This frost-bitten sequel to 1997's surprisingly clever and enjoyable "Jack Frost" finds the titular killer snowman (voiced by Scott MacDonald) traversing to a tropical resort to harass shell-shocked Sheriff Tiler (Christopher Allport, looking like he'd rather have a recurring role on "7th Heaven" than do this again) and company once more. "Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman" is every bit as ridiculous as you'd expect, but is also even cheaper and dopier than you may be anticipating.Opening with a title in the coolest of cool Windows '98 fonts, 'Chiller,' the chintzy look and feel of the film is established almost immediately, as if to warn you to turn it off before it's too late. Likewise, the cinematography is virtually non existent. "Jack Frost 2" has all the production value of a turn-of-the-century Comedy Central sitcom, but with hardly a fraction of the wit. Michael Cooney returns to the director's chair for this direct-to-video cheapie and although he tries to bring the same humor and energy from the first, it just doesn't translate. Just like snow can't hold up in a warm environment, neither can the original's charms redeem this sorry affair. Jack will try to make you smile time and time again, but his water-logged puns aren't enough to break the ice.On the upside, the fast and loose feel of the production means that no one is taking this terribly seriously, and neither should you. Midway through the film, Jack sprouts a few dozen snowball offspring who wreak havoc on the resort, "Gremlins" style. These slightly entertaining bits, culminating in the film's deus ex banana (see it to believe it), offer moments of semi-inspired silliness, but by then, most of its cool has melted away. Take this one with a grain of rock salt.

When I was 10, I was obsessed with the Jack Frost movies. When I heard about this sequel, I was psyched. I even went to Walmart and was like "Hey, where's Jack Frost 2?" to a guy working in the movie section. Unfortunately, I had to just rent it at my favorite video store, Movie Warehouse. I was a little disappointed because they didn't show Jack too much this time around. They show him in all his snowman glory about 50 minutes in, but even then, they don't show him too long and he just stands there. He doesn't move around like in the original. I didn't find out til a few years ago, that all the VHS copies were heavily edited. I recently just ordered this on DVD because of the release of the original on blu-ray. I watched on Youtube and Jack Frost 2 is a lot gorier and with more language than I ever saw as a kid. Why were the VHS copies so heavily edited?One year has passed, and Sheriff Sam Tiler is still obsessed and worried that Jack Frost will come back for him. Someone has dug up the Anti- Freeze and Jack is released from his prison. Sam, his wife Anne, Deputy Joe, and his fiancée Marla take a vacation to a tropical island where it's very warm and it never snows. Somehow, Jack follows Sam and his friends to the island and begin to kill the tourists. Jack appears as an ice cube, and a carrot for awhile, til he finally makes his grand appearance. He begins to hack up little snowballs that are his babies. They are so adorable! I forgot how cute they were. Sam, Anne, Agent Manners and the island workers must fight to survive the snowball rampage, and this time...not even Anti-Freeze can stop them! If you love the original, I highly recommend JACK FROST 2: REVENGE OF THE MUTANT KILLER SNOWMAN!!!

While the original Jack Frost was terrible, yet fun to watch, Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant, Killer Snowman, is just terrible. The main characters surviving from the first encounter with the murderous Jack are back here, as is Scott MacDonald as Jack himself. However, whatever it was that made the first film fun is sorely missing here. The effects are terrible, the dialogue is terrible, the acting is terrible, and I could go on and on. I think the original film found the perfect balance of serious and humorous moments. It balanced telling a (completely illogical) story with just the right dose of not taking itself seriously. This movie just threw story out the window and put all its eggs in the "not take itself seriously" basket. The filmmakers shouldn't be faulted for this, as a movie about a killer snowman should never take itself seriously. However, without some kind of effort put forth to make you care about the characters, then even cheese like this can turn your stomach. While the original will always be a crappy horror classic, this sequel comes off as an attempt at milking money out of an idea. I don't recommend this movie.

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman was the first of the two that I rented when I was around nine at a local video store. When I saw it back then, I fell in love with it and couldn't stop thinking about it. Seeing it years later, I say it's not the memories I have of it being very good, but it's the nostalgic memories I have that will stay with me.This is grade A, B movie horror at its finest. It has a goofy killer, still speaking heavily in puns and humor-orientated dialog, and it has likable characters. Had likable characters. While many characters reprise their respected role, they are portrayed as a more stressed out, scared version of the ones they played in the original film. I loved Sam's laidback sense of direction, but this movie turns him into a chicken and a coward afraid of his own shadow. Especially during the last half hour.The plot isn't tweaked too much, the same snowman with the same goofy lines is terrorizing the same group of people, only this time not in Snowmonton, in the Tropics. Sam (Allport), his wife, and their friends get out of the town to breath different air this time around for Christmas. Until Jack shows up revenge hungry and stopping at nothing.Jack has also brought an army of cute, but lethal, snowballs that come equipped with a retractable icicle on top of their head. It leads to some pretty humorous antics. My favorite when the group is trying to kill the snowballs and they flatten him in a wafflemaker just for it to come back to life, with burnt spots on his body and say "hmmm, toasty!" There is a bad use of computer animation in the film. We get more scenes of the snowman, and more scenes of him that are lively instead of the annoying zoom in/zoom out focus in the original film. Some scenes in this had some of the worst CGI out. The two scenes plagued by this are the scenes when Jack jumps in the ground having terrible splash effects come back up, and the others are when the snowballs rebuild themselves. The snowball CGI I can understand, but the snowman jumping into the ground I can't understand.Jack's overall appearance has improved greatly from the last film. Maybe it's my mind playing tricks, but it looks like the crew cleaned him up from his last adventure. Though he looks very good, I can't understand why both DVD covers have to lie to us. On the cover of the first movie, it shows Jack with smaller, straighter head, green eyes, and razor sharp teeth. His appearance greatly differs from his film look, and the razor sharp teeth are reduced greatly in size.On the second DVD cover, the snowman looks more like himself, but the green eyes and teeth are still in place. And now the snowball suddenly has teeth twice the size of himself? It's like on all the Tremors DVD covers, they have the worms with teeth the size of humans when the worms have tentacles. Why? Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman has certain appeal. It has returning cast members so the sequel doesn't feel isolated, it has some very amusing characters (like the Jamacain on the island), and the one of horror's creepiest looking villains returns. It's all good fun...for a while till logic kicks in.Starring: Christopher Allport, Scott MacDonald, Eileen Seeley, Chip Heller, Marsha Clark, Ray Cooney, David Allen Brooks, and Sean Patrick Murphy. Directed by: Michael Cooney.