Back to the Future Part II

Ever seen a bunch of tangled up Christmas lights?

Well, that's what you have with "Back to the Future Part II", a multi-layered, busy little adventure that requires you to really pay attention (and to have definitely seen the first film).

It begins with the closing moments of part I, as Marty and his girlfriend, Jennifer, are whisked away by Doc Brown to the future.

It seems Marty's kids are in trouble and, after clearing up the problem, new ones crop up when Jennifer ends up at the future McFly family home. While retrieving her, Marty and Doc leave the DeLorean unoccupied for our favorite bully, Biff, now a hunchbacked 77-year-old. He uses the machine to wreak havoc in the past and, after returning to 1985, Marty and Doc are confused by some changes, as probably are some viewers.

Things are soon figured out and it's back to 1955 to get things right, thus creating one of the more ingenious sequel ideas ever. Marty and Doc end up doing some work "behind themselves" on the same night that Marty went back to 1985 on in the first film. It's a chance for the filmmakers to re-shoot familiar scenes from new angles and alternate perspectives as Fox tries to avoid running into various characters.

Just as you think things are settled, we're left hanging once again as we get a teaser for "Back to the Future Part III"...