The Mayhem Critic
Aloha, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker and I am here to bring you another hilarious chapter of The Mayhem Critic and today, you're in for a real treat. Previously, Sean reviewed the 1989 Sci-Fi/Comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, a movie that became an unexpected hit from Disney. Today, Sean reviews it's 1992 sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Is it better than it's predecessor? We'll find out today. So sit back, relax and get yourself some ice cream and grab your big bunny. This is the new chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Enjoy.
P.S.: I do not own anything involved in this story. All rights and references belong to their respective sourcews. Honey, I Blew Up the Kid is owned by Walt Disney Pictures.
Episode 181
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
(We open with the Mayhem Critic intro. After the intro ends, we see our favorite residential movie critic Sean J. Archer, a.k.a. the Mayhem Critic, sitting on his couch as he gets ready to start his review)
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic, the critic that rips movies a new one." Sean said. "Let's talk about Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."
(Clips from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids are shown in a montage)
Sean: (Narrating) What can I say about this movie? It was an unexpected hit for Disney that made tons of money and critic loved it, it's one of my favorite comedies of all time, everything about it is wonderful, especially with it's visuals. Watching this movie again, I had a lot of fun watching it. Okay, even though it had a little bit of dark moments that would scar a child for life, it's still an amazing film.
"Three years later, a sequel was made. It was a decent one." Sean said.
(The title screen for "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" is shown followed by clips from the movie while music by the film's composer Bruce Broughton plays in the background)
Sean: (Narrating) Released in theaters on July 17th, 1992, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, and no, it's not going to involve a baby exploding, because that would be dark. Hell, just when you think that the dude from the first film would learn his lesson, well he's at it again. Unlike the original, this one got mixed reviews. Heck, Siskel and Ebert weren't kind to it when they gave the film two thumbs down. Instead of the film being directed by Joe Johnston, the film was directed by Randal Kleiser, who's known for directing the films Grease, The Blue Lagoon, Big Top Pee-Wee, Flight of the Navigator and White Fang. The story was written by the late Gary Goodrow and the screenplay was written by Goodrow, Peter Elbling and Thom Eberhart, who was known for the cult classic Night of the Comet. Heck, you also have Albert Band and Stuart Gordon as executive producers of the movie.
"Is it as much fun as the first film? Well, let's find out. This is Honey, I Blew Up the Kid." Sean said.
(We open with the movie's opening titles, which is an animated title sequence just like the first film)
Sean: (Narrating) We get an animated opening title sequence and with this one not done by Kroyer Films, who did the animated sequence for the first film, this was done by a different animation company Kurtz and Friends and I swear it looks like I'm about to watch Mr. DNA from Jurassic Park. Also, the music playing during the opening credits sounds like music from Tiny Toon Adventures. Who composed the music for this movie anyway?
(A picture of the movie's composer Bruce Broughton is shown)
Sean: (Narrating) Oh, yeah. Bruce Broughton composed the music for the movie. No wonder it sounds like I'm watching an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures. But then again, he composed music for one of my favorite Westerns of all time...
(A poster of the movie Tombstone pops up, then a poster of the 1985 film Silverado is shown)
Sean: (Narrating) ...okay, well, two of my favorite Westerns.
(The opening credits end and we see that the Szalinskis are living in Nevada and they welcome a new addition to the family, a two-year-old son named Adam)
Sean: (Narrating) After the opening credits, we're introduced to the Szalinski family once again. We have wacky inventor Wayne played by Rick Moranis, his wife Diane played by Marcia Strassman, their children Amy and Nick played by Amy O'Neill and Robert Oliveri, and of course a new addition to the Szalinski family as we see that Wayne and Diane...
(A clip from The Incredibles is shown)
Syndrome (Voiced by Jason Lee): ...got busy!
Sean: (Narrating) Yes, this adorable little baby is named Adam, played by twins Joshua and Daniel Shalikar. Also, we see that the Szalinskis have moved from Fresno, California to the suburbs of Vista Del Mar in Nevada. I'm guessing their neighbors were getting sick and tired of Wayne doing his crazy inventions. Well, at least you have these new neighbors dealing with them.
(The neighbors jog past the Szalinski's mailbox as they see that it starts beeping)
Nosy Neighbor #1 (Played by Julia Sweeney): I hear he's some kind of inventor.
(Quark runs out of the doggy door to grab the mail by pulling on the dog bone-shaped knob as the mail drops into a basket. The two neighbors watch as Quark grabs the mail and heads back into the house)
"I still say that Quark is still smarter than Buck the Dog." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) We see that Amy is headed for college and Nick is still the geeky son but he's into playing guitar. But Amy is having an issue with her mom going with her to help settle in her dorm.
