The Fly II

1989 film directed by Chris Walas

Movie film Q468703

Facts

32 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Chris Walas^[1]
Genre: horror film, thriller film, monster film, science fiction film, body horror film^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Publication date: February 10, 1989, March 16, 1989, September 8, 1989, May 25, 1989, October 4, 2005^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]
Follows: The Fly^[12]
Screenwriter: Mick Garris, Ken Wheat, Frank Darabont, George Langelaan^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Producer: Steven-Charles Jaffe, Mel Brooks^[22]^[23]
Part of the series: The Fly^[24]
Duration: +105^[48]
Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.85:1^[49]
Australian Classification: M
BBFC rating: 18 certificate
Box office: +20021322, +38903179
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve
Capital cost: +12500000^[50]
Cast member: Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, John Getz, Frank C. Turner, Saffron Henderson, Lee Richardson, Garry Chalk, Jeff Goldblum, Matt Moore^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Color: color^[32]
Composer: Christopher Young^[6]
Country of origin: United States^[33]
Director of photography: Robin Vidgeon^[26]
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Finnkino, Netflix^[39]^[40]^[41]
Distribution format: video on demand^[28]
FSK film rating: FSK 16^[47]
Film editor: Sean Barton^[44]

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Filmiroda rating: Category IV
MPA film rating: R^[46]
Main subject: pregnancy, mad scientist^[42]^[43]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[27]
Production company: Brooksfilms^[25]
RARS rating: 16+
Review score: 4.6/10, 33%, 36/100^[29]^[30]^[31]
Title: The Fly II^[45]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 69

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 58070
AdoroCinema film ID: 42757
AllMovie title ID: v17926
Allcinema film ID: 9011
AlloCiné film ID: 42757
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.5w3vd9euyx1goy2enhdvz6tg1
BBFC release ID: the-fly-ii-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtc2ndq
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): fly2
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 604
CineMagia title ID: 7024
Comic Vine ID: 4025-3055
DNF film ID: 6583

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Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 1070
Douban film ID: 1296720
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 5443, 43757
EDb film ID: t0004836
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/0848-5F74-65CE-7E91-A898-2
Eiga.com movie ID: 44887
ElFilm film ID: 97039
Elonet movie ID: 120492
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: fly_ii_the
Exploitation mark number: 69698
FilmAffinity film ID: 953208
FilmVandaag ID: film/8637
Filmfront film ID (archived): 2463
Filmová databáze film ID: 10256
Filmweb.no film ID: 87601
Filmweb.pl film ID: 33302
Freebase ID: /m/03383d
Garance item ID: 8392432
IMCDB work ID: 97368
IMDb ID: tt0097368
ISAN: 0000-0000-5BE7-0000-C-0000-0000-1
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/lamosca2
KINENOTE film ID: 3842
Kinobox film ID: 242297
Kinopoisk film ID: 7428
LUMIERE film ID: 180047
LdiF ID: 9922
Letterboxd film ID: the-fly-ii
MPA certificate number: 29524
MUBI film numeric ID: 44663
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 15573
Mediafilm ID (archived): mf-tt-9178018610
Metacritic ID: movie/the-fly-ii
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-fly-ii-m100022384
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv3835
MovieLens movie ID: 2456
MovieMeter film ID: 644
Moviepilot.de film ID: die-fliege-ii-die-geburt-einer-neuen-generation
Netflix ID: 70108825
OFDb film ID: 435
OMDb film ID: 10344
PORT film ID: 8061
Plex media key: 5d7768347228e5001f1de689
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/fly_ii
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 613
Scope.dk film ID: 3674
SensCritique work ID: 479961
Swedish Film Database ID: 17303
TMDB movie ID: 10344
TV.com ID (archived): movies/the-fly-2
The Numbers movie ID: Fly-II-The
TheTVDB movie ID: 9299
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-fly-ii-1989
Trakt.tv film ID: 5542
Unconsenting Media ID: 14982
Writers Guild of America project ID: 768145
ČSFD film ID: 22968

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 9

Jeff Goldblum, Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, John Getz, Garry Chalk, Matt Moore, Saffron Henderson, Frank C. Turner +1 more

Genre 4

horror film, science fiction film, thriller film, monster film

Distributed by 3

Netflix, 20th Century Studios, Finnkino

Main subject 2

pregnancy, mad scientist

Screenwriter 2

Frank Darabont, George Langelaan

Composer 1

Christopher Young

Country of origin 1

United States

Director 1

Chris Walas

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Follows 1

The Fly

Instance of 1

film

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Preceded by (successor) 1

The Fly

Producer 1

Mel Brooks

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Fly II — director (P57): Chris Walas. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Fly II — screenwriter (P58): Mick Garris. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Fly II — screenwriter (P58): Ken Wheat. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Fly II — screenwriter (P58): Frank Darabont. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Fly II — screenwriter (P58): George Langelaan. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Fly II — composer (P86): Christopher Young. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Fly II — genre (P136): horror film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Fly II — genre (P136): thriller film. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Fly II — genre (P136): monster film. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Fly II — genre (P136): science fiction film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Fly II — genre (P136): body horror film. rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Fly II — follows (P155): The Fly. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Eric Stoltz. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-13. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Daphne Zuniga. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-13. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): John Getz. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-13. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Frank C. Turner. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Saffron Henderson. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Lee Richardson. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-13. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Garry Chalk. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Jeff Goldblum. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Fly II — cast member (P161): Matt Moore. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Fly II — producer (P162): Steven-Charles Jaffe. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Fly II — producer (P162): Mel Brooks. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Fly II — part of the series (P179): The Fly. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Fly II — production company (P272): Brooksfilms. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Fly II — director of photography (P344): Robin Vidgeon. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Fly II — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Fly II — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Fly II — review score (P444): 4.6/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-05. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Fly II — review score (P444): 33%. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Fly II — review score (P444): 36/100. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Fly II — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Fly II — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Fly II — publication date (P577): February 10, 1989. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Fly II — publication date (P577): March 16, 1989. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Fly II — publication date (P577): September 8, 1989. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Fly II — publication date (P577): May 25, 1989. Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Fly II — publication date (P577): October 4, 2005. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-07-04. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Fly II — distributed by (P750): 20th Century Studios. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Fly II — distributed by (P750): Finnkino. imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Fly II — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Fly II — main subject (P921): pregnancy. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Fly II — main subject (P921): mad scientist. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Fly II — film editor (P1040): Sean Barton. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ The Fly II — title (P1476): The Fly II. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ The Fly II — MPA film rating (P1657): R. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-07-04. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ The Fly II — FSK film rating (P1981): FSK 16. fsk.de. fsk.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ The Fly II — duration (P2047): 105 minutes. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ The Fly II — aspect ratio (W:H) (P2061): 1.85:1. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-07-04. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ The Fly II — capital cost (P2130): 12,500,000 US dollars. Retrieved 2025-07-04. wikidata.org.

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IMCDB work ID → 97368

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Publication date → +1989-02-10T00:00:00Z, +1989-03-16T00:00:00Z, +1989-09-08T00:00:00Z +2

Screenwriter → Mick Garris, Ken Wheat, Frank Darabont +1

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