I knew that this movie was likely to be crap. After all, it is a sequel to a b-80s comedy. But, I couldn't resist. I had to see Mesach Taylor, often a great, but underrated comic, in his performance as the dramatic Hollywood.
In Mannequin 2, dudes are once again dating mannequins-turned-living-females. But this story has its roots in a fairy tale: a young maiden and a prince were intending to get married. But, the prince's mother, cautioning a social no-no (marriage of not only rich and poor, but royalty and poor), curses the young woman with a necklace that will keep her frozen for 1000 years or unless she can find a lover from another land.
Fast forward to early 90s Philladelphia where the mannequin "peasant girl," now a traveling sideshow because of her precious jewels, has been shipped to the place where long distance relation of the prince and the long distant relation of the queen's minion will vie for the young girl's love. Although, the distant relative of the young prince has no idea that the transformation of the mannequin into a living being is far from coincidental. So, like something out of a Cars or ZZTop music video, the charming, but oblivious guy, with the help of the hilarious Hollywood (Mesach was about the only treat in this otherwise mundane comedy), will prove his chivalry for the girl as he faces off with the other jerk who wants her and knows about the curse.
Its mundane comedy at best, but not because of the story. Rather, the thing that may have audiences flinching in discomfort (or boredom) is the corny dialog and ridiculous acting (details...why do the other's with relations to the past have German accents while Kristy Swanson only has it sporadically and only in the beginning of the film?) and a god awful soundtrack. The first one still offered a lot more laughs and chuckle romance, but if for nothing else, it's a valuable piece of time capsule entertainment because of Mesach Taylor.
In Mannequin 2, dudes are once again dating mannequins-turned-living-females. But this story has its roots in a fairy tale: a young maiden and a prince were intending to get married. But, the prince's mother, cautioning a social no-no (marriage of not only rich and poor, but royalty and poor), curses the young woman with a necklace that will keep her frozen for 1000 years or unless she can find a lover from another land.
Fast forward to early 90s Philladelphia where the mannequin "peasant girl," now a traveling sideshow because of her precious jewels, has been shipped to the place where long distance relation of the prince and the long distant relation of the queen's minion will vie for the young girl's love. Although, the distant relative of the young prince has no idea that the transformation of the mannequin into a living being is far from coincidental. So, like something out of a Cars or ZZTop music video, the charming, but oblivious guy, with the help of the hilarious Hollywood (Mesach was about the only treat in this otherwise mundane comedy), will prove his chivalry for the girl as he faces off with the other jerk who wants her and knows about the curse.
Its mundane comedy at best, but not because of the story. Rather, the thing that may have audiences flinching in discomfort (or boredom) is the corny dialog and ridiculous acting (details...why do the other's with relations to the past have German accents while Kristy Swanson only has it sporadically and only in the beginning of the film?) and a god awful soundtrack. The first one still offered a lot more laughs and chuckle romance, but if for nothing else, it's a valuable piece of time capsule entertainment because of Mesach Taylor.