Amy Szalinski (Played by Amy O'Neill): Mom, in the first place, I'm not the first girl who has ever gone away to college. And in the second place, we're...
Nick Szalinski (Played by Robert Oliveri): Mom.
Amy Szalinski: (To Nick) Excuse me.
Diane Szalinski (Played by Marcia Strassman): Amy, I'm gonna help you get settled in That's it.
"Besides, I don't trust these college boys trying to hit on you on your first day of college." Sean said, imitating Diane, then back to his normal voice. "That reminds me, whatever happened to Little Russ? The Thompsons aren't even mentioned in the sequel."
Sean: (Narrating) But hey, Nick has some problems of his own when he asks his mother some advice on girls.
Nick Szalinski: Would you think I was a nerd? Just by looking at me.
Amy Szalinski: It's a rhetorical question. It doesn't require an answer.
Diane Szalinski: Am I any girl in particular?
Nick Szalinski: No. Just a girl I might, I don't know, ask to go to the movies or something.
Diane Szalinski: Nicky, you are turning into a very handsome young man. You're going to be just like your dad.
Wayne Szalinski (Played by Rick Moranis): Honey, can you help me adjust this servo regulator?
(A contraption on Wayne's helmet is acting up as Diane hepls fixes it)
"Oh yeah. Women are into nerds like us. It's gotta be the glasses." Sean said while pointing at his glasses on his face. "Oh, yeah."
(Adam breaks out of his crib and messes with Nick's guitar. Nick walks in and sees this happening)
Adam Szalinski (Played by Joshua and Daniel Shalikar): Uh-oh.
(Nick screams)
Adam Szalinski: I'll fix it.
Nick Szalinski: I'll fix you, you little punk!
(Nick runs over to Adam and tries to grab him, but Diane stops him)
Diane Szalinski: Nick, stop. (Walks over to Adam) Adam, no.
Adam Szalinski: Sorry, mama.
"Dude, haven't you learned from Duane Duke from Psycho III? Watch the guitar, dude." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) While Diane gets ready to leave with Amy, Wayne says a word that Adam doesn't like.
Wayne Szalinski: Hopefully they'll tire him out at day care. So when I get home, he'll take a late nap.
Adam Szalinski: No nap!
Diane Szalinski: Honey, we don't say the "N" word around two year olds.
"Excuse me?! What word are you referring to, missy?" Sean asked as he gets offended.
"Dude, she was talking about the word "nap". That's the word." Brian said.
"Oh. Sorry about that. I thought she was talking about something else." Sean said. "Continue."
Diane Szalinski: Is there something I'm forgetting? I'm sure I'm forgetting...
Wayne Szalinski: Diane, Diane, relax. Don't you think I can handle things around here?
"Says the guy who shrunk his kids and the neighbor's kids with his crazy shrink ray and nearly got them killed. I'm sure you can handle stuff around while your wife is away." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Amy leaves for college. So wave good-bye to Amy since we don't see her throughout the rest of the film. And then we cut to Wayne's job at Sterling Laboratories, where he licensed his shrink ray to as we see a co-worker of Wayne's Dr. Charles Hendrickson, played by John Shea, who is working on a new machine that would enlarge objects.
(Dr. Hendrickson uses the growing machine to enlarge the crystal, but instead, it caused the crystal to explode in his face)
"You took raw material and turned it into rubber. It's a slow day for Lex Luthor. Greatest criminal mind of our time, my ass." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Wayne is late and he sees that Dr. Hendrickson has conducted the experiment without him and he's not in the mood to listen to Wayne because he's...
"Hmm, what is he? What is he?" Sean asked.
(A clip from Ghostbusters is shown)
Coachman (Played by Danny Stone): What an asshole.
"Ah, there we go." Sean said with a smile on his face.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson (Played by John Shea): I beg your pardon, Wayne, as project co-director, I intend to deliver results.
Wayne Szalinski: I've been doing some work on my own little problem, sir.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: Yes, Wayne.
Wayne Szalinski: And I think you'll find if you look at these calculations...
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: Wayne, Wayne, Wayne. When you licensed your device to Sterling Labs, you were promised the finest minds would be working on it, and they are.
Wayne Szalinski: I know that, sir.
Dr. Charles Sterling: Good, good.
Wayne Szalinski: But, I... if you look at these notes, you'll find that although...
(Dr. Hendrickson hits Wayne in the face with a door)
"Okay, play the same clip." Sean said.
(The same clip from Ghostbusters is shown)
Coachman: What an asshole.
"Expect me to refer Dr. Hendrickson as an asshole throughout this review." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) We see Nick at his summer job as we see that he's having some problems of his own when he is crushing on this cute girl named Mandy Park, played by a young Keri Russell.
