It's easy to see why Brooksfilms (started by the infamous comic Mel Brooks) is responsible for The Fly II --the film is laughable.

Not funny, just plain laughable.

It's chock full of implausibilities and inconsistencies that attack one's intelligence.

The movie centers around Martin Brundle (Eric Stoltz of Mask and Some Kind of Wonderful), the brilliant yet bizarre son of Seth Brundle (played by Jeff Goldblum in The Fly) who is kept under tight lock and key by Bartok Science Industries because of his unique genetic disformity. Along the way, Martin discovers that his disease stems from dad's miraculous invention, the telepod - a machine that allows one to transport objects through space.

While at Bartok, he meets and falls in love with fellow worker Beth Logan (Daphne Zuniga of Spaceballs), his only 'friend' at Bartok.

Martin has an accelerated growth disorder, so that on his fifth birthday his physical appearance is that of a 25 year old. What's so amazing is how well adjusted he is. For having been kept in an industrial setting all of his natural life, with no hint of outside exposure, he seems to be just your average person off the street, with no emotional or sexual hangups whatsoever.

The movie misses what the original had, originality. There is nothing new in the sequel except for some excellent special effects and a happy ending. These elements alone do not make up a good film. Other little incidentals like character development, an interesting plot and possibly even an underlying theme that might have made this a more worthwhile venture.

While it is fascinating to see an animal turned into a mutant killer, it's been done.

While it is extremely rewarding to watch the main character come down with a bad case of leprosy, it's been done.

And while it is fun and exciting to watch fly vomit eat away at human flesh, it's been done.

What's even worse about all of these elements is that they were more effective in the original.

The film is full of unintentionally funny moments. For example, at one point during his transformation process, Martin looks out a window at an electric bug zapper and says, "How compelling." Is he serious or what?

Shortly thereafter, the head of Bartok industries approaches him in a white space outfit, reminiscent of those worn in E.T., supposedly to protect him from cooties (or maybe it's the fly vomit that has him worried). But when they return him to the laboratory, everyone is running around in regular white smocks again. Consistency?

Some of the special effects in the film are definitely worth mentioning. First, Martin's eventual transformation looks more like what a "fly-man " should look like. The 1986 version simply had Goldblum looking ugly, but in the sequel, Martin goes through a convincing transformation process, complete with cocoon stage and all.

Also, there is a great scene where a man gets stuck in an elevator shaft and his head gets crushed like a melon.

Special effects fans will get a kick out of some of the visual elements employed in the film.

But this is not enough to save the flick. There's nothing new here, just some regurgitated plot elements and some above-average special effects.