The credits announce the introduction of Edward Furlong. ‘American History X’, seven years later, announces the farewell of Edward Furlong, for legitimate movie purposes.
From the very beginning, you can tell that this sequel has something the original was completely lacking in: humor. That is, INTENTIONAL humor.
Special FX are excellent, the complete role-reversal for Arnold is at the same time amusing and compelling, it’s not nearly as cheezy, and it’s aged a lot better.
But it’s still just a fairly fun-to-watch sci-fi-ish action flick, and it’s certainly not as good as the best of the genre, such as Cameron’s ‘Aliens’, which also featured (a different) “The Company”.
Grade: B-