(A sound clip from Animaniacs is played during the scene where Nick is checking out Mandy)
Yakko and Wakko: Helloooooooooo, nurse!
"Mind you, she was like 15 or 16 at the time. Hell, she was pretty cute in that movie and I did have a little crush on her when I was like 7, so we'll let that slide." Sean said.
Nick Szalinski: Mandy.
Mandy Park (Played by Keri Russell): Yeah, Rick?
Nick Szalinski: Nick.
Mandy Park: Nick.
"Let me bring this up before I forget, this is Keri Russell's film debut." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) When I watched this movie when I was little, I didn't realize that it was her because the show Felicity was aired in 1998 and I was 6 years old at the time. Now that I'm 31, and watching this movie again, can you believe that she went on to other films and shows. (Posters of different shows and movies are shown like The Americans, Mission: Impossible III, We Were Soldiers, Cocaine Bear, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with a big red "X" on it) I mean, who would've thought that Keri Russell would go on to do some pretty good stuff in her career... (Sees the Rise of Skywalker poster) GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! YOU SUCK!
"Hey, at least she got the opportunity to work alongside Rick Moranis." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Wayne shows up to pick up Nick and only to embarrass him in front of a cute girl while driving a solar-powered van that looks like friggin' spaceship. I would be embarrassed too.
Nick Szalinski: Thanks a lot, Dad.
Wayne Szalinski: For what?
Nick Szalinski: Nothing. Dad, were you ever popular in school?
Wayne Szalinski: You bet. I was president of the Astronomy Club two years in a row. We were happenin' guys.
"That's nothin', I was the photographer and writer for my school newspaper during my junior and senior year of high school." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Back at home, we see that Wayne is handling things around the house by burning dinner and not keeping an eye on Adam after he leaves the playpen and runs out of the house to chase after the ice cream truck. Plus, it gives Wayne the opportunity to bond with Nick, which doesn't work, and to put Adam to bed by singing "Twinkle, Twinkle" with his stuffed bunny that looks a little bit like Roger Rabbit. But while singing it, Wayne looks at a balloon and he has an idea to share with Dr. Hendrickson while he's having dinner with one of the board of directors Terrence Wheeler, played by the late Gregory Sierra.
(Wayne pops a balloon)
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: What was that?
Wayne Szalinski: It was a balloon popping, Dr. Hendrickson. I got the idea while singing my kid to sleep. You see? If you hit a balloon with too much force, you don't allow the molecules time to expand, and the balloon pops.
Terrence Wheeler (Played by Gregory Sierra): Problem?
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: No. Szalinski.
Terrence Wheeler: Oh, him.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: Why Clifford insists on keeping him involved is beyond me. If I were running this project by myself right now, we'd be neck-deep in apples the size of Buicks.
"Really? Then why couldn't you get the damn machine to work? Can you answer that question, doc?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) The next day, Wayne takes Nick and Adam down to the lab to conduct his experiment very discreetly. He uses the bottom of a soda bottle that Nick suggests to diffuse the laser with and he uses Adam's big bunny to use as the test subject. Oh, good. I'm pretty sure that nothing bad will happpen...
(Adam slips out of his stroller to retrieve Big Bunny)
"Uh... dude, your kid! Watch the kid!" Sean exclaimed.
(The machine reaches full power as the soda bottle causes a power surge)
Wayne Szalinski: Dang! Power surge! Quick! The abort switches!
(Adam gets zapped by the machine's ray)
"Oh, dear." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Adam sits back in his stroller as if nothing happened as Wayne and Nick return home as Wayne fixes Adam some lunch while he calls a babysitter for Adam, and that babysitter happens to be Mandy.
Wayne Szalinski: Hi, this is Wayne Szalinski. Can you come over about 3:30 for us?
Mandy Park: 3:30? Sounds okay, Mr. Schlitzminski.
Wayne Szalinski: Szalinski, dear.
Mandy Park: Szalinski, right. That's what I said. I, like, charge $2.50 an hour. Unless, of course, I actually have to do anything like change diapers or clean up or something, in which case, the price goes up.
Wayne Szalinski: Oh, no. All you have to do is just watch him really.
"But whatever you do, do not let him escape his crib and run out of the house. My wife will kill me if she found out." Sean said.
Adam Szalinski: I want to go to a restaurant.
Wayne Szalinski: You want to go to a restaurant? I just made this stuff. It's gonna be good.
Adam Szalinski: I want to go eat in restaurant.
"Don't you just love babies in movies? They're too damn adorable. And I'm getting baby fever right now and I'm not even married yet." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) As Wayne leaves Adam alone in the kitchen, something strange starts to happen when electric waves from the microwave cause him to grow, leading to this hilarious reveal.
