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The Fly II is a 1989 American science fiction horror film directed by Chris Walas. The film stars Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga, and is a sequel to the 1986 film The Fly, itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. Stoltz's character in this sequel is the adult son of Veronica Quaife and Seth Brundle, a scientist who became a human-fly hybrid as a result of an experiment gone awry, played by Jeff Goldblum in the 1986 remake.

Plot
Anton Bartok (Lee Richardson), the CEO of a research laboratory, acts as the self-appointed guardian of orphan Martin Brundle, whose father had been a researcher at the lab. Though Martin is scarcely five, he has the appearance of a 20-year-old (Eric Stoltz) because of mutant insectoid genes in his system. Martin grows up confined to the laboratory, unaware of his true nature, with only pretty scientist Beth Logan (Daphne Zuniga) to call a friend. Soon, the fly within begins to emerge.

Critical response, and Box Office
The film was not well received by critics, audiences or fans alike of the original, and the remake upon its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 29% based on 17 reviews with a weighted average rating of 4.57/10, while it holds a 24% audience score rating on the same site. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 36.100, based on 15 critics, indicating "Generally unfavorable reviews", while the film holds a 5.1/10 on IMDb. The film grossed $20,021,322 at the US box office and a further $18,881,857 abroad, resulting in worldwide total of $38,903,179.