They bring back Scott's friend Stiles. How does he know Todd (Bateman)? I'm not really sure. I'm kind of surprised he knew him since this Stiles looks completely different do to either complete facial reconstruction or a casting change. Not that it matters, as the annoying character he is, the less you remember his face, the more better off you are.

Why is Chubby in this film? I mean, talk about bringing back a character that brought nothing to the table. The only thing he did in the first film was eat jello from a girls cleavege. Sure, we all want to do that just once, but it still shouldn't mean getting into another film.

And why Boxing? I mean, what colleges have a boxing circuit? And does Bateman look like he could hurt a fly? At least basketball, football or even baseball could pass. Hell, track and field!! But, alas, they decided Boxing was the way to go. Another great choice by these people. I'm shocked they're still working after all this.

At least Bateman has redeemed himself by doing some good work on Arrested Development. But it'll take an Oscar for me to ever forgive this horrendous film. Avoid it like the plague and thank the lord above if you've never seen it. Amen.
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1/10
Teen Wolf was good, Teen Wolf Too is horrible
TheLittleSongbird21 June 2011
I liked Teen Wolf. It was fun, charming and likable without being a masterpiece. However, this sequel is horrible in every regard. Not even Jason Bateman's hotness can save it, particularly seeing as his acting here is not very good and that's an understatement. The rest of the acting is poor, that is including Kim Darby and John Astin, and it doesn't help that their characters are written so badly. The production values, especially the editing are shoddy, the story is predictable and feels like a rehash and the writing is clunky. Even the soundtrack isn't as infectious this time round. Overall, a horrible film. 1/10 Bethany Cox
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1/10
"Too" much of a bad thing....
Mister-64 May 2000
Jason Bateman is no Michael J. Fox. Ouch.

And "Teen Wolf Too" is not as good as "Teen Wolf". BIG ouch.

Not that the original had anything going for it except for Fox, but this sequel doesn't even try. Just a change of locale and a COUSIN in the same family (explaining Hampton's appearance here) who gets on the boxing team as the wolf in question, forcing his grades to suffer, and blah and blah and blah....

Give me a break. For a comedy as insubstantial as this one to expound on the virtues of education is like Joey Buttafuoco talking about celibacy. I'm sorry, but "Teen Wolf Too" is just a bad excuse for a sequel to a movie that wasn't that great to begin with. Forget about it.

No stars and no excuses for "Teen Wolf Too": the movie that proves a movie about a wolf can just as easily turn into a dog.
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1/10
Teen Wolf Too: The Neutering
btara_ktahn2 August 2010
If werewolf movies have taught us anything, it's that werewolves make the absolute BEST boxers! From Lon Chaney Jr in "The Wolfman" to Benicio Del Toro (also in "The Wolfman" but not the same "The Wolfman"), boxing has been a major theme throughout ALL werewolf movies, no matter what their countries of origin.

*checks with her sources* Oh, wait... werewolves DON'T box?! Werewolves are the ones that bite, claw and scratch, right? All are maneuvers NOT allowed in boxing (unless you're Mike Tyson, then biting seems to be okay).

This stink-burger should've closed the book on Jason Bateman's career. I'm just glad that he was able to redeem himself with "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" (I loved him as "the Mutant").

Teen Wolf had that dopey Wolfman Dance, but it was still a watchable movie.

"Teen Wolf Too" is just... bad. And it's not a GOOD bad. You know, the GOOD bad movies where you sit with your friends and a nice sugar rush and riff the snot out of a bad movie? There's nothing to riff with this. You watch it and wind up commenting on books that you have on the coffee table, or you look around for something else to do... something that could POSSIBLY hold your attention, because "Teen Wolf Too" does not.
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10/10
I love this movie
rubystigers9 January 2021
I bought this movie. I love this movie. I love Jason Bateman.
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7/10
I'll admit it, I like it
Justin Harris5 October 2005
This is by far the worst rated movie on IMDb that I admittedly like. Maybe it's because I loved this movie and its former when I was a young kid, but I still watch this movie with joy. Now that I'm older, I do see the reason why it is such a poor film. It lacks originality and top notch acting. It is just a college version of the original "Teen Wolf" that deems it unnecessary and unworthy of a sequel. However, I really like Jason Bateman and I think he's good in even this film. The only justifiable means that I can use to compare this movie as being better than its former is that it always made more sense to me that a werewolf participate in a combative sport (such as boxing) over basketball. But yeah, I know this movie is crap. But we all have our guilty pleasures.
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1/10
'Hey thanks, you got any fries'
dbmercatali23 May 2007
When i was a boy in the late 80s, I used to rent out videos from my local store. One such one was Teen Wolf Too. I seem to remember enjoying it, probably cos it was about boxing and i liked fight films at that age like any boy (my favourite movie series was the Karate Kid). I didn't remember much about it, but must have liked it cos I then rented Teen Wolf, the original, to see where it had come from. Low and behold the main character was Michael J Fox, my favourite actor at the time. Then I fell in love with THAT film, perhaps even forgetting it all started with Teen Wolf Too.

