Review of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) by Johnny T — 02 Jul 2011

In the sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, a bumbling but brilliant scientist (Rick Moranis) accidentally makes his two-year-old son into a giant who becomes larger every time he comes in contact with electricity. Though he and his wife try to control their son, the child inevitably escapes and wreaks havoc, eventually terrorizing the streets of Las Vegas. In the most spectacular sequence of "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid," a gurgling 2 1/2-year-old boy who has soared to 112 feet clomps through the glittering heart of Las Vegas clutching a car he thinks is a toy. Reaching the Hard Rock Cafe, which is topped by a giant neon guitar, he plucks the sign from its moorings and idly strums it while soldiers in an Army helicopter try to shoot him with tranquilizers. The movie is the inevitable sequel to the 1989 Disney blockbuster "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." If the new film doesn't exude quite as much fairy-tale magic as the original, it is still a thoroughly entertaining family romp.

VERDICT: "Rental" - (Mixed to Negative reaction). These films are only worth renting because of certain good things that are worth seeing, but are not worth paying at a theatre to see due to bad things that overcome anything good.