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Return of the Killer Tomatoes

Posted by: Greg
Date Submitted: Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 21:51:23
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 at 05:38:14

Did they really make a sequel to "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"? You bet they did! This movie is absolutely bad and absolutely hilarious. One great reason to watch it is to see George Clooney in a (very) early role. It also stars John Astin (Gomez, from the original "Addams Family"). He plays a mad professor who's miffed that his attempt to wreak havoc with giant malevolent tomatoes in the first movie was foiled. He's created a machine out of an old jukebox (!) and other junk that, when played, turns tomatoes into humans. For some reason, he still has to put a quarter in the jukebox to make it work. He creates a beautiful tomato woman, who just happens to fall in love with the human protagonist. I should also mention that after the Great Tomato War, tomatoes have been outlawed. Our protagonist works at the local pizza joint, owned by his uncle, a hero from the Great Tomato War. In the absence of tomato sauce, they use all kinds of other ingredients in their pizza. Our hero falls for the tomato woman, then briefly rejects her after dicovering she's a tomato when he finds her eating a fertilizer stick. He recruits his uncle and his uncle's sidekicks from "Attack," and they stage a raid on the mad professor's house. In addition, about halfway through the movie, the filmmakers supposedly run out of money and resort to blatant product placement. For example, the hero and George Clooney jump on ATV's to ride off and raid the mad professor's house. They proceed to shill for the local Honda dealership. This movie is intentionaly bad, and it succeeds beyond its wildest dreams.

Rating: 3.5 turkeys.

Best Line: "Tomatoes are...evil."

Things that make you go "Huh?": Why does the professor have to put a quarter in his own jukebox?


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