7cb1d79195 George Malley lives in a small town and is well-liked. One day he sees a strange flash of light in the sky and his life is radically changed. George has mysteriously become highly intelligent. The midday movie is a time-honoured tradition. Washed-up soap stars appear in films made on tiny budgets withmany clichéspossible squeezed into 90 minutes of running time. But &#39;Phenomenon II&#39; is different.<br/><br/>I haven&#39;t seen the original, 1996 film with John Travolta but there&#39;s something about this that I like. Less of a sequel and more of a remake, there&#39;s a fair few enjoyable, &#39;feel good&#39; moments in this film that make for good viewing. Its an &#39;everyman&#39; story and the science fiction element is not layed on thick. It may not begoodthe Travolta film and many will not see itbeing absolutely fantastic, and while it&#39;s not in any way deep or thought-provoking, I found it to be an interesting and enjoyable flick. I really liked Phenomenon number one. I thought it was very well done and made good sense. Today (7-23-07), I watched Phenomenon 2. It was on the Lifetime Network and this is probably the one and only show or movie I have ever sat and watched on that network. I liked this movie quite a bit because it followed in the vein of the first movie but carried it further. Chris Shyer does a pretty good job with the George character although he doesn&#39;t seem to build the in-depth relationships with his radio buddy and the Doc like Travolta did. There are differences: George&#39;s attempt at a relationship with the &quot;new woman in town&quot; falls through and the only person he heals is himself. He does learn Spanish, predict and earthquake and mess with the government&#39;s secret codes. This second movie I think was just a pilot for a weekly series spin off that could have been , but wasn&#39;t. It focuses way too much on a cat &amp; mouse game between George and his adversary in the govt who is trying to catch him (O&#39;Quinn).If you can catch this movie on cable, take a look at it. Its definitely NOT a sequelthe name would imply, sort of more like a cable TV revisiting. Not bad at all, just a little different take on ole&#39; George O&#39;Malley.
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