On his one thousandth birthday, an evil leprechaun selects the descendant of one of his slaves to have as his bride, leaving it up to the girl’s boyfriend to save her.
With the success of the first film a sequel was quickly put into production.
Think what you will but I was excited for this release, I enjoyed the first instalment so much that I was happy to be getting more from it. I was especially happy to see Warwick Davis return to the role as I thought he truly brought the character to life and I couldn’t imagine anyone else in that role.
With this sequel the humour aspect was ramped up, I had no problem with this as it’s not exactly a shocker. The character of the Leprechaun was ripe for this and with one liners such as “Drink all you want… drink all you can… you can’t beat me… ’cause I’m a lepre-can! Mmmph! Chaun!” what’s not to love.
The cast isn’t too bad, admittedly not as good as the first film but good enough that it’s not a distraction despite a few shaky moments. It’s definitely a great sequel and that’s not always the case as we fully well know. I know some fans who prefer this to the first instalment.
Rodman Flender took over Director duties and did a great job of taking over the reigns, watching this you wonder why he never did a full feature for 5 years after, when he did the great “Idle Hands”, he definitely had the talent to do more.
“Leprechaun 2” is a fun and highly entertaining sequel, grab some beers and friends and have some fun.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
Last film in the series to be given a theatrical release.
Only Leprechaun film to take place on St. Patrick’s Day.
Has an alternate movie title: “One Wedding and Lots of Funerals”.
Denise Richards was a major contender for the role of Bridget.
When Cody and Bridget are talking after the film’s prologue, a bus passes by with a billboard poster of Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) along with the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) being displayed at a local theater.
The guard dog Andretti, is a reference to race car driver Mario Andretti.
Cody advises Clint Howard’s character to get some ice cream if he’s too scared. In 1995, one year after this movie, Howard starred in Ice Cream Man.
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