I (re)watched Screamers just before watching Screamers: The Hunting, and while I'm not a big fan of the first movie (I rate it a 5), I must say that the plot in the sequel was surprisingly coherent and had many consistent references to the original movie. It was a direct continuation, in many ways building very logically on the events of the first movie, even trying to up the stakes with the ending.
The acting was of dubious quality, the budget was low (no decent explosions!), and there wasn't much character development, nor any really cool one-liners, but, other than that, this was a very decent effort, quite spectacularly achieving pretty much the same style and level of quality as the original. So, not too bad at all, and no skin off the original's nose! Another 5'er. I dare say fans of the original ought to like this. It's more horror than sci-fi (and *very* Alien-inspired!), but it uses the premise of the first movie to very good effect. This sequel is a movie that achieves what it sets out to do. Too bad it's *still* not very good... but that's just my opinion.
5 out of 10.
The acting was of dubious quality, the budget was low (no decent explosions!), and there wasn't much character development, nor any really cool one-liners, but, other than that, this was a very decent effort, quite spectacularly achieving pretty much the same style and level of quality as the original. So, not too bad at all, and no skin off the original's nose! Another 5'er. I dare say fans of the original ought to like this. It's more horror than sci-fi (and *very* Alien-inspired!), but it uses the premise of the first movie to very good effect. This sequel is a movie that achieves what it sets out to do. Too bad it's *still* not very good... but that's just my opinion.
5 out of 10.