(Wayne and Nick scream as they run out of the kitchen and hide behind the couch)
Nick Szalinski: Dad. How?
Wayne Szalinski: Where were you in the lab this morning? Were you watching Adam?
Nick Szalinski: He was off to the side.
Wayne Szalinski: But at the moment of discharge, where was he?
Nick Szalinski: Just before, I know, he was off to the side... wasn't he?
Wayne Szalinski: Somehow, I don't think so.
(Wayne and Nick walk over to the kitchen as Adam steps out, he is now 7 feet tall_
Adam Szalinski: Boo.
"Okay, this is just too silly. How can you not laugh at a 7 foot baby. It's adorable and goofy at the same time." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Yeah, I know that the first film was deemed too scary from parents and I'm guessing because of the complaints from parents about the first film, they made this one lighthearted and silly. Which is what I love about this movie. Plus, the visual effects still look good, even for a film made in 1992. Anyway, they head back down to the lab to get Adam back to normal and have Adam wearing a pretty silly disguise. Gotta give props to the guy playing Adam in his "blown-up" form. Wayne enters the lab, only to find that Hendrickson is there to confront him.
Wayne Szalinski: Just stopped by to do some, uh, computations in the- in the data base.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: The data base has been erased. Our entire experiment: gone.
Wayne Szalinski: Erased?
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: All 38 gigabytes.
Wayne Szalinski: It can't be.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: Sure it can, if the main controller was trying to compesate laser intensity for this, (Shows him the broken soda bottle) which you jammed into the filter pack, you idiot! Causing a power surge through the entire main drive system. (Notices Adam) Who was that?
Wayne Szalinski: Who?
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: The guy in the hat.
Wayne Szalinski: Uh, a friend of mine.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: What language is he speaking?
Wayne Szalinski: Yugoslavian.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: You let a foreigner into the lab.
Wayne Szalinski: He's not a foreigner. He's my wife's Uncle Yanosh from Yugoslavia. He's family, and he just wanted to see the lab.
"Don't we all wish that this guy is his wife's uncle?" Sean said as he points of a picture of Janoz Poha from Ghostbusters II.
Sean: (Narrating) Hendrickson breaks the news to Wayne that he's off the project since he wants to be an asshole and he goes back to restoring the database to find out what Wayne was up to. Wayne and Nick return home only to see that Diane has returned home.
Diane Szalinski: (Shows Big Bunny, who's now big) Where'd this come from?
Sean: (V/O as Wayne) Oh, shit! She's home! Let's get the hell out of here.
(A car immediately misses Wayne's van)
Brian: (V/O as Driver) Kumquat!
Sean: (V/O as Wayne) Sorry!
Sean: (Narrating) Wayne tries to drive off, but he remembers honesty is the best policy. Heck, nothing like that happened to their family the first time. I'm pretty sure that Diane will not freak out about her baby turned into a giant by her husband.
Diane Szalinski: You can tell me. How bad can it be? (Kisses Wayne on the cheek) After all, it's not like you did something to one of the kids again.
(Wayne's eyes widen and he chuckles a bit)
Diane Szalinski: Wayne, where is Adam?
Wayne Szalinski: Well, uh...
Diane Szalinski: Who is that man in the van? And where did this bunny come from?
Wayne Szalinski: All right, I confess. I did it!
Diane Szalinski: Did what?
Adam Szalinski: (Enters the house) Peekaboo!
Wayne Szalinski: I blew up the baby.
(Diane sees Adam, who's now 7 feet tall. She's shocked to see her baby like this, then she faints)
Adam Szalinski: Mama fall down. Mama?
Nick Szalinski: How'd she take it?
Wayne Szalinski: About like usual.
We cut back to Sean as we see him cracking up from watching that scene. "Oh, man. Props to the late Marcia Strassman. That is some comedic timing right there, people."
Sean: (Narrating) Falling to the floor like that takes some confidence right there. I wonder if there was somebody there to catch her or if she landed on a mat.
"It's so funny, it's one of the best moments in this movie." Sean said.
Diane Szalinski: I'll kill Wayne.
Wayne Szalinski: You don't want to kill Wayne.
Diane Szalinski: I want to kill Wayne.
Sean: (Narrating) Diane comes to and she tries to kill Wayne for turning her baby into a giant and now it's up to the Szalinskis to stop a 7-foot baby messing up their home and breaking Nick's guitar all while the neighbors are standing outside wondering what's all of the commotion.
(The record player starts playing the song "Do The Hokey Pokey" as Wayne, Diane and Nick start dancing. Adam enters the room and starts doing the hokey pokey)
Diane Szalinski: Dance, Adam. Good, do some more. Isn't this fun, Wayne?
