Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

"God made him simple. Science made him a god. Now, he wants revenge."

Jan 12 1996 PG-13 1h 33m
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Jobe is resuscitated by Jonathan Walker. He wants Jobe to create a special computer chip that would connect all the computers in the world into one network, which Walker would control and use. But what Walker doesn't realize is a group of teenage hackers are on to him and out to stop his plan.

Plot

After the destruction of Virtual Space Industries at the end of the first film, Jobe is discovered in the rubble and is brought to the facilities of Jonathan Walker (Kevin Conway), a powerful corporate tycoon, where his face is reconstructed and he is hooked back online through virtual reality to work for Walker. Several years later, in a dystopian Los Angeles, Peter Parkette (Austin O'Brien), is now a teenager and a computer hacker living in the subways with a group of runaway teenagers after the events of the first film. Jobe finds Peter online and asks him to find Benjamin Trace (Patrick Bergin), the founder of virtual reality. After finding Trace and bringing him to his hideout, Peter discovers Jobe is looking to start a new world order, using Walker's technology. Now, Trace, Peter, Trace's former lover Cori (Ely Pouget), and Peter's friends, are on a race against time to stop Jobe and Walker from enslaving humanity through virtual reality.

Written by

Farhad Mann, Michael Miner

Directed by

Farhad Mann

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

New Line Cinema

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
10,526
Average Rating
2.6 out of 10
Metascore
29
Popularity
NA