Species II (1998)

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:

Astronaut | Alien | Mars | Sex | Lasersight

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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:

Continuity: When Eve escapes from the laboratory she is wearing white panties. When she arrives, just a short car ride thereafter, at the barn where Patrick is hiding out, her underwear has disappeared.

Quotes:

[Patrick and the debutante have just finished having sex. The debutante's sister walks over to the bed and begins to undress]
Debutante's Sister: My turn!
Patrick Ross: Yes, it is!
[the debutante's sister lays down on the bed with Patrick and they immediately begin to have sex]
Debutante's Sister: [facetiously] Forget safe sex... You're dangerous!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 'Species III': Set Invasion (2004) (V)

Oh my god is this thing BAD...

A lot of people must have needed to make house payments, their names listed at the beginning of this film as a testament. Put another way, one could do a Jeff Foxworthyesque comedy bit called "Your career might be in trouble if..." and the answer is "You worked on Species II." I have never felt so embarrassed for a group of actors as I had watching these thespians run through painfully stupid dialogue. The script is so inept you have to wonder if it wasn't written by a committee - of middle schoolers. Except for the sex and violence. Or, more succinctly the sexual violence. The filmmakers have some definite problems with women. Unlike the first film, which this outing makes to look like "2001" by comparison, here we only see women being ripped bloodily apart, usually during sex. There are bad movies that are fun to watch and laugh at. This turd is not one of them.