Review of Fletch Lives (1989) by Tim S — 20 Mar 2014

There are some people out there that find Fletch Lives to be not as good as its predecessor. For myself, I had a difficult time coming around to the original in the first place, but after having liked the original more upon further analysis and seeing its sequel, I found it to be equal, if not superior, to the original film.

There were lots of elements that bothered me in the original, specifically Geena Davis' character. She's now been excised for the sequel, and the sequel itself focuses its story more in a different direction.

It's sort of like the second episode of a TV show, which is a great. It's not just a retreading. There's some nice location work too, and the jokes are just as funny, if not funnier. I really liked the sequel a lot, as if you couldn't tell, and it's a shame that they didn't make another one.