Species was a diverting sleazy, gory campy film. Not good but kind of fun and Natasha H. is one hot babe.
Species 2 is sleazy and gory and bad... but not bad enough to be much fun. So it's worthless.
Another bad career move for the somewhat talented Michael Madsen, a mistake for James (L.A. Confidential, Babe) Cromwell, a mis-step for Peter Boyle (whose part is short).
Surprising is how god-awful not only the script is.... but the direction and editing also. The pacing is awful. There are scenes where people in hot pursuit are moving in a slow walk rather than a fast run... etc. etc. There are several continuity errors as well. The script has some good clunkers here and there, but again, not enough to make it much fun.
Peter Medak is the director here. He's directed some excellent films like The Krays, The Ruling Class, Let him Have It, some interesting failures like Romeo is Bleeding, and some fun fairy tale theatre episodes (like Pinochio with Pee Wee Herman) but nothing as insipid and poorly done as this turkey.
The gore is nothing you haven't seen before. There's lots of nudity, and sleaze, but none of it is sexy.
Not even worth a dollar video rental.
Species 2 is sleazy and gory and bad... but not bad enough to be much fun. So it's worthless.
Another bad career move for the somewhat talented Michael Madsen, a mistake for James (L.A. Confidential, Babe) Cromwell, a mis-step for Peter Boyle (whose part is short).
Surprising is how god-awful not only the script is.... but the direction and editing also. The pacing is awful. There are scenes where people in hot pursuit are moving in a slow walk rather than a fast run... etc. etc. There are several continuity errors as well. The script has some good clunkers here and there, but again, not enough to make it much fun.
Peter Medak is the director here. He's directed some excellent films like The Krays, The Ruling Class, Let him Have It, some interesting failures like Romeo is Bleeding, and some fun fairy tale theatre episodes (like Pinochio with Pee Wee Herman) but nothing as insipid and poorly done as this turkey.
The gore is nothing you haven't seen before. There's lots of nudity, and sleaze, but none of it is sexy.
Not even worth a dollar video rental.