(Wayne closes the shutters)
Diane Szalinski: Why are you closing the shutters?
Wayne Szalinski: So one of the neighbors doesn't see a seven-foot baby and call "The National Enquirer."
(The doorbell rings)
Adam Szalinski: Doorbell.
Diane Szalinski: Who's that?
Wayne Szalinski: One of the neighbors.
Diane Szalinski: So far, your plan's working perfectly.
(Diane goes to answer the door)
Diane Szalinski: Hi.
Nosey Neighbor: Hello. We heard shouting and a lot of noise, so we were just wondering if everything was all right.
Diane Szalinski: Oh, yes, everything's fine. We were just entertaining.
Wayne Szalinski: Uncle Yanosh.
Diane Szalinski: Uncle Yanersh.
"Really, Wayne. Did you have to name him after Peter MacNicol's character from Ghostbusters II? You couldn't just say Uncle Jeff?" Sean asked, imitating Diane.
Sean: (Narrating) While Diane and Nick keep Adam in his makeshift playpen, Wayne tries to figure out a way to get Adam back to normal.
Wayne Szalinski: The truth, Diane. Without access to the data at the plant, I don't know that there's anything I can do. I know what's happening, but I don't know why. I'm sorry, honey.
Nick Szalinski: Hey, Mom, look. I finally found a way to keep him quiet.
(Diane sees the empty box of ice cream bars in Nick's hands)
Diane Szalinski: There were 12 ice cream bars in there.
(Adam belches and he licks his fingers)
"Awww, isn't that cute? A seven-foot baby ruined his dinner by eating 12 ice cream bars. Aww, isn't he adorable!" Sean exclaimed.
Sean: (Narrating) Diane suggests to take Adam back to the lab, but Wayne has a better idea. And that idea is his original shrinking machine, which is kept in the lab security warehouse. While Adam is asleep and Nick is keeping an eye on him, Wayne and Diane head down to warehouse to look for the shrink ray, which is kept in the same warehouse as the Ark of the Covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark. But there's one teeny, tiny little problem and this regards to Mandy as she heads down to the house to watch Adam and for Nick to come face to face with her.
(Nick answers the door and sees Mandy)]
Nick Szalinski: Mandy.
Mandy Park: Rick.
Nick Szalinski: Nick. Nick Szalinski.
Mandy Park: Right. I'm here to baby-sit.
Nick Szalinski: We don't need a baby-sitter. (Closes the door and sees Adam walking towards the door) Adam, no!
(Mandy knocks on the door as Nick answers it)
Mandy Park: Very funny. Now can I come in? I'm already charging you.
"Dude, I suggest you do as she says. This chick is a deep cover KGB agent posing as an American and she will end up killing your ass." Sean said, referencing The Americans.
Sean: (Narrating) Mandy sees the giant baby that's standing in the house and faints as Nick catches her and he ties her to a chair and gags her mouth like a hostage.
Nick Szalinski: Now if you promise not to scream, I'll take the gag out of your mouth. Promise?
(Mandy nods her head as Nick takes the gag out of her mouth)
Mandy Park: (Screams) Help me! Someone help me!
Nick Szalinski: Mandy!
Mandy Park: Please! Giant baby! (Screams)
(Mandy goes hysterical while Nick tries to calm her down)
Nosey Neighbor #1: What's that?
Mandy Park: (Screaming) Help! Help! Help! Help! Giant baby! Help! Giant baby!
Nosey Neighbor #2 (Played by Linda Carlson): The Slitzitskis.
"Their son is trying to do some weird sexual stuff with the girl from The New Mickey Mouse Club." Sean said, imitating the nosey neighbor.
"Just be glad that their daughter's in college. She has posters of Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake in her room." Brian said, imitating the second nosey neighbor.
Sean: (Narrating) Nick calms Mandy down and explains to her what's going on, all while Adam is exposed to the electrical waves from the television, making him 14 feet tall and running loose in the neighborhood and crashes a birthday party. And not only that, Dr. Hendrickson drives down to Wayne's house to talk to him, only to see Adam playing with his big bunny on the street.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: (To Nick) Stop where you were right there. (Turns his attention to Mandy)
Mandy Park: I'm just the baby-sitter.
"Don't mind me. I'm on my way to do another episode of The New Mickey Mouse Club." Sean said, imitating Mandy
Sean: (Narrating) Meanwhile, Wayne and Diane find the shrink ray and put it in the back of the van and rush over to the house to turn Adam back to normal. But because of Diane driving like she's on Grand Theft Auto V, two cops on motorcycles pursue them and Wayne tests out his shrink ray on them.
