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Species II (1998)

Species II poster
Directed by
Peter Medak
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, monster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 827 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An astronaut returns from Mars infected by an alien organism and starts killing women. Scientists try to stop him using a cloned hybrid from the original experiment.

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What happens

Species II is a 1998 American science fiction horror thriller film directed by Peter Medak. The film is a sequel to Species (1995) and the second installment of the Species franchise. The film stars Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell and Justin Lazard. In addition to Madsen and Helgenberger reprising their roles, Henstridge also returned for the sequel as a new character. The plot has Patrick Ross, the astronaut son of Senator Judson Ross, being infected by an extraterrestrial organism during a mission to Mars and causing the deaths of many women upon his return. To stop him, the scientists who created the human-extraterrestrial hybrid Sil in the original Species try using a more docile clone of hers, Eve. The film was theatrically released on April 10, 1998. It received negative reviews and grossed $19.2 million worldwide. A television film sequel, Species III, was released in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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