Species II (1998)

Species II (R) - Review

"Geiger counter at zero"

A dumber, cheaper, sleazier retread of a pretty iffy SCIFI franchise.  The cardboard-rocketship exploring Mars somehow gets infected with alien DNA, mutating the crew who are now returned to Earth to breed tentacled sex killers.  This time most semblance of science is left behind, leaving just nudity, gore and a far less talented script.  The libidoed menace is now male, leaving Madsen and his half-hearted team of whoevers to unwisely reinvent Henstridge's iconic Alien as a heroine.  Unfortunately the ending leaves opening to another entry, when anyone could see extinction of the species is for the best.

2.5 Slimy Puppets Rubbing Together out of 10 (BAD)