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* CoolGuns: The Megaforce commandos are all armed with Franchi SPAS-12 automatic shotguns.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Megaforce is admittedly a pretty awesome name for a private army.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Lt. Franzini fancies himself a ladies' man, but in reality he's just a dork with a serious macho complex.
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[spoiler:Sara smashes Fuller's face with a broken wine bottle, exposing his internal circuitry.]]
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* LaughingMad: Paul Drake, the deranged, partially mutated Tubular Corporation scientist living in the tunnels underneath the city.
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* LaughingMad: Paul Drake, the deranged, partially mutated Tubular Corporation scientist living in the tunnels underneath the city.city, is constantly breaking into fits of insane laughter in-between his hammy ravings.
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* BrownNote: Drake lets out an ear-piercing scream that knocks out the Megaforce personnel long enough to snatch one of them and run away with him.
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* LaughingMad: Paul Drake, the deranged, partially mutated Tubular Corporation scientist living in the tunnels underneath the city.
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''Shocking Dark'', originally titled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} II'', is a 1989 Italian sci-fi/horror film directed by Bruno Mattei Creator/BrunoMattei and starring Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, and Geretta Geretta. Despite the fact that it purports to be a sequel to ''Film/TheTerminator'', [[TranslationMatchmaking the two films are unrelated]], and the actual plot has more in common with another Creator/JamesCameron film, ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', to the point that it lifts whole sections of dialogue verbatim from the latter.
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''Shocking Dark'', originally titled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} II'', is a 1989 Italian sci-fi/horror film directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, and Geretta Geretta. Despite the fact that it purports to be a sequel to ''Film/TheTerminator'', [[InNameOnly [[TranslationMatchmaking the two films are unrelated]], and the actual plot has more in common with another Creator/JamesCameron film, ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', to the point that it lifts whole sections of dialogue verbatim from the latter.
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* GhostTown: Venice has been cordoned off and evacuated a la [[UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} Pripyat]] due to the dangerous amount of pollution in its waters. [[spoiler:It later emerges that this was done deliberately to increase the Tubular Corporation's revenue in the real estate market]].
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* GhostTown: GhostCity: Venice has been cordoned off and evacuated a la [[UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} Pripyat]] due to the dangerous amount of pollution in its waters. [[spoiler:It later emerges that this was done deliberately to increase the Tubular Corporation's revenue in the real estate market]].
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See ''[[Film/Alien2OnEarth Alien 2: On Earth]]'' for a similar Italian knockoff/unofficial sequel. For the actual sequel to ''The Terminator'', see ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
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See ''[[Film/Alien2OnEarth Alien 2: On Earth]]'' ''Film/Alien2OnEarth'' for a similar Italian knockoff/unofficial sequel. For the actual sequel to ''The Terminator'', see ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
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See ''Alien ''[[Film/Alien2OnEarth Alien 2: On Earth'' Earth]]'' for a similar Italian knockoff/unofficial sequel. For the actual sequel to ''The Terminator'', see ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
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''Shocking Dark'', originally titled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} II'', is a 1989 Italian sci-fi/horror film directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, and Geretta Geretta. Despite the fact that it purports to be a sequel to ''Film/TheTerminator'', [[InNameOnly the two films are unrelated]], and the actual plot has more in common with another Creator/JamesCameron film, ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', to the point that it lifts many lines whole sections of dialogue verbatim from the latter.
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** Sam Fuller is pretty much Burke, [[Film/{{Alien}} Ash]], and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's T-800 all rolled into one.
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** Sam Fuller is pretty much Carter Burke, [[Film/{{Alien}} Ash]], and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's T-800 all rolled into one.
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** Sam Fuller is pretty much Burke, [[Film/{{Alien}} Ash]], and [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnie]]'s T-800 all rolled into one.
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** Sam Fuller is pretty much Burke, [[Film/{{Alien}} Ash]], and [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnie]]'s Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's T-800 all rolled into one.
