Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996) (V)

Director:

S.S. Wilson

Writers (WGA):

Brent Maddock (characters) &
S.S. Wilson (characters) ...

Release Date:

9 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Worms have turned.

Plot:

When an army of Graboids - giant, carnivorous underground worms - threaten the Petromaya oil refinery in Mexico...

Plot Keywords:

Graboids | Sequel | Hunt | Ostrich | Babe Scientist

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Fred Ward	...	Earl Bassett
Christopher Gartin	...	Grady Hoover
Helen Shaver	...	Kate 'White' Reilly
Michael Gross	...	Burt Gummer
Marcelo Tubert	...	Señor Ortega
Marco Hernandez	...	Julio, Kate's Assistant
José Ramón Rosario	...	Pedro, Chief Engineer (as José Rosario)
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Oil Worker (as Thomas Rosales)

Also Known As:

Tremors 2: Aftershocks (USA) (video box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi creature violence and gore.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-14 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Valencia, California, USA

Company:

MCA/Universal Pictures

Trivia:

In some scenes, Burt Gummer can be seen wearing an Atlanta Hawks cap, similar to the one he wore in the first movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Earl and Grady notice the graboid running away from them, the seismographic monitor shows the readout from Burt's truck arriving at the refinery in reverse. This is noticeable due to the fact that the monitor is on the floor of the truck, yet there is daylight from a window frame behind it. Also, the object that's supposed to distinguish their truck from the monster is normally a solid square, in this shot it's an outline; just like the monitor in the refinery office.

Quotes:

Earl Bassett: [Grady and Earl have wrecked their truck and are stranded; however, they're excited as they've just caught a live graboid]
[to Kate over the radio]
Earl Bassett: Look, we need help. Will you tell Pedro to bring that big truck out here. It's got a crane on it, doesn't it?
Kate (White) Reilly: [over radio] Yeah. It's gonna take him hours to get there.
Grady: [Grady whoops in background]
[referring to the graboid]
Grady: We're gonna haul his ass off to Monster World!
Earl Bassett: WILL YOU SHUT UP AND GET OFF THE DAMN GROUND!

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

Not the original, but still a lot of fun.

This time there isn't quite the cast used in the first one, in fact there are really only four main characters this time around. There also is not all that many kills, but still I enjoyed this one. It is one of those rare direct to video releases that is actually quite good. Fred Ward does return again, as does Michael Gross and they both are still very strong. This one has the infamous Graboids attacking some place down in Mexico I believe. Fred Ward's character is asked to come and help rid the area of these creatures as he has the knowledge to fight them and kill them. Well it proves to be to much of a challenge as there are a lot more of them than he anticipated so he enlists the aid of Gross's character. Well everything seems to be going down without a hitch, but something is not quite right. One of the monsters seems to have exploded from the inside and there seems to be another monster loose in the desert. Not the original as I have said, but it still works. Though I never saw part three cause it looks rather bad.