人間の夢で作られた不思議な世界ファンタージェン。だが、今やそこは"無"を操る悪の女王ザイーダの侵略の危機にさらされていた。本の中から発せられる幼ごころの君の悲鳴!その助けを求める声に導かれるようにファンタージェンへ戻った少年バスチアンは、戦士アトレーユと再会。ファンタージェンを救うべく彼は今、新たな冒険の旅へ出る!"思い出マシン"により、願いごとをするたびに思い出を失っていくバスチアン。その彼が悪との戦いの最後に願ったものは?
製作費: $32,000,000 (48億円)
興行収入: $16,283,667 (24億円)
推定収支: $-15,716,333 (-24億円)
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監督: George T. Miller
脚本: Karin Howard / ミヒャエル・エンデ / Linda Seger
音楽: Robert Folk
制作: Dieter Geissler / Tim Hampton
撮影監督: デヴィッド・コンネル
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.
