Species II (1998)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Peter Medak

Writers (WGA):

Dennis Feldman (characters)
Chris Brancato (written by)

Release Date:

10 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

There is life on Mars...and now it's here.

Plot:

Mykelti Williamson and Justin Lazard are a pair of astronauts who make the first successful manned mission to Mars...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Mars | Astronaut | Sex | Second Part

Cast

Michael Madsen	...	Press Lenox
Natasha Henstridge	...	Eve
Marg Helgenberger	...	Dr. Laura Baker
Mykelti Williamson	...	Dennis Gamble
George Dzundza	...	Colonel Carter Burgess Jr
James Cromwell	...	Senator Judson Ross
Justin Lazard	...	Patrick Ross
Myriam Cyr	...	Anne Sampas
Sarah Wynter	...	Melissa
Baxter Harris	...	Dr. Orinsky
Scott Morgan	...	Harry Sampas
Nancy La Scala	...	Debutante
Raquel Gardner	...	Debutante's Sister
Henderson Forsythe	...	Pentagon Personnel
Robert Hogan	...	Pentagon Personnel

Also Known As:

Species 2: Offspring (USA) (working title)
Species 2: Origins (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, sci-fi violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

93 min | Spain:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:18 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Edward Asner was going to play Dr. Herman Cromwell but dropped out.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: A close up of Eve reveals a pulse when she is seemingly dead in the ambulance. However, Eve is actually still alive at this point, as is revealed in the sequel, Species III.

Quotes:

Darlene: My God, it's you! Will you sign my Space Flakes box?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Even for a Species film this is nonsense

'This isn't The X Files!' says one character in 'Species II'. No sh*t, mate. For the first hour this is nothing but clumsy set up in which characters explain exactly what's happening so that all the viewers who only turned up for the nudity don't get confused, and the rest of the plot is a reheated mish-mash of the previous movie and a bunch of ideas nicked from the 'Alien' series. Like the original, this is a top-shelf humpathon that somehow made it into cinemas, but the first one was at least fun, despite being a load of old rubbish at heart. This is just bad. The dialogue's terrible, resulting in the kind of performances delivered by returning suckers Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger, while Natasha Henstridge gets to do nothing but sit in a box until the last 10 minutes, when she takes off her clothes. A few neat ideas are spewed out towards the end, and they should have served as the basis for the entire film rather than remaining an afterthought leading to another sequel teaser.