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''Shocking Dark'', originally titled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} II'' II'', is a 1989 Italian sci-fi/horror film directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, and Geretta Geretta. Despite the fact that it purports to be a sequel to ''Film/TheTerminator'', [[InNameOnly the two films are unrelated]], and the actual plot has more in common with another Creator/JamesCameron film, ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', to the point that it lifts many lines of dialogue verbatim from the latter.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Tubular Corporation deliberately dumped massive amounts of toxic waste into the Venetian canals in order to manipulate their real estate prices]].
* EvilInc: It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Tubular Corporation intentionally dumped massive amounts of toxic waste into the Venetian canals in order to manipulate their real estate prices]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the process of [[spoiler:deliberately polluting Venice]], the Tubular Corporation's underground complex was overrun by their own creations, and the complex's employees were either killed or transformed into machines.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the process of [[spoiler:deliberately [[spoiler:intentionally polluting Venice]], the Tubular Corporation's underground complex was overrun by their own creations, and the complex's employees were either killed or transformed into machines.
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* PolluedWasteland: Venice has been so badly contaminated with toxic waste that the city's population has been forced to abandon it and move elsewhere. [[spoiler:This was deliberately engineered by the corrupt Tubular Corporation in order to increase their profit margin]].
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* PolluedWasteland: PollutedWasteland: Venice has been so badly contaminated with toxic waste that the city's population has been forced to abandon it and move elsewhere. [[spoiler:This was deliberately engineered by the corrupt Tubular Corporation in order to increase their profit margin]].
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See ''Alien 2: On Earth'' for a similar Italian knockoff/unofficial sequel. For the actual sequel to ''The Terminator'', see ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay''.
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See ''Alien 2: On Earth'' for a similar Italian knockoff/unofficial sequel. For the actual sequel to ''The Terminator'', see ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay''.
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''Shocking Dark'', originally titled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} II'' is a 1989 Italian sci-fi/horror film directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, and Geretta Geretta. Despite the fact that it purports to be a sequel to ''Film/TheTerminator'', [[InNameOnly the two films are unrelated]], and the actual plot has more in common with another Creator/JamesCameron film, ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', to the point that it lifts many lines of dialogue verbatim from the latter.
In the year 2000, the city of UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} has been [[PollutedWasteland polluted to the point where an evacuation has been forced]], and a group of scientists are sent by the [[MegaCorp Tubular Corporation]] to investigate the cause. They are assisted by an elite team of commandos known as the [[BadassArmy Megaforce]] as they search a vast underground complex located beneath Venice's streets. As they venture through the complex, they are attacked by crazed humans and bio-mechanical monstrosities.
See ''Alien 2: On Earth'' for a similar Italian knockoff/unofficial sequel. For the actual sequel to ''The Terminator'', see ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay''.
!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Sara Drumble. Considering she's an {{expy}} of Ellen Ripley, one of the most famous examples of the trope, this is not unexpected. Koster has her moments too.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Megaforce is admittedly a pretty awesome name for a private army.
* BadassArmy: Megaforce, a multi-national mercenary organization hired by the corporation to protect the research team and investigate the cause of the pollution that is slowly killing the city.
* BodyHorror: Those attacked by the monsters lurking in the bunker are forcibly mutated into biomechanical beings just like them.
* CasanovaWannabe: Lt. Franzini fancies himself a ladies' man, but in reality he's just a dork with a serious macho complex.
* CoolGuns: The Megaforce commandos are all armed with Franchi SPAS-12 automatic shotguns.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Tubular Corporation deliberately dumped massive amounts of toxic waste into the Venetian canals in order to manipulate their real estate prices]].
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:Fuller turns out to be one]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Franzini [[TheQuietOne doesn't speak much]], but when he does he proves himself to be exceptionally sarcastic.
* {{Expy}}: The majority of the characters are rather transparent rip-offs of those in the James Cameron film. Among them:
** Sara Drumble is basically Ellen Ripley with Sarah Connor's first name, albeit spelled differently.
** Samantha is Newt, to the point of sharing many of her lines of dialogue.
** Koster is heavily modeled on both Sgt. Apone and Pvt. Vasquez.
** Sam Fuller is pretty much Burke, [[Film/{{Alien}} Ash]], and [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnie]]'s T-800 all rolled into one.
