Grease 2

Grease 2 is the 1982 sequel to 1978’s smash hit movie Grease. Though a box-office flop on its initial release, in recent years it has surfaced on cable TV channels such as ABC Family and VH1, which has shown it on their show Movies That Rock, and has attained a cult following.
The movie starts in the fall of 1961 (two years after the original) with a new group of students who are members of both the T-Birds, headed by Johnny Nogerelli (Adrian Zmed), and the Pink Ladies, headed by Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer). He wants to keep dating her, though her feelings for him are no longer there. [Production note: Although the connection was never acknowledged in the movie, the character of Johnny was originally intended to be the cousin of John Travolta’s Danny. But with Michael Carrington being the cousin of Sandy from the first film, the writers thought there were too many similarities.]

Meanwhile, Michael (Maxwell Caulfield), an exchange student from England, arrives and is greeted by Frenchy (Didi Conn), who has returned to Rydell High from which she dropped out before. He is the cousin of Frenchy’s friend Sandy Olsson, the character played by Olivia Newton-John in the first movie. Michael asks Stephanie out, but she does not feel like going out with grade-worried, good student Michael. Stephanie tells Michael she would like to date someone with a motorcycle, a «Cool Rider.»

Cast

* Maxwell Caulfield as Michael Carrington
* Michelle Pfeiffer as Stephanie Zinone
* Lorna Luft as Paulette Rebchuck
* Maureen Teefy as Sharon Cooper
* Alison Price as Rhonda Ritter
* Pamela Segall as Dolores «Woodchuck» Rebchuck (credited as Pamela Adlon)
* Adrian Zmed as Johnny Nogerelli
* Peter Frechette as Louis DiMucci
* Christopher McDonald as Goose McKenzie
* Leif Green as Davey Jaworski
* Didi Conn as Frenchy
* Eve Arden as Miss McGee
* Sid Caesar as Coach Calhoun
* Dody Goodman as Blanche Hodel
* Tab Hunter as Mr. Stuart
* Connie Stevens as Miss Yvette Mason
* Eddie Deezen as Eugene Felsnick
* Jean and Liz Sagal … Twin sorority girls
* Dennis C. Stewart as Balmudo

[edit] Cult Status

Grease 2 is considered by some as better than the original. Those who like Grease 2 say this is because the lead cast of Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer gave credible performances considering their young age and that it is more sentimental than Grease.

In contrast, those who dislike the film say it is a blemish on the legacy of the original «Grease» due to the poor song and dance performances, which compared to the original, are mediocre at best.