(Wayne zaps the motorcycle officers with his shrink ray. Diane is shocked to see this and stops the van)
Diane Szalinski: Wayne Szalinski, you unshrink those policemen right now.
(Wayne notices the shrunken policemen. A car drives past the policemen and splashes mud on them. Wayne zaps them back to regular size)
Wayne Szalinski: It works!
(Diane starts the van and continues to drive off)
Motorcycle Cop #1 (Played by Robert Jaffe): They're getting away.
Motorcycle Cop #2 (Played by Ron Lawrence): I think they're out of our jurisdiction.
"Besides, nobody in the precinct would believe that some wacky inventor shrunk us. We'll be the laughing stock of Las Vegas." Sean said, imitating the cop.
Sean: (Narrating) Wayne and Diane return to their house, only to find Dr. Hendrickson and U.S. Marshal Preston Brooks, played by Ron Canada, waiting for them as they take Nick and Mandy into custody and Adam placed into a truck. But then the company chairman Clifford Sterling, played by Lloyd Bridges, shows up as Dr. Hendrickson has a plan to have Wayne fired, but Wayne tells Sterling that he can reverse his son's growth and get him back to normal.
Clifford Sterling (Played by Lloyd Bridges): You can?
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: WIth what, Szalinski? Coca-Cola bottles? Hmm? Maybe some chewing gum and twine?
Diane Szalinski: Just who do you think you are talking to him like that?
Wayne Szalinski: Let me handle this. Who do you think you are talking to me like that?
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: Clifford, the situation demands that I bring in the people with the expertise and the credentials.
(A clip from Back to the Future Part III is shown)
Marty McFly (Played by Michael J. Fox): He's an asshole!
Sean: (Narrating) Sterling fires Dr. Hendrickson and Wayne gets ready to tell him his plan, but Brooks tells them that there's one major problem, Adam has escaped and he's over 50 feet tall. And on top of all of that he puts Nick and Mandy into his pocket. So while they're driving to the location, Wayne figures out what was causing Adam's growth.
Wayne Szalinski: Yesterday, when I gave him lunch, he was right near the microwave oven.
Clifford Sterling: And you said the baby grew while watching TV.
Wayne Szalinski: Of course!
(A clip from Street Fighter is shown)
M. Bison (Played by Raul Julia): Of course!
Diane Szalinski: I don't understand any of this.
Clifford Sterling: Electromagnetic flux.
Wayne Szalinski: Around every operating electrical device, there's a flux. Like an electromagnetic force field.
Clifford Sterling: That's what's causing the baby to grow.
Preston Brooks (Played by Ron Canada): Would this electromagnetic- would it surround neon lights too?
Wayne Szalinski: Yeah, why?
Preston Brooks: Your kid. He's headed towards Las Vegas.
Wayne, Diane and Clifford: Uh-oh.
"Oh, great! The one place where he'll end up having a gambling addiction at a young age and he hasn't even started playing the Casino Night Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 yet." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Meanwhile, Dr. Hendrickson takes matters into his own hands as him and Wheeler start a boardroom coup to take Sterling out of power and with Hendrickson getting authorization from the military to take Adam down. And speaking of Adam, he heads down to Las Vegas and he is now 50 feet tall.
Diane Szalinski: (Looks through the binoculars) Oh, Adam. Well, honey, he looks okay.
Wayne Szalinski: Let me see.
(Diane passes the binoculars over to Wayne)
Diane Szalinski: Do you think this is gonna affect him for life? I mean, something like this could ruin a kid.
Wayne Szalinski: Honey, it might give him a different perspective, help him see the big picture.
"Either that or it'll be one hell of a movie just to see him fight Godzilla and Kong. And when he gets older, he'll get to do porn, that way he can..." Sean said.
(A clip from The Idol is shown)
Tedros (Played by Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. the Weeknd): Fuckin' stretch that tiny, little...
Sean immediately breaks down in laughter from that clip. "Okay. Sorry about that. God, that show is so bad and cringeworthy. But the Weeknd's acting is laughably bad."
Preston Brooks: I can get rope guns. We can shoot ropes over him.
Diane Szalinski: Absolutely not. You are not shooting anything at my baby.
Preston Brooks: Baby? Look at him.
Wayne Szalinski: Hey, we're his parents, okay. We'll handle this.
(Brooks walks away)
Wayne Szalinski: Diane?
Diane Szalinski: Yeah, Wayne?
Wayne Szalinski: How do we handle this?
"I don't know. It wasn't easy when the military brought down Kong when he was on top of the World Trade Center. Any other bright ideas, Mr. Wizard?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Wayne comes up with a better plan when the U.S. Marshals fly in Adam's favorite toy and Wayne climbs on top of Big Bunny and sings to him to get him to sleep, which he does and they get ready to shrink Adam back down to regular size without him messing up.
