

The story is as far-fetched as it is tortuous and deals with police corruption, the theft of some priceless gold coins, relations between the Mafia and the Vatican, and a boy's computer software.
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But when the movie focuses on plot and character, it turns quite dotty in an amiable way. In the wittiest sequence, set in a deserted supermarket, popcorn, molasses and an array of aerosol products and cleaning fluids become effective weapons in a battle with a gunman who ends up with his head shrink-wrapped and stamped in the store's meat department.Īs long as it is fixated on gadgetry, "FX2" is reasonably entertaining. During the movie, Bluey becomes Rollie's stand-in in brutal hand-to-hand combat, and in the final sequence, he even pilots a helicopter.īluey is only the most dazzling gadget in a thriller that periodically stops in its tracks so that Rollie can demonstrate his improvisatory skills at special-effects crime-busting. Wearing a special "telemetry" suit connected to the robot by remote control, Rollie can make the mechanical clown duplicate his every movement right down to the twitch of a finger and the roll of an eyeball. Brown), a retired wizard of movie special effects turned toy designer whom the police persuade to apply his skills to a case that turns out to be at least as complicated as any of his inventions. Bluey is an ingenious contraption created by Rollie Tyler (Mr.

The real star of "FX2: The Deadly Art of Illusion" isn't Bryan Brown or Brian Dennehy, who have reunited for the sequel to the 1986 sleeper hit "F/X," but a clown robot named Bluey.
