Species II (1998)

An astronaut gets infected with alien DNA during the first mission on Mars and runs amok on earth. Preston and Laura team up with a peaceful, genetically re-engineered Sil to track the monster down.

Director:

Peter Medak

Writers:

Dennis Feldman (characters), Chris Brancato

Stars:

Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Madsen	...	Press
Natasha Henstridge	...	Eve
Marg Helgenberger	...	Laura
Mykelti Williamson	...	Gamble
George Dzundza	...	Colonel Burgess
James Cromwell	...	Senator Ross
Justin Lazard	...	Patrick
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

Storyline

Mykelti Williamson and Justin Lazard are a pair of astronauts who make the first successful manned mission to Mars. Lazard's character gets infected by an alien and slowly begins to mutate. When they get back to Earth all he has on his mind is to have sex with Henstridge!

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | sex scene | impregnation | topless female nudity | female rear nudity | 

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Taglines:

Hope They Never MEET...Pray They Never MATE.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the first film, Laura likened humanity to a galactic weed spreading throughout the galaxy, like The Day of the Triffids on Earth, as well as Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Quatermass which had tripodal Martians.

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Goofs

Gamble covers the machete with his blood, but as he is being carried out of the barn, the machete is clean.

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Quotes

Dennis Gamble: What's wrong? My DNA ain't good enough?

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Alternate Versions

German DVD misses one of the deleted scenes due to its higher "Not under 18" rating.

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Connections

Followed by Species III (2004)

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Soundtracks

Thinking of You
Written by Dwayne P. Wiggins (as Dwayne P. Higgins), Tim Riley and Raphael Saadiq
Performed by Tony! Toni! Toné!
Courtesy of Mercury Records
By Arrangement with Polygram Film & TV Music

User Reviews

What the....?

This movie sucks! The original was much better and even it wasn't that good. The only thing this has going for it is the scenes with sex and nudity. Gore fans might like this movie but if your looking for an amazing science fiction/horror experience than watch the ALIEN films.

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Species 2: Offspring

Filming Locations:

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,274,008, 12 April 1998

Gross USA:

$19,221,939

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$19,221,939

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), FGM Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1