Years later, with newly installed Sky, I see that Teen Wolf Too in on Sci-Fi channel one afternoon. 'I'll watch that, I loved those films when i was a kid, it's like walking down memory lane'. I was shocked at how bad it was (more on this later). Was I that clueless as a kid? Anyway, a week later I saw that the original Teen Wolf was on, and thought 'Hey, let's truly confirm my poor taste as a child'. I was again shocked. Because it was good. Okay, it's not really, it's actually stupid and I still don't know why:

A) Scott/Todd turn into a werewolf. A little explanation is all I ask, not a realistic one, just a little.

B) Scott/Todd just accept what happens to them.

C) No one else goes 'That's a werewolf, that's both freaky and unusual, quick, run!' (Instead they all go 'Yay, go Wolfie! We love you and your furriness!')

D) Why being a werewolf helps you be good at Basketball/Boxing.

Saying all that, Teen Wolf is okay. Its entertaining, has morals, quite amusing, has energetic and sympathetic characters, and Fox's phone in performance is still very likable. I must have watched it so much as a kid, i could remember so many lines. Only the Karate kid matches that.

Teen Wolf Too though, is dreadful. People are saying remake/copy, and i agree, except that's too kind. If it was remade properly, it would be close to having the story of the original. But it's like they took the main plot points of the original and said 'Okay, we got that scene, well let's set it here but make as little effort as possible, i mean we're only remaking Teen Wolf, no one cares if it's good.' The result is a mess of awkward, tired, unfunny scenes that only make sense when you see the original and realise that's what they were trying to achieve. In particular, 'Do you love me' was such a terrible, forced, illogical copy of 'Surf's Up' it was painful. But i'm glad i saw them the wrong way round again, because this really makes Teen Wolf look like Back to the Future.

Oh, and the point of my story is that I then realised my taste as a kid was obviously not that bad, cos I had seen this twice and then stopped. I had watched Teen Wolf again and again, that's why i knew so many lines even now. The only line I could remember in this was: 'Thanks, you got any fries.'
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Sweet Merciful God Why?
bordentownfilms24 February 2004
After a lifetime of watching movies and searching for the greatest moment in cinematic history, I've finally found it. Is it Orson Welles' breathless death-rattle of `. . . rosebud.' In Citizen Kane? No. How about Al Pacino giving Fredo the kiss of death in Godfather II? Try again. What about Peter Finch screaming into the Network camera `I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it ANYMORE!' . . . not even close.

Are you ready? Here it is: the greatest moment in contemporary motion picture history is . . . in Teen Wolf Too when Jason Bateman (as the Wolf) runs across the park, leaps through the air in slow motion, and comes down with a Frisbee in his mouth-all without losing that stupid hat he had on!

Oh, but this film is peppered with other fantastic gems. Like the part where the Wolf and Chubby where cruising around in the University Corvette (what, your school didn't have one?) and they almost ran that guy on the bike over and the Wolf just kept laughing and laughing--good times; or what about when Chubby was in the ring and he bounced the smaller guy into the ropes, put his hand on his hip, twirled his fist and knocked the kid out; ew! ew! ew! I know! What about when the Wolf was singing `Do You Love Me!' Remember? When he had that little suit on and he was strutting his choreographed stuff with the team of wannabe Solid Gold Dancers? Box office dynamite!

I don't remember a huge portion of this film, because the part of my brain that controls my higher cognitive functions shut down somewhere between the part where Chubby farts and Stiles sits in the smell and the part where the science teacher walks away from Gomez Addams with a tail wagging from under her skirt. Just thinking about it makes my lobes tingle and go numb.

If there was one thing worse than the moron who played Stiles in Teen Wolf, it has got to be the guy that played Stiles in Teen Wolf Too. Oh my God that guy was horrible. The only highlight of this movie was when Stiles gets punched-out in between rounds of the big climactic fight scene-I like it because I've convinced myself that it was an outtake and he REALLY got hit. Take THAT Stuart Fratkin! What was he thinking? `Yeah, I landed a SWEET gig on Teen Wolf Too-I'm STILES! Just the springboard my career needs!' Yeah, look out DeNiro, here comes Stuart Fratkin.

