Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1990)

Director:

Harry Bromley Davenport

Writers:

John A. Curtis (writer)
Edward Kovach (writer)

Release Date:

June 1991 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Part Alien. Part Predator. All Terror.

Plot:

Scientists at a secret underground complex have found a way to travel to another dimension. Three dimension-travellers...

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Monster | Parallel World | Second Part | Alien Monster

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Dr. Ron Shepherd
Paul Koslo	...	Dr. Alex Summerfield
Tara Buckman	...	Dr. Julie Casserly
Jano Frandsen	...	McShane
Nicholas Lea	...	Baines
W.F. Wadden	...	Jedburg
Rolf Reynolds	...	Zunoski
Nic Amoroso	...	Mancini
Bob Wilde	...	Secretary Kenmore
Rachel Hayward	...	Dr. Myers
Tracy Westerholm	...	Marshall
Gerry Nairn	...	Ford
Nicola Crosbie	...	Medic Council
Michael Metcalfe	...	Dawson
Thom Schioler	...	Hoffman

Also Known As:

Xtro 2: The Second Encounter (USA) (video box title)
Xtro II (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

North American Pictures

Trivia:

This sequel has nothing to do the original Xtro (1983). This is because director Harry Bromley Davenport somehow retained the rights to the name Xtro but not the story rights. Needing money he enlisted writers to write a completely different film and only use the Xtro name to capitalize on the cult success of the original.

Movie Connections:

References Aliens (1986)

third rate "Alien" rip-off

I love the film Xtro, because it's weird and imaginative, and just overall a strange little film. Jump 8 years into the future when this "sequel" was made and we have nothing more than "Alien" in an underground research facility. And the critter looks like Alien, it doesn't look like the critter in the original at all. The storyline is promising as this lab is set up to send people to a parallel universe (and then of course bring them back...right?) but of course this is a horror movie and they're not coming back, or at least the one that did wasn't alone. And it's a woman, and guess what is inside her? Of course it gets birthed in glorious splatter and once loose, goes into the ventilation system at which point this becomes a movie you've seen many times before and probably much much better. Not worth your time, 2 out of 10.