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By Pete Murphy
Format:DVD
Unrelated to the original (and gorier) Spiders, Spiders 2 lacks the things that made the original such good fun. It moves along at a pedestrian pace, with the plot being revealed slowly in layers as if you're peeling a very big onion. Unfortunately this means that it takes what seems like a lifetime to reach the blood and carnage, which when it does finally arrive will leave you rolling on the floor laughing. It's not horrific and I'd imagine the only people that could possibly find it scary would be diehard arachnaphobes. That's not to say it isn't fun. The story may well move along slowly and take a while to hit the action gas pedal, but you know all the way that there's something dodgy going on (you'd hardly need to be a brain surgeon to work that one out though) and at least they're attempting something more than outright blood'n'guts and trying to tell a story, albeit a totally ridiculous one.
The Spider effects are mainly CGI, but don't expect anything as good as the rather lame attempts they made in the first film, the digital effects are actually worse in the sequel than they were last time. Long shots of giant spiders crawling around on a massive cargo freighter look hysterical, and are recycled time and time again throughout the film, giving it that ultra sweet drive-in feel that so few films manage to capture these days.
Most of the cast are OK, but the standout is Richard Moll as the evil scientist with a rather nifty sub-Vincent Price turn - he's so good at being bad he makes you want to hiss every time he wanders onscreen.
The Spider effects are mainly CGI, but don't expect anything as good as the rather lame attempts they made in the first film, the digital effects are actually worse in the sequel than they were last time. Long shots of giant spiders crawling around on a massive cargo freighter look hysterical, and are recycled time and time again throughout the film, giving it that ultra sweet drive-in feel that so few films manage to capture these days.
Most of the cast are OK, but the standout is Richard Moll as the evil scientist with a rather nifty sub-Vincent Price turn - he's so good at being bad he makes you want to hiss every time he wanders onscreen.
All in all it's a reasonable film. It's not as much fun as the original, but that's only due to a pace that allows the filmmakers to build a story rather than go for all out action from the off. At least it doesn't try to recycle the story and characters from the previous eight legged outing.
By kaz
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had previously owned a copy. It is a B rate movie, but well worth the watch. I believe it will become a cult within time.
Format:DVD
I will start of with the plot Jason and Alexandra 'Alex', a close couple, loose their sail yacht in a storm and are grateful to get picked up by Captain Jim Bigelow's commercial carrier. Suspicous about the rough treatment and injections given by ship's doctor Gerbac which make the strong man faint, and realizing the ship is improbably empty and the radio not broke as the crew claims, Jason starts snooping around and finds human bodies on meat hooks, but even Alex thinks he's just hallucinating.
Alas while sane Jason is restrained for his 'paranoia', the real madmen are the doc's genetic experiment outfit, who abuse their human captives as live incubators for a giant spider's eggs.
I really liked first movie but this has got to be one of the worst sequel ever to made, not scary, not gory and So BORING! This movie was so Boring that I was watching the clock more then the movie. Don't waste your time on this movie.
Alas while sane Jason is restrained for his 'paranoia', the real madmen are the doc's genetic experiment outfit, who abuse their human captives as live incubators for a giant spider's eggs.
I really liked first movie but this has got to be one of the worst sequel ever to made, not scary, not gory and So BORING! This movie was so Boring that I was watching the clock more then the movie. Don't waste your time on this movie.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Good and Bad at the same time (Contains spoilers)
I'd like to start by saying this film really isn't the best out there. The first is brilliant with great effects, but this just doesn't make the grade for me. Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2008 by Mr. J. M. Wicks
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great. Better than the first. A great night in.
Not brilliant acting but a classic horror/action film, great if you've seen the first one or not.
Because the plots totally different. Read more
Because the plots totally different. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2002 by "doublem42"
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