Terminator II (1990 film)
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Poster for Terminator 2 bears a similarity to the original Terminator poster.
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| Directed by | Bruno Mattei |
| Produced by | Franco Gaudenzi |
| Written by | Claudio Fragasso |
| Starring | Christopher Ahrens Haven Tyler Geretta Geretta Fausto Lombardi |
| Music by | Carlo Maria Cordio |
| Cinematography | Richard Grassetti |
| Edited by | Bruno Mattei |
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Production
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Flora Film
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| Distributed by | Condor Vídeo |
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Release date
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May 1, 1989 (Cannes Film Festival) |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Shocking Dark (also known as Terminator II, Terminator 2, Aliens 2, Aliennators, and Contaminator) is a 1989 Italian science-fiction film written by Claudio Fragasso, produced by Franco Gaudenzi and directed by Bruno Mattei.
Although the film was promoted as a rip-off of James Cameron's The Terminator, it is actually mostly a rip-off of Aliens, also by Cameron.
Despite the film's original title and artwork presenting it as a sequel to 1984 film The Terminator, it is not officially associated with that film. The plot has more in common with the 1986 film Aliens. Two years after Mattei's film came out, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the official Terminator sequel) was released. Mattei's film was never released in the United States, especially under its original title due to licensing problems.
Up until 2018, the film has never been released to video in the United States for legal reasons. However, it has been released to video in countries such as Japan, Brazil, and the film's native Italy.
Severin Films will release the film (under its Shocking Dark title) on May 29th, 2018 on Blu-Ray.
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