Wayne Szalinski: Oh, I'm tired. Are you tired, Big Bunny? (In his Big Bunny voice) Oh, yeah, I'm really tired. I can't remember when I was this tired.
Diane Szalinski: Get ready, Dr. Sterling. He's getting blinky.
Wayne Szalinski: (In his normal voice) Yeah, me too.
Nick Szalinski: (To Mandy) He's getting sleepy!
Clifford Sterling: It's working. Your husband's a genius.
Wayne Szalinski: I got an idea. Why don't we all have a nice...
Nick Szalinski: No!
Wayne Szalinski: ...long...
Diane Szalinski: Don't say it!
Wayne Szalinski: ...nap?
(Adam wakes up after hearing the word "nap")
Nick Szalinski: Brace yourself!
Adam Szalinski: No nap!
(Adam hits Big Bunny)
Wayne Szalinski: Whoa! Help! Help! I'll hang on! Get me away from him!
Adam Szalinski: No... nap!
"Wayne, you had one job! ONE JOB! And you messed it up. Some genius you are." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Adam throws a temper tantrum and almost kills Wayne in the process by almost turning him into Charles Grodin from King Kong and Adam makes his way to the city.
Diane Szalinski: Adam Szalinski, this is your mommy talking. You stop right now!
Clifford Sterling: Afraid that won't do any good, Mrs. Szalinski. I'm sure he expects his mommy to be bigger than he is. To him you're just- well, you're nothing more than a talking doll. Nothing can stop him now.
(A clip from Airplane! is shown)
Steve McCroskey (Played by Lloyd Bridges): Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
(McCroskey starts sniffing glue and gets high)
Sean: (Narrating) Adam arrives in Las Vegas and starts terrorizing the city and because of the lights, he's now 112 feet tall. And you know that this isn't a movie involving a giant baby without a Godzilla joke.
Japanese Tourist #1 (Played by Minori Goto): (Speaking in Japanese) Godzilla!
Japanese Tourist #2 (Played by Mamoru Kanal): (In Japanese) No! Big Baby!
"I would definitely love to see that movie." Sean said, as a fake poster for Godzilla vs. Big Baby is shown. On the poster it features Godzilla and Adam in Japan as they get ready to fight each other.
Sean: (Narrating) Wayne and the others arrive to get Adam away from the neon lights and they spot an ice cream truck, which Brooks commandeering. Anyway, Adam trips over his shoelaces and sees a car, giving Nick and Mandy the opportunity to escape, except Adam sees this as a toy and starts playing around with it. Also, I love this little callback to the first film.
(Adam bring the car closer to his mouth)
Nick Szalinski: Adam! Adam! Don't eat us!
"That line tend to make me laugh." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Adam starts playing around with the car and sits it down on the Glitter Gulch sign, but immediately puts Nick and Mandy in danger.
(Mandy falls out of the car and hangs on)
Nick Szalinski: Whatever you do, don't look down!
Mandy Park: Nick, don't let go! Please!
(Nick looks down)
Nick Szalinski: I won't.
"Oh, God. I'm having flashbacks to when I fell into my Dad's bowl of Cheerios." Sean said, imitating Nick.
Sean: (Narrating) The car falls off of the sign and Adam catches them in the nick of time and puts them in his overall pocket. Sterling orders everyone to turn off the lights in the city as Brooks drives the ice cream truck to lure Adam away, but then he ate the ice cream light. So that plan backfired, and Diane has a plan to stop Adam. To enlarge her so that way they can get Adam back to normal. But they have to hurry because Dr. Hendrickson is in a helicopter to bring Adam down. Adam arrives at the Hard Rock Cafe and plays around with the giant guitar sign. Dr. Hendrickson arrives and he shoots at Adam with a tranquilizer cartridge.
(The pilot moves the helicopter as Dr. Hendrickson shoots at Adam, causing him to miss)
Nick Szalinski: They're shooting at Adam!
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: I assume that little maneuver was an error, captain. Now steady or I'll make sure this is the last mission you fly.
(A clip from 50 First Dates is shown)
Henry Roth (Played by Adam Sandler): What an asshole!
(Dr. Hendrickson fires a second tranquilizer cartridge, this time it hits the guitar and it gives Adam a painful electric shock)
Adam Szalinski: Ow!
(Adam throws the guitar down and starts crying)
"Oh, you dick! You're a complete dick, Dr. Hendrickson!" Sean yelled out.
Sean: (Narrating) I know all of you were thinking: "That son of a bitch! He made a baby cry by shooting at him! What an asshole!". You're thinking about that too. Plus, it just broke my heart seeing that baby cry. I wanted to cry too just from seeing him cry.
