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Title: Derivative sequel
Review: This derivative sequel to 1995's surprisingly successful guilty pleasure Species, serves up loads of sex, blood, and gore; all of which can't save Species 2 from being anything less than the disappointing sequel it is. Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger return, along with Natasha Henstridge as Sil: a clone of the half alien/half human hyrbid she played in the first film. She goes into heat when an astronaut (Justin Lazard) returns from a mission to Mars infected with alien DNA, and he has an urge to mate. What results is him fathering a bevy of creepy kids (which are delivered by their mothers in a very bloody way) as the body count rises and he and Sil prepare to meet up. Species 2 is a pure schlock fest from beginning to end, but despite it's excellent makeup and FX, it doesn't achieve the same kind of guilty pleasure feeling that the first film did. All in all, it's worth seeing for some pointless but well pulled off gore and nudity, but other than that this one's a turkey.
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