We watched Gremlins quite some time ago, though well after the 1984 release. I remember it as slight, well-made, charming and a little forgettable. I've seen it described as black comedy, but I don't remember it as very dark. Was there any real brutality, or just goofy mayhem?
Gremlins 2: The New Batch is pretty similar, except it is set in Gecko-era NY instead of a quaint small town. The kids from the first film now work in the Clamp Tower, for media mogul Daniel Clamp (= Donald Trump). The Clamp logo is strangely Enron like, the building has a mad scientist's biolab, with twin cloned lab assistants, and so forth. When little Gizmo the Mogwai comes to visit, you can be sure that he'll get wet and spin off a bunch of gremlins.
The comic mayhem that results is funny, but has a nice satirical edge that adds some spice. However, the leads from the first movie, Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, are a little too bland for me to take to all the way. Clamp, played by John Glover, is a lovable tycoon, not the evil kind. In the end, we are rooting for the gremlins.
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