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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
| name = Trancers II
| image = TrancersII.jpg
| image = TrancersII.jpg
| caption = VHS Cover
| caption = Release poster
| director = [[Charles Band]]
| director = [[Charles Band]]
| producer = Charles Band
| producer = Charles Band
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| cinematography = Adolfo Bartoli
| cinematography = Adolfo Bartoli
| editing = Andy Horvitch<br>[[Ted Nicolaou]]
| editing = Andy Horvitch<br>[[Ted Nicolaou]]
| studio = Full Moon Pictures
| distributor = [[Full Moon Features]]
| distributor = [[Full Moon Features]]
| released = {{Film date|1991|8|22}}
| released = {{Film date|1991|8|22}}
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Los Angeles, 1991. Jack Deth ([[Tim Thomerson]]) has gotten used to life with his wife Lena ([[Helen Hunt]]) in the six years since they killed Whistler. Hap Ashby ([[Biff Manard]]) has made a fortune investing and has moved from the streets to a palatial estate, sharing it with Jack and Lena.
Los Angeles, 1991. Jack Deth ([[Tim Thomerson]]) has gotten used to life with his wife Lena ([[Helen Hunt]]) in the six years since they killed Whistler. Hap Ashby ([[Biff Manard]]) has made a fortune investing and has moved from the streets to a palatial estate, sharing it with Jack and Lena.


But life is about to get difficult for Jack. Whistler's brother, E.D. Wardo ([[Richard Lynch (actor)|Richard Lynch]]), has gone back in time and created a "Trancer farm" under the guise of an environmental organization. GreenWorld claims it strives to 'clean up the world', but actually they kidnap homeless people and mental patients to enslave in a Trancer army. Once again, Hap is under attack, useful to Wardo as the ancestor of future Angel City Council Member Ashe.
But life is about to get difficult for Jack. Whistler's brother, E.D. Wardo ([[Richard Lynch (actor)|Richard Lynch]]), has gone back in time and created a "trancer farm" under the guise of an environmental organization. GreenWorld claims it strives to 'clean up the world', but actually they kidnap homeless people and mental patients to enslave in a trancer army. Once again, Hap is under attack, useful to Wardo as the ancestor of future Angel City Council Member Ashe.


Jack is ready to singe some Trancers in the name of the law, but he does not expect his dead wife Alice ([[Megan Ward]]) to show up—and neither is Lena. Alice has been saved from death by the City Council and sent back to 1991 to help Jack stop Wardo. The tension mounts as Lena becomes fearful of losing Jack to his future wife, Hap returns to drinking alcohol to deal with the stress, and Jack realizes that when Alice returns to the future, she will die again. Somehow, Jack must find a way to save more than just the future.
Jack is ready to singe some trancers in the name of the law, but he does not expect his dead wife Alice ([[Megan Ward]]) to show up—and neither is Lena. Alice has been saved from death by the City Council and sent back to 1991 to help Jack stop Wardo. The tension mounts as Lena becomes fearful of losing Jack to his future wife, Hap returns to drinking alcohol to deal with the stress, and Jack realizes that when Alice returns to the future, she will die again. Somehow, Jack must find a way to save more than just the future.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Release==
==Release==
''Trancers II'' was first released on [[VHS]], it has since then been released on DVD through the ''Trancers'' box-set or as a single DVD in Europe.
''Trancers II'' was first released on [[VHS]], it has since then been released on DVD through the Trancers box-set or as a single DVD in Europe.


==In popular culture==
==In Popular Culture==
The character of Rabbit has become a reoccurring protagonist in the ''[[Evil Bong]]'' film series, Appearing in all eight installments. A picture frame of him is seen in ''The Gingerweed Man''.
The Character Rabbit has become a reoccurring protagonist in the ''[[Evil Bong]] film series, Appearing in All 8 Installments.''
[[Category:1991 independent films]]
[[Category:1991 independent films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]

Revision as of 07:49, 11 April 2021

Trancers II
Release poster
Directed byCharles Band
Screenplay byJackson Barr
Story byCharles Band
Jackson Barr
Based onCharacters created by Danny Bilson
and Paul De Meo
Produced byCharles Band
StarringTim Thomerson
Helen Hunt
Megan Ward
Biff Manard
Martine Beswick
Jeffrey Combs
Richard Lynch
CinematographyAdolfo Bartoli
Edited byAndy Horvitch
Ted Nicolaou
Music byPhil Davies
Mark Ryder
Distributed byFull Moon Features
Release date
  • August 22, 1991 (1991-08-22)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Trancers II is a 1991 American direct-to-video science fiction action film directed by Charles Band. It is a sequel to Trancers and is set six years after the events of the first.

Plot

Los Angeles, 1991. Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) has gotten used to life with his wife Lena (Helen Hunt) in the six years since they killed Whistler. Hap Ashby (Biff Manard) has made a fortune investing and has moved from the streets to a palatial estate, sharing it with Jack and Lena.

But life is about to get difficult for Jack. Whistler's brother, E.D. Wardo (Richard Lynch), has gone back in time and created a "trancer farm" under the guise of an environmental organization. GreenWorld claims it strives to 'clean up the world', but actually they kidnap homeless people and mental patients to enslave in a trancer army. Once again, Hap is under attack, useful to Wardo as the ancestor of future Angel City Council Member Ashe.

Jack is ready to singe some trancers in the name of the law, but he does not expect his dead wife Alice (Megan Ward) to show up—and neither is Lena. Alice has been saved from death by the City Council and sent back to 1991 to help Jack stop Wardo. The tension mounts as Lena becomes fearful of losing Jack to his future wife, Hap returns to drinking alcohol to deal with the stress, and Jack realizes that when Alice returns to the future, she will die again. Somehow, Jack must find a way to save more than just the future.

Cast

Release

Trancers II was first released on VHS, it has since then been released on DVD through the Trancers box-set or as a single DVD in Europe.

In Popular Culture

The Character Rabbit has become a reoccurring protagonist in the Evil Bong film series, Appearing in All 8 Installments.

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