Doc takes us to back to the future so that Marty can stop his son from getting imprisoned for falling in with Grip, Biff's grandson. So he's gone back but now Jenifer has been taken with them, except that it isn't the Jenifer from the first film because Crispin Glover did not return for this or the third film and sued Robert Zemeckis over the character being re-casted. So in this film Marty gets to play his son and Grandfather Biff steals the Delorean, goes back in time and makes himself wealthy. Marty gets to go on a hoverboard and continue his downfall weakness of getting upset when someone suggests that he is a coward.
You cannot create the perfect history or future. These films attempt to do so and as proven by this film you just can't manage it successfully. Maybe the reason why people actually forget that this film exists is because there isn't anything as memorable in this film as there are in the first and third films. Everyone remembers the first film because it introduces everything and has Johnny Be Good in it. People remember the third film because it is set in the wild wild wood but this film is the same sort of idea as the first film but just not as good. With Michael J Fox playing every version of himself in this franchise and his father's role reduced to a minimal spot we have to give him credit. At times it was obvious that it was just Michael J Fox but he did play his ancestors and descendants very effectively.
It's a good filler. It's actually a lot better as a second film than The Two Towers in 'The Lord Of The Rings' trilogy and it is a lot better than the third Hobbit film. In many ways, what we witness in this film is just the first film in twenty years or less. Marty goes to the dance again and it is the same diner. The reason why we like the third film so much is because it is a completely different setting. I am still going to say that everyone should watch the entire trilogy but only this film to complete the trilogy.
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