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Director:
Writers:
Jim Kouf (characters)
Seth Pinsker (written by)
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Release Date:
6 September 1993 (Japan) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Part Alien. Part Human... And It's Back For Seconds more
Plot:
The alien criminal from the first movie is dead, but he left a few eggs which are hatching now. The good alien... more | add synopsis
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Watch an alien procrastinate for an hour and a half. more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Raphael Sbarge ... MacLachlan
Kate Hodge ... Juliet Beck
Jovin Montanaro ... Stanton

Christopher Murphy ... Tony Thompson
Michael Welden ... Tom Beck

Michael A. Nickles ... Matt Flamm
Tony DiBenedetto ... Bum

Tom Tayback ... Colton
Dennis Bertsch ... Morgue attendant

Cate Caplin ... News reporter
Edith Varon ... Waitress

Peter Gregory ... Cook
Bobby J. Foxworth ... Security guard

Honey Lauren ... Rave girl
Garvin Funches ... Cold Steel
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Hidden 2 (USA) (video box title)
The Hidden II: The Spawning (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
91 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The character Raphael Sbarge plays is called "MacLachlan". a possible reference to Kyle MacLachlan, who starred in the original movie. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The good guy is shooting a 9mm at the alien the kitchen. When he runs out of ammo, he pulls the trigger twice and the hammer falls on an empty chamber twice. Note also that the slide doesn't lock back. That's not how a 9mm works. more
Movie Connections:
Features The Hidden (1987) more
Soundtrack:
DEEPER SIN more

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Watch an alien procrastinate for an hour and a half., 25 April 2006
4/10
Author: ResidentHazard (romerodawn@yahoo.com) from Plymouth, MN

The Hidden II, Science Fiction Horror

The Hidden 2 picks up right where the first left off--and quickly disintegrates into a much worse movie. This film follows a "chunk" of the original bad-ass alien as it infests a dog, then spawns several other tiny evil alien, um, larva. Well, eventually, someone is infested again and the reign of violence almost starts again. I say almost because the alien spends most of his time screwing around accomplishing nothing. Much like the heroes--who are completely forgettable while they forge an awkward love affair and make repeatedly poor decisions hunting the "evil" aliens.

Here's the breakdown:

The Good:

--Well, more shots of the alien and gore than the first film.

--Slightly better atmosphere than Hidden 1.

Didn't Hurt It, Didn't Help:

--The acting is nothing special, but it doesn't hurt the film too badly.

--Passable music and cinematography.

--Extensive yammering which attempts to explain every little detail about the aliens.

The Bad:

--Very little chemistry between our heroes.

--Main hero guy is pretty nerdy.

--Sure, the alien is shown more, but for f*ck sakes! The special effects should have improved in quality! They still feel like they're mid-80's puppets, here. We have a six-legged alien "thing" that we get to see moving around and what does it look like? A shaved, partially mutilated dead rat in rigor mortis. The legs barely move!

--Insipid love story.

--Clumsey, infantile hero.

--The evil alien spends very little time doing anything. Mostly walking around talking like an idiot.

The Ugly:

--Several story problems--for one: There are several evil alien larva sitting unprotected which are just not killed--they're deliberately ignored or the search for them is just done immensely poorly. This alien good guy travelled all through space to do a half-assed job, did he? Well, that's what he's doing. It'll take literally a minute or two to kill the remaining sleeping larva after he kills just one. So what does he do? "I'm tired, let's go," basically. And he leaves! Three times he does this! This is the most procrastinating alien I've ever seen!

--Most of the "we're lovers now" dialog.

--At least 2 sex scenes with zero nudity. An R-rated horror film with sex and no nudity? What the hell?

Memorable Scene:

--Seeing the credits start.

Acting: 5/10 , Story: 6/10 , Atmosphere: 7/10 , Cinematography: 5/10 , Character Development: 4/10 , Special Effects/Make-up: 6/10 , Nudity/Sexuality: 1/10 , Violence/Gore: 6/10 (less violence, more gore than the first film) , Sets/Backgrounds: 4/10 , Dialogue: 5/10 , Music: 6/10 , Writing: 3/10 , Direction: 3/10

Cheesiness: 6/10 , Crappiness: 5/10

Overall: 4/10

Well, there you have it. The first Hidden is a pretty good film, just light on the gore and a pretty weak overall atmosphere. This one, however, is weak in everything except atmosphere and gore--and those are only slightly better. If you can get the first movie alone, go for it. Classic 80's science fiction horror--with a touch of cop drama. The second is forgettable--best to just avoid this one.

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