I was thinking a while ago, sequels are basically universally known for taking the concept of the first and making it bigger. The idea being that you can't do the same thing again, so you go bigger.
I'm wondering, first of all, has there been a sequel where they did just do the same thing again? I'm really curious. But Species 2 did not brave that frontier. They made it bigger- by a little bit.
Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, and the other girl are back, and they have a twin of Sil from the first movie in a isolated bunker. Astronauts from Mars get infected with the alien DNA and come home to spread the genes. Eventually the alien on earth and the alien from Mars can communicate and they want to meet so they can reproduce.
It's mostly different, not bigger, except there is more violence in the setup. More violence, but less nudity, and less interesting characters. Madsen is barely in the movie, and in fact we follow the alien astronaut for most of it just like we followed Sil in the first movie.
Overall, this movie is a kinda dumb nothing of a sequel, but it was okay. I didn't hate it. It is just sorta there. I did finish it and put on the third immediately, so that should tell you something.
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