Mannequin Two: On the Move (Film Review)

1991 20th Century Fox
Written by: Edward Rugoff, Michael Gottlieb, David Isaacs, Ken Levine, and Betsy Israel; Directed by: Stewart Raffill
Starring: Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Terry Kiser, Stuart Pankin, and Meshach Taylor
MPAA Rating: PG; Running Time: 95 Minutes
The Nicsperiment Score: 2/10

I don't even want to recap the plot for 1991's Mannequin Two: On the Move. It's terrible. There's something about a magic necklace and reincarnation and a fake European country and it's just all so terrible and who cares? The result is a lousy, overly complex, and convoluted attempt at recreating the dynamic of the the first Mannequin from 1987. William Ragsdale and Kristy Swanson can't recreate Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall's magical chemistry. I say magic, but Mannequin is just an okay film. It's just okay charms feel like lightning in a bottle, and Mannequin Two essentially fails in every attempt to recreate it, even in bringing back Mannequin's original comedic relief, Meshach Taylor. The team of writers here apparently couldn't come up with anything compelling, and director, Stewart Raffill, known for directing awful films, can't even conjure a "so bad it's good magic." I did laugh two or three times, but I feel I am being extremely generous by giving Mannequin Two the same score out of ten that's in its title.