"Man, there's a special place in Hell for people like this guy." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Diane, who is now enlarged by the machine, shows up to stop them and to show them what happens when you mess with Mama Bear and Adam runs over to her and he is happy to see her. Wayne takes aim at Diane and Adam and he shrinks the both of them back to size. As for Dr. Hendrickson...
Diane Szalinski: Dr. Hendrickson, that looked like some sort of rifle you were shooting at my baby.
Dr. Charles Hendrickson: They were tranquilizer cartridges. They wouldn't have hurt him, I assure you.
Diane Szalinski: Oh. (Turns to Wayne) Tranquilizer cartridges.
(Diane angrily punches Dr. Hendrickson in the face, knocking him out)
Wayne Szalinski: (To Adam) Never cross mommy.
Clifford Sterling: We got an emergency here. Dr. Hendrickson needs help. He's overcome with the prospect of having to find a new career.
"God, that was the most satisfying moment ever, mostly because Dr. Hendrickson is an asshole and he got what he deserved. Anybody agree with me?" Sean asked.
Diane Szalinski: Wayne! Nick and Mandy!
Wayne Szalinski: Weren't they...
Wayne and Diane: In Adam's pocket!
(Wayne checks Adam's pocket and finds that they've fell out)
Diane Szalinski: Don't tell me.
Wayne Szalinski: Oh, my God. Honey, I shrunk the kids.
"Okay, first of all, title drop in the sequel. And second, again?! How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) Nick and Mandy are shrunk by the shrink ray, which gives him an opportunity to get with Mandy and spend some time with her.
Mandy Park: How long do you think it'll take before they find us?
Nick Szalinski: I think it may be a while before they find us.
(Nick raises his arms up and waves at his father to give him some privacy. He stops waving before Mandy notices)
Mandy Park: You're kind of different, Nick. Like your dad.
Nick Szalinski: We're not all that different.
(Nick puts his arm around Mandy)
Mandy Park: Yeah, you are. But when you think about it, I guess the world needs people who are different. People who see things a little differently, I guess you could say.
"Hey, that's why us nerds rule the world and we get the hot chick." Sean said.
Cop: (Points at something) What are we gonna do about that?
Diane Szalinski: (Gasps) Adam, look!
(Adam runs over to Big Bunny, who is 112 feet tall)
Adam Szalinski: Big, Big Bunny.
Diane Szalinski: What are we gonna do with this?
Wayne Szalinski: Don't worry. I'll think of something. Don't I always?
(Big Bunny explodes and we cut to black)
Wayne Szalinski: (V/O) I blew up the baby!
(Adam laughs)
"Okay, I know that didn't happen, but you gotta admit that you would love to see something explode." Sean said.
(Clips from the movie are shown once more)
Sean: (Narrating) And that was Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and as much fun that I had watching the first film, I had a lot of fun watching it. It gives us exactly what we wanted, a a silly movie with a giant baby. I got a chuckle from a couple scenes and some cute moments in. It doesn't have any scary and frightening moments like the first film, but I love it's lightheartedness, but we do have a an antagonist that you would love to punch in the face. It's not as good as the first one, but for a sequel following up the original. The visual effects still look good as well as the first film. If you're looking for a film with great laughs and some heart, then this is the one for you. Honey, I Blew Up the Kid comes in at 4 Big Bunnies out of 5.
"I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic and..." Sean said until the poster for Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves appears next to him. "Oh, right. That. I gotta review that one. Do I have to?"
Audience Members: YES!
"Fine. Next up, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. Oh, joy." Sean said.
Mayhem Critic Tagline- Mama fall down. Mama?
And that is all for the review of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and man, did I have a lot of fun reviewing this movie. So tell me, what are your thoughts about this movie? Did you enjoy as much as the first film? Next time on The Mayhem Critic, Sean takes a look at Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. I can tell you this right now this is gonna suck because it's a Disney Direct-to-Video sequel, and they don't do well. After the review of Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, which movie should I review after this? Here are the choices:
1. The Fifty Shades Trilogy: It's been five years since Fifty Shades Freed and Sean is going to take a look to see how bad these films are.
2. The Hangover Trilogy: It's been ten years since the release The Hangover Part III. After so much time, how well has these films held up?
3. Ferris Bueller's Day Off: This film is considered to be one of the most beloved movies from John Hughes, Sean takes a look at the best teen comedy of all time and see how well it has held up.
4. The Top 11 Funniest Married... With Children Episodes: It is known as television's funniest shows of all time, now Sean takes a look at some of his favorite episodes from the show.
5. Gen 13: Sean reviews the unreleased animated movie and talk about why this movie will probably stay unreleased.
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