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In Theaters : 1990
DVD Release : 30 May, 2006 |
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What else can I say about this movie? This... um... sequel (?) to a previous alien encounter film called Xtro is not only a blatant rip off of other, more popular Sci-Fi movies but it does them in the worst way possible. The script is a nightmare, the special effects are weak, the acting is weaker, and the whole idea just shouldn't have been done to begin with. Xtro II: The Second Encounter has nothing new (or even decent) to offer to science fiction or horror fans.
Have you seen the original Xtro? Don't worry if you haven't because this "sequel" has absolutely nothing to do with it. Not a single connection is made between the two movies other than an alien killer is on the loose. I guess director Harry Davenport just likes to name his alien invader movies Xtro no matter how unrelated they are. The worse thing about this is the movie makes references to significant stuff that happened in the past. To a casual viewer they might think it's the previous movie when in fact it's stuff that's not from any previous movie. The references are so ominous and evasive that you can't help but wonder what the heck they are talking about.
This is the sort of thing that plagues the script from beginning to end. The plot is vague and incoherent along with the fact some really dumb (and thankfully minor) plot twists are also splattered along the story. Essentially the movie moves from an Alien knock off plot with characters getting picked off one by one (and you can see it's coming a mile away) to an Aliens (the movie) knock off with more people getting picked off (again making you feel psychic for knowing who gets it and when). Any attempt to build suspense or fear fails miserably. The dialog is utter tripe, with lame one-liners and wannabe catch phrases all over the place. The more embarrassing being when they start doing "tech talk", which reminded me of Spaced Invaders. Only with Spaced Invaders they meant to make it sound silly.
Character development? You can forget that. The characters are written one-dimensional and the acting doesn't get much better. The only character with even a hint of decent dialog is Zunoski, but it's not enough to endorse this film. All of the acting is pretty lame with just a little exception to Jano Frandsen, who in the final 20 minutes of the movie finally shows some character development. Actually there is probably ten minutes in this movie where I did start feeling interested in it and it's during this Frandsen moment. But again it's not enough to give this movie any kudos. Special effects aren't special at all. As a matter of fact it feels more like an 80's movie. That's probably due to a small budget. I will give props on the design of the alien monster, even if how it came to be, why it's killing everyone, and how the characters handle it give more than enough to ruin what little the movie has going for it.
Xtro II is a mistake. My only guess on why they made it was because they thought they could make money with just clichA s and no well-developed story. I can only recommend this to Mystery Science Theater 3000 as they are the only ones who could make something of this picture. I don't recommend this anybody or anything else. If you seen the first two Alien movies you have already seen tons more than what this film can possibly offer.
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