My buddy Marc brought this movie over to my house and I'm not sure what to think. This is the same friend that exposed me to Pumpkinhead 2. The only thing I can figure is that he is one of many alien infiltrators sent to Earth to use bad movies to brainwash people into a zombie-like trance, making way for an alien take over. To those in a similar circumstance, I say RESIST! You're not taking my soul with Teen Wolf Too, Marc! I'm on to you fella!
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3/10
Lousy carbon copy sequel
Woodyanders23 October 2013
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Clean-cut college freshman Todd Howard (blandly played by Jason Bateman) becomes the star of the boxing team and the most popular guy on campus after he discovers that he's a werewolf. Christopher Leitch's by-the-numbers direction fails to bring any freshness to the hopelessly clichéd and straight-down-the-line grindingly predictable story. Tim Kring's slapdash script not only blatantly rehashes the plot of the far superior original sans any wit, charm, or warmth, but also recycles entire gags and even the central message about being true to yourself. Worse yet, two of the most amusing and entertaining characters from the first one are recast with lesser actors: Paul Sands makes for a terribly glum and mopey Coach Finstock while Stuart Fratkin grates on the nerves something painful as slick hustler Stiles. James Hampton is wasted in a minor part as Uncle Howard and Mark Holton likewise isn't given much worthwhile to do as Chubby. This picture hits its absolute groan-inducing nadir with a simply pathetic song and dance number set to the song "Do You Love Me?" and the especially dopey moment when Todd catches a Frisbee in his teeth. On the plus side, Kim Darby tries hard as the sympathetic Professor Brooks, the fetching Estee Chandler delivers an appealing performance as the sweet Nicki, and John Astin hams it up with deliciously lip-smacking brio as the slimy Dean Dunn. Only the climactic exciting rough'n'tumble boxing match manages to rise out of the mire of numbing mediocrity. Pretty stinky.
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2/10
This is a very, very bad movie.
jacobnunnally19 December 2012
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Whew, this movie stinks!

I think the other reviewers here have covered most of the...highlights. But you know, this was just a cheapy money maker. It's just a reboot of the first one, even including the putt-putt golf scene, which is just shameless. The only new thing is: boxing and a meth-head-looking Stylez.

I've been watching arrested development so much lately I thought I'd give TWT a shot, because I'm just hangin around the house tonight.

Funny, I texted a few friends that I was watching this movie, and everyone said, "Oh man that movie sucks." Boy, do I agree. It's horrible.

The three-in-a-row montage thing really is priceless. I'm actually still watching it right now, and it's on the third song. So funny!

Styles looks like...jeez, I'm not sure. His "Missouri Compromise" hairdo sure does work for him though.

And yes, Chubby is on the fencing team. A sport for nimble, slim, quick guys. Yeah. A guy named Chubby got a fencing scholarship.

This movie is to Teen Wolf what Saved by the Bell: The College Years was to Saved by the Bell - a painful reminder that this show sucks.

"Frog fighting in my lab?"

Yes! What a half-hearted effort. The script is garbage. That's where the main fault lies - this script is totally, totally ridiculous it's so bad.

Wouldn't a human who could turn into a wolf attract some kind of media attention? I mean sure they didn't have Twitter in the 80s, but you'd think ESPN or something might pick up on it. Just sayin'.

Oh yeah, I also like how Bateman and his girlfriend both speak Latin and know graduate-level biology. In case you hadn't checked, most freshman are idiots who don't read anything at all. I guess it just wasn't believable.

Last thought - do colleges really have boxing teams?
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2/10
If you loved "Teen Wolf", you may want to reconsider watching "Teen Wolf Too".
planktonrules2 June 2019
"Teen Wolf" was a popular film. So, it's not surprising that the studio would want to make a sequel. The problem was that the star of the first one, Michael J. Fox, hated making "Teen Wolf" and refused to make the sequel. It's not hard to understand, as between the two films "Back to the Future" came out and shot Fox to greater stardom. So, in a pinch, the studio tossed out many of the original cast and tried to see if they could get away with it. Despite all this, the sequel still made a modest profit....though it also made IMDB's infamous Bottom 100 List. So, according to the list, this is the 62nd worst major release of all time according to users.

