Species II

"Mating season begins..."

1998 1h 33m EN

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5.2

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4.5

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★5.2TMDB · 856🥫9%Rotten Tomatoes●19Metacritic★4.5IMDB · 33,623

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Synopsis

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Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross.

“Mating season begins...”

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Cast

Natasha Henstridge
Eve
Michael Madsen
Press Lenox
Marg Helgenberger
Dr. Laura Baker
Mykelti Williamson
Dennis Gamble
Justin Lazard
Patrick Ross
James Cromwell
Senator Ross
George Dzundza
Colonel Burgess
Sarah Wynter
Melissa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Medak
Writers: Chris Brancato
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 55% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Species Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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294+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Medak, shot by Matthew F. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Nord shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Natasha Henstridge and Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Mating season begins...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Peter Medak directs. Matthew F. Leonetti behind the camera. Richard Nord cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Earned back only 55% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Species Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4294+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Peter Medak, shot by Matthew F. Leonetti. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Richard Nord shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Natasha Henstridge and Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Mating season begins...".
9IMDB entry: tt0120841 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 21 themes, including "quarantine", "washington dc, usa", "telepathy", "pregnancy".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing: Richard Nord
Production design: Miljen 'Kreka' Kljaković
Costume design: Richard Bruno
Makeup / hair: Barbara Lacy
VFX supervisor: Joseph Grossberg
Sound: John Ross
Stunt coordinator: Shane Dixon
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $19,200,000
Return: 55% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Species II (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes: 9% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 19/100
IMDB rating: 4.5/10 · 33,623 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

2 nominations total

Part of

Species Collection

Species is a 1995 American science fiction thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Dennis Feldman. It stars Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger. The first sequel to Species, Species II was released theatrically in April 1998. Madsen and Helgenberger reprised their roles. The second sequel, Species III followed in 2004. It premiered on Sci-Fi Channel on November 27, 2004. Henstridge cameos at the beginning of the film. A fourth film, Species: The Awakening was filmed in 2007, following the schedule of Species III of Sci-Fi Channel premiere and subsequent DVD release. None of the actors from the original film returned in this sequel.

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CinemaSerf2023-05-22
★ 4/10
It's got shades of the "Quatermass Xperiment" (1955) to it, this, as we discover that heartthrob astronaut "Patrick" (Justin Lazard) - who just happens to be the son of an hard-nosed US senator (James Cromwell) - returns to Earth after a mission. Now unlike with the first of these not-so-classic sci-fi films, this time it's the man who needs to breed and boy does he have a go. No woman is safe - but none of them are "Eve" (Natasha Henstridge). She is the woman of his dreams but is secure in a facility managed by "Laura" (Marg Helgenberger). Well, predictably, it turns out that this place isn't that impenetrable after all and soon it falls to "Lennox" (Michael Madsen) to ride to the rescue before their copulation becomes a cosmic event. The whole film is just poor. The writing and the acting completely lack originality or vitality and the special effects are straight out of an episode of the contemporary "Stargate-SG1". The ending is actually quite funny and so obviously designed to tee up a trequal - can't wait for that. Can it be worse? I wouldn't bet against it!

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