** The Tubular Corporation appears to be a combination of Weyland-Yutani and Cyberdyne Systems, and its hostile, mutated biomechanical monsters are based heavily on the Xenomorphs.
** Megaforce is effectively this film's version of the United States Colonial Marines, though they operate internationally and appear to be mercenaries rather than an actual military branch.
* GhostTown: Venice has been cordoned off and evacuated a la [[UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} Pripyat]] due to the dangerous amount of pollution in its waters. [[spoiler:It later emerges that this was done deliberately to increase the Tubular Corporation's revenue in the real estate market]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the process of [[spoiler:deliberately polluting Venice]], the Tubular Corporation's underground complex was overrun by their own creations, and the complex's employees were either killed or transformed into machines.
* InNameOnly: As mentioned above, the film has very little connection to the ''Terminator'' franchise beyond the title, cyborgs disguised as humans, the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic setting]] on Earth in the future, and time travel, and the actual plot has more in common with ''Aliens''.
* MamaBear: Seeing as Sara is essentially this film's version of Ripley, she becomes one of these to Samantha.
* MegaCorp: The Tubular Corporation is a mega-corporation based somewhere in Italy that is heavily involved with the arms trade and excels in the field of robotics and time travel in a similar fashion as Cyberdyne. However, the Tubular Corporation is considerably more malevolent than Cyberdyne, and their war machines are much more primitive.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Fuller turns out to be a cybernetic infiltrator programmed to protect the company's secrets, and quickly begins killing off members of the team after they discover his true identity]].
* {{Mutants}}: The corporation's underground bunker is figuratively crawling with biomechanical monsters mutated by all the toxic chemicals in the water.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Koster exhibits signs of prejudice towards Italians, particularly Franzini, who in turn shows distaste in her for being black.
* PolluedWasteland: Venice has been so badly contaminated with toxic waste that the city's population has been forced to abandon it and move elsewhere. [[spoiler:This was deliberately engineered by the corrupt Tubular Corporation in order to increase their profit margin]].
* SelfDestructMechanism: [[spoiler:Once his little secret is out, Fuller sets the bunker to self-destruct within thirty minutes]].
* ShoutOut:
** Megaforce appears to be named after the [[Film/{{Megaforce}} film of the same name]].
** Sam Fuller may or may not have been named for the [[Creator/SamuelFuller director of the same name]].
** The corporation's human-like cybernetic infiltrators are referred to as [[Film/BladeRunner "replicants"]].
* TokenMinority: Koster is Megaforce's sole person of colour.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Inevitably seeing as she is this film's version of Vasquez, [[spoiler:Koster is either forcibly mutated by the creatures or killed when Fuller sets the complex to self-destruct.]]
* WorldOfHam: Most of the cast is prone to some serious over-acting.
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''Shocking Dark'', originally titled ''Franchise/{{Terminator}} II'' is a 1989 Italian sci-fi/horror film directed by Bruno Mattei and starring Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, and Geretta Geretta. Despite the fact that it purports to be a sequel to ''Film/TheTerminator'', [[InNameOnly the two films are unrelated]], and the actual plot has more in common with another Creator/JamesCameron film, ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', to the point that it lifts many lines of dialogue verbatim from the latter.
In the year 2000, the city of UsefulNotes/{{Venice}} has been [[PollutedWasteland polluted to the point where an evacuation has been forced]], and a group of scientists are sent by the [[MegaCorp Tubular Corporation]] to investigate the cause. They are assisted by an elite team of commandos known as the [[BadassArmy Megaforce]] as they search a vast underground complex located beneath Venice's streets. As they venture through the complex, they are attacked by crazed humans and bio-mechanical monstrosities.
See ''Alien 2: On Earth'' for a similar Italian knockoff/unofficial sequel. For the actual sequel to ''The Terminator'', see ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay''.
!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Sara Drumble. Considering she's an {{expy}} of Ellen Ripley, one of the most famous examples of the trope, this is not unexpected. Koster has her moments too.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Megaforce is admittedly a pretty awesome name for a private army.