When the film begins, you see that Jason Bateman is playing Todd Howard....the COUSIN of Michael J. Fox's character from the first film, Scott. Oddly, Scott's father (James Hampton) is in the movie and he's acting the role of Todd's guardian. Todd is starting college (which is odd, as Bateman was 18...and rarely do roles for teens ever actually go to real teens....often they are 21-30) and he's there on an athletic scholarship but apparently didn't deserve it...much like those actors and their kids you've heard about a lot in the news recently. However, in Todd's case he could get killed, as it's a BOXING scholarship! Will Todd's lycanthropy help save him from being beaten to a pulp? And, like every teen film of the 80s, will it help him get the girl?

While I was NOT a huge fan of "Teen Wolf", it seems like "Teen Wolf Too" is a step backward in most every way. The biggest problem is the writing, as some of the characters are one-dimensional and ridiculous caricatures (especially John Astin as the Dean). They also often used slapstick instead of cleverness...and really, really bad slapstick....like the sort of stuff 6 year-olds would enjoy. Hard to watch...and easy to hate.

So, while it's bad, is it Bottom 100 bad? Probably not. But I have noticed several other film franchises have the same pattern....a film is loved by its fans and the studios create sequels that simply stink. And, because so much love existed for the first one, there's a backlash and folks not only dislike but HATE the sequels. Some examples on the Bottom 100 are "The Neverending Story III", "Son of Mask", "Jaws the Revenge", "The Human Centipede II" as well as "The Human Centipede III". The same cannot be said of "Baby Geniuses" and "Baby Geniuses II" because both films made the list and both films are god-awful.
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4/10
Nothing here to see
Leofwine_draca25 December 2014
I didn't really think much of the first TEEN WOLF - an '80s high school comedy starring Michael J. Fox as a werewolf - so I wasn't expecting much from this forgotten sequel, either. Indeed, there's nothing much to see here other than a lame re-run of the first movie, with an added ROCKY-style boxing plot to add some action to the inanity.

The problem with TEEN WOLF TOO is that it feels flaccid and badly dated as a high school comedy. The best high school movies are adult rated, delivering raucous entertainment that anyone who's ever been a teenager can readily identify with. By comparison, this is a cheap and cheerful sequel, the 'highlight' of which involves a huge '50s-flavoured dance off with our hero headlining in full werewolf costume.

The narrative involves some kind of predictable moral fairytale in which our hero must learn humility and to constrain the excesses of his ego. It's all rather sanctimonious in approach, layered with '80s cheese and the usual stock characters: the nerd friend, the bad guy jock, the bimbos. Say what you like about the original, at least it had the likable Michael J. Fox as the lead, whereas here we're saddled with the annoying Jason Bateman instead. He's no match, and neither is this lacklustre movie compared to the warmly-regarded first film.
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1/10
If you weren't there you won't understand
flikey14 February 2016
So, before there was Internet , Hulu , Netflix,- back when cable TV was something for rich people- there were video rental stores. These were vast warehouse like buildings filled with videocassette tapes ( yeah this was before DVD ) that you could rent for 24 hrs for about $4.00. If you are too young to remember this then you probably don't believe me. Ask an old person, they'll verify these facts. You can understand that this was a huge, profitable industry. Therefore it was necessary to have thousands of titles to fill the shelves. As a result thousands of puzzlingly worthless films were produced in this era. If you watch teen wolf too expecting a good movie - you have missed the point. Did you expect it to be scary? It's not. Did you expect it to be funny? It's not. Special effects? Nope. What it is is +/- 90 minutes of something to watch that wasn't otherwise available on broadcast TV. There are literally thousands of similarly worthless films from the 80's that were made simply so the rental store would have full shelves.
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1/10
Revenge of the 80's meets the Dustbin Dwellers: Meaningless sequels that are so bad that they have no entertainment value.
Captain_Couth7 July 2004
Teen Wolf Too (1987) bites. Why on earth did they make a sequel to a marginally "successful" movie. The original lame movie spawned a Saturday morning cartoon series and this god awful movie. It's so terrible. If you thought part one was bad you ain't seen nothing yet. Teen Wolf Too is so bad that it makes part one look like an Academy Award winning film. Dude, why did they make this movie? What were the film-makers thinking? I know that this movie was made during the 80's and they made an obligatory sequel (they were mandatory during the 80's, if a film made the slightest of profit a sequel was on it's way).

I can't express my displeasure in this movie. There was no reason for it to ever see the light of day. I can't find one. Can you?

Bad movie, beyond words...

Runaway! Runaway!!
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1/10
Awful...but Jason is adorable! Warning: Spoilers
This movie borders on unwatchable from it's duplication of the original to the horrid acting (yes, even from Jason Bateman) to the clumsy direction. I really liked Teen Wolf but after watching this movie I realized it was the charm of the star and the novelty of the concept that made that movie entertaining.

