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Film: Food of the Gods 2

Food of the Gods 2, better known by its video title Gnaw: Food of the Gods 2 is...a very strange film.

Ostensibly, it's the sequel to Bert I. Gordon's 1970's (partial) adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel The Food of the Gods, although the movie's shooting title was simply Gnaw and the connection to Gordon's film was added later. Certainly, it has nothing to do with the events of the 70's film beyond the title. In that film, the titular "food" was a mysterious oatmeal-like glop that burbled up from the ground. Here, the "food" (and it's only called that once) is a greenish growth serum developed by a scientist.

Tropes used in this film:

Almighty Janitor: Flamethrower-toting exterminator Jacques.
Animal Testing
Animal Wrongs Group
Black Dude Dies First: Activist leader Mark.
Bloodier and Gorier
Dean Bitterman: Dean White is a jerk just to be a jerk, it seems.
Dream Sequence
Enfant Terrible: Giant kid Bobby insults and belittles his doctor before finally snapping her neck at the end of the film.
In Name Only
Hey, It's That Guy!: Colin Fox and Frank Pellegrino.
Mad Scientist
No Ending: Bobby kills Dr. Travis, escapes and....roll credits.
Obstructive Bureaucrat: Dean White.
Police Are Useless: The cops shoot more innocent bystanders than rats.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Lieutenant Weizel.
Rodents of Unusual Size
Sex Equals Death
Too Dumb to Live: Two of the activists descend into the sewers aiming to kill the giant rats...armed with a tennis racket and a butterfly net.