* BadassArmy: Megaforce, a multi-national mercenary organization hired by the corporation to protect the research team and investigate the cause of the pollution that is slowly killing the city.
* BodyHorror: Those attacked by the monsters lurking in the bunker are forcibly mutated into biomechanical beings just like them.
* CasanovaWannabe: Lt. Franzini fancies himself a ladies' man, but in reality he's just a dork with a serious macho complex.
* CoolGuns: The Megaforce commandos are all armed with Franchi SPAS-12 automatic shotguns.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It is eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Tubular Corporation deliberately dumped massive amounts of toxic waste into the Venetian canals in order to manipulate their real estate prices]].
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:Fuller turns out to be one]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Franzini [[TheQuietOne doesn't speak much]], but when he does he proves himself to be exceptionally sarcastic.
* {{Expy}}: The majority of the characters are rather transparent rip-offs of those in the James Cameron film. Among them:
** Sara Drumble is basically Ellen Ripley with Sarah Connor's first name, albeit spelled differently.
** Samantha is Newt, to the point of sharing many of her lines of dialogue.
** Koster is heavily modeled on both Sgt. Apone and Pvt. Vasquez.
** Sam Fuller is pretty much Burke, [[Film/{{Alien}} Ash]], and [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnie]]'s T-800 all rolled into one.
** The Tubular Corporation appears to be a combination of Weyland-Yutani and Cyberdyne Systems, and its hostile, mutated biomechanical monsters are based heavily on the Xenomorphs.
** Megaforce is effectively this film's version of the United States Colonial Marines, though they operate internationally and appear to be mercenaries rather than an actual military branch.
* GhostTown: Venice has been cordoned off and evacuated a la [[UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} Pripyat]] due to the dangerous amount of pollution in its waters. [[spoiler:It later emerges that this was done deliberately to increase the Tubular Corporation's revenue in the real estate market]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the process of [[spoiler:deliberately polluting Venice]], the Tubular Corporation's underground complex was overrun by their own creations, and the complex's employees were either killed or transformed into machines.
* InNameOnly: As mentioned above, the film has very little connection to the ''Terminator'' franchise beyond the title, cyborgs disguised as humans, the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic setting]] on Earth in the future, and time travel, and the actual plot has more in common with ''Aliens''.
* MamaBear: Seeing as Sara is essentially this film's version of Ripley, she becomes one of these to Samantha.
* MegaCorp: The Tubular Corporation is a mega-corporation based somewhere in Italy that is heavily involved with the arms trade and excels in the field of robotics and time travel in a similar fashion as Cyberdyne. However, the Tubular Corporation is considerably more malevolent than Cyberdyne, and their war machines are much more primitive.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Fuller turns out to be a cybernetic infiltrator programmed to protect the company's secrets, and quickly begins killing off members of the team after they discover his true identity]].
* {{Mutants}}: The corporation's underground bunker is figuratively crawling with biomechanical monsters mutated by all the toxic chemicals in the water.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Koster exhibits signs of prejudice towards Italians, particularly Franzini, who in turn shows distaste in her for being black.
* PolluedWasteland: Venice has been so badly contaminated with toxic waste that the city's population has been forced to abandon it and move elsewhere. [[spoiler:This was deliberately engineered by the corrupt Tubular Corporation in order to increase their profit margin]].
* SelfDestructMechanism: [[spoiler:Once his little secret is out, Fuller sets the bunker to self-destruct within thirty minutes]].
* ShoutOut:
** Megaforce appears to be named after the [[Film/{{Megaforce}} film of the same name]].
** Sam Fuller may or may not have been named for the [[Creator/SamuelFuller director of the same name]].
** The corporation's human-like cybernetic infiltrators are referred to as [[Film/BladeRunner "replicants"]].
* TokenMinority: Koster is Megaforce's sole person of colour.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Inevitably seeing as she is this film's version of Vasquez, [[spoiler:Koster is either forcibly mutated by the creatures or killed when Fuller sets the complex to self-destruct.]]
* WorldOfHam: Most of the cast is prone to some serious over-acting.
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