movie

1989 · United States

Back to the Future Part II

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 108 min
Age rating: PG
Language: English
Country: United States

Why tonight?

Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.

The story

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

flying car
skateboarding
car race
lightning
guitar
inventor
time travel
diner
car crash
sequel

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Elisabeth Shue — Jennifer
James Tolkan — Strickland
Jeffrey Weissman — George McFly
Casey Siemaszko — 3-D
Billy Zane — Match
J.J. Cohen — Skinhead
Charles Fleischer — Terry
E. Casanova Evans — Video Waiter (Michael Jackson)
Jay Koch — Video Waiter (Ronald Reagan)
Charles Gherardi — Video Waiter (Ayatollah Khomeini)
Ricky Dean Logan — Data (Griff Gang)

Directed: Robert Zemeckis
Written: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Production

Rating: 7.8 / 10 · 14,240 ratings
Studio: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1985
Back to the Future
Where it starts.
Back to the Future Part II
1989 · You’re here
Back to the Future Part III
1990

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.