If you are a Jason Bateman fan like I am though it is nice to see him in his early days when his talent was getting formed. Oh yeah, and he is gorgeous!!!

Watch at your own risk. I repeat, watch at your own risk (what is it with the 10 lines of text rule???)
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10/10
An Underrated Masterpiece
DocMetsy7 February 2013
Warning: Spoilers
This is indeed a masterwork. There's so many layers that it's difficult to know where to begin! But, let's start with the brilliant title. Teen Wolf...TOO. As in: Teen Wolf, Also. Or Teen Wolf, As Well. This sly and ingenious inside joke no doubt refers to the once controversial and now celebrated decision to cast Jason Bateman in the leading role as opposed to Michael J. Fox. The title seems to be saying....yes, Michael J. Fox shone brightly as Scott. But, guess what, world? There's ANOTHER Teen Wolf. Yes, Jason Bateman along with his indelible creation, Todd, is a Teen Wolf too.

And what a Teen Wolf he was! Bateman inhabits the role of Todd. It's impossible to distinguish where the actor and the character begins. Which is a nice segue into the remarkable make-up and effects. When Todd finally transforms in a beautifully paced scene racked with tension, we are transported by the make-up. Here we are, looking at a teen wolf! And yet, Bateman's performance is so committed, so brave and so genuine, that we never forget....(can't believe I'm actually getting emotional writing this)....it's still Todd in there.

I find it hilarious that critics of this film claim that it's a rehash of the first film. First of all, Todd is a completely different Teen Wolf as the title states right out of the gate. Secondly, boxing and basketball have nothing in common other than the fact that they're both sports. I suppose The Natural and Kingpin are identical films as well? Spare me. As Syd Field can tell you, all films follow a similar formula. It's short-sightedness and bias that prevent folks from appreciating just how strikingly different Teen Wolf Too is.
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6/10
Don't roll your eyes but I highly enjoyed this
Hayden-8605519 January 2021
Teen Wolf 2 (too?) is a good film, very shockingly. It stars Jason Bateman in his first feature film role, and his character is great fun. The film is so ridiculous and unbelievable you can never quite guess what comes next, John Astin plays the strict headmaster who somehow has the power to give away cars and free grades to whoever does the best at boxing for the school: I.E Jason Bateman. It's very similar to the first film but I found the boxing plotline more interesting than basketball and I just preferred Bateman's character, it's cheesy and it's silly but it's a lot of fun to watch, and the acting's note even that bad for goodness sake!

6/10: Very silly film but definitely worth a watch and hugely underrated
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1/10
Lacks the 'bite' of the original.
EnvyGreen13 January 2003
I saw this movie once in 1987 and I watched it a second time in 2003 and I still think that this is one sequel that should not have been made. Jason Bateman has always been considered a cut-rate Michael J. Fox and this movie proves that theory to be true.

Teen Wolf Too is a text book example of how to make a horrible sequel to an average movie. None of the elements that made the original film enjoyable were present in this piece of work. I can understand the reason they had to go with a new lead character. I can understand the reason they changed the location to a college campus. However, I don't understand why they attempted to include the characters of 'Styles' and Coach Finstock, especially since the actors who portrayed them in Teen Wolf didn't reprise their roles.

Jerry Levine and Jay Tarses are two of the elements that added charm to Teen Wolf. They complimented Michael J. Fox and their characters were amusing. In Teen Wolf Too, the actors who portray 'Styles' and Coach Finstock seem as if they are actors who are doing bad imitations of Jerry Levine and Jay Tarses.

Once I got past all of the returning characters being re-cast (with the exception of Harold Howard and Chubby), I still couldn't enjoy this movie because the story is no different than it was in the first movie. Like the first film, they cover up the lack of plot by including several montages of Teen Wolf Too doing amazing things and being loved by his peers. The footage seemed to work in the first movie, but it doesn't really fly here. Maybe basketball highlights and breakdancing are more exciting that boxing highlights and frisbee catching.

I don't know why the screenwriter didn't choose to elevate the "teenage werewolf" theme and concentrate on some of the difficulties of dealing with that type of situation when in doesn't involve winning in sports. Why not introduce a female 'teen wolf' and show us the problems associated with her situation.

I could go on and on about how it could have been done, but unfortunately, they have already wasted my time with this piece of trash. The only thing good about the DVD is that you can flip it over and watch the original Teen Wolf. On the other hand, the worst thing about the original Teen Wolf DVD is that this waste of time is on the flip side of it.
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