Teen Wolf Too [M]

Todd is a college freshman who is charming, polite, has a talent for science, and is completely content with who he is. But everything takes a downhill turn when he discovers that he is a werewolf like his uncle and cousin. Suddenly, Todd is a boxing pro, breezing through his courses without trying, and getting everything from cars to intense popularity. But, can he have it all and not let it go to his head? 

Both Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf Too didn’t really have legs from the beginning. It’s amazing that you could not help but like the first one. And the second one is pretty much the exact same thing, just with a different character and a little more conflict. Funnily enough, I still liked it. 

Todd is a college freshman who is charming, polite, has a talent for science, and is completely content with who he is. But everything takes a downhill turn when he discovers that he is a werewolf like his uncle and cousin, Scott. Now, along with a large amount of hair, suddenly Todd is a boxing pro, he’s breezing through his courses without trying, and is getting everything handed to him from new cars to intense popularity. But as he starts to get used to this new him, he lets everything go to his head and he starts to turn into an even nastier animal than the wolf. 

So the basic story and setting is pretty much the same as the first one, only with a few subtle changes: 

A) the teen wolf is not Scott, but his cousin. That says to me that Michael J. Fox did not agree to do a sequel and they had to re-write the script. 

B) as soon as Todd turns into the wolf, he is actually met with a little fear and hostility, something that was the complete opposite in the first one. 

C) The inner conflict was much better and more pronounced in this one than it was in the first. Where Scott really wanted to be special and then became too special, Todd was already happy with who he was and the rewards that he gained for being special turned him into a spoilt egotistical jerk. I found the inner conflict in this film easier to see. 

Starring Jason Bateman (I could not get over how young he was in this film), Kim Darby, John Astin, Paul Sand, James Hampton, Mark Holton, Estee Chandler, and Stuart Fratkin, Teen Wolf Too was a fun sequel that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Filled with action, romance, boxing, music, and comedy, it’s just as silly, but enjoyable as the first one. I still won’t add them to the collection though.