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The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

Jonathan Brandis

Kenny Morrison

Clarissa Burt

John Wesley Shipp

Martin Umbach

Alexandra Johnes

Thomas Hill

Helena Michell

Christopher Burton

Patricia Fugger

Birge Schade

Claudio Maniscalco

Andreas Borcherding

Ralf Weikinger

Colin Gilder

Rob Morton

Frank Lenart

Holger Dudla

Adolf Kraus

Karl Krebs

Andrea Kobusch

Radu Mendrea

Jan Berghout

Axel Münderlein

Robert Naegele

Christian Reuter

Jochen Reuter

Oliver Ritzinger

Peter Rossmeisel

Markus Rupprecht

Peter Sassmann

Stefan Schwankner

Heinz Siegel

Donald Arthur

Andreas Beckett

Joe Milner

George T. Miller

Ortwin Freyermuth

Peter Horrocks

Helen Bricker

Marek Vizner

Hannelore Faber

Alfred Rasche

Martin Grace

Peter Dürst

Bob Risk

Matthias Lempert

Hubert Bartholomae

Jörn Poetzl

Andreas Schneider

Karl-Heinz Vogelmann

Graham Ludlow

Karin Howard

Michael Ende

Dieter Geissler

Bodo Scriba

Klaus Kähler

Tim Hampton

Robert Folk

David Connell

Chris Blunden

Peter Hollywood

Hank McCann

Robert W. Laing

Götz Weidner

O. Jochen Schmidt

Heidi Wujek

Harold Lee Tichenor

Gisela Hahn

Kurt Werner Krusche

Gordon Mark

Harry Nap

Norbert Preuss

Bert Batt

Helmut Fodschuk

Jackie Jordan

Petra Lüdecke

James Marshall

T.W. Peacocke

Connie Collins

Linda Seger

A forgettable follow-up.

Given that <em>'The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter'</em> released six years after the original, has no cast carryovers aside from Thomas Hill and is missing prior director Wolfgang Petersen, it isn't exactly a surprise to see it fall far adrift of the great 1984 movie.

The effects for the likes of Falkor aren't that different to before, though with voice actor Alan Oppenheimer missing the character doesn't stand out at all really - I did mention in my review of the first film that I felt Oppenheimer was a major reason for its success, his absence here only proves that. Donald Arthur doesn't quite do as well.

For those onscreen, Jonathan Brandis' performance is actually solid enough - but what lets things down is his dialogue, a lot of which feels unnatural. Kenny Morrison, as Atreyu, is probably the only performer that puts in a showing that is on similar level to their counterpart from the preceding feature.

With all that the case, I can't quite class this as good. I will say that I wasn't begging for the credits to come at any point, I just wasn't all that invested either. A standard 6/10 flick, for me.

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Jonathan Brandis

Kenny Morrison

Clarissa Burt

John Wesley Shipp

Martin Umbach

Alexandra Johnes

Thomas Hill

Helena Michell

Christopher Burton

Patricia Fugger

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