The Hidden II
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The Hidden II | |
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Directed by | Seth Pinsker |
Written by | Jim Kouf (characters) Seth Pinsker |
Produced by | Mark Ordesky David Helpern Michael L. Meltzer |
Starring | Raphael Sbarge Kate Hodge Jovin Montanaro |
Cinematography | Bryan England |
Edited by | Christopher Cibelli |
Music by | David McHugh |
Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Hidden II (styled as The Hidden 2) is a 1993 American direct-to-video science fiction crime horror film and the sequel to the 1987 film The Hidden.
Plot
The alien criminal from the first movie is dead, but he left a few eggs which are hatching now. It is explained that on the alien's homeworld, evolution took two parallel paths: half of their race became violent criminals who live only for pleasure (the squid-like alien form briefly glimpsed in the first film), and the other half evolved beyond their base desires and even physical bodies, becoming creatures of pure energy.
A good alien has been inhabiting Tom Beck's body (played now by Michael Welden). He has been waiting just in case this happened. Unfortunately, his presence in the body has taken a terrible toll on it, draining it of life energy.
Additionally, relations with Beck's daughter Juliet (Kate Hodge), now a cop herself, have deteriorated (possibly due to his bizarre behavior caused by the alien inhabiting his body). But when the killing starts again, both will need to work together—and with a new alien policeman (Raphael Sbarge), who comes to Earth to aid in the struggle—to stop the new generation of aliens.
Release
The film was released direct to video in the United States by New Line Home Video in July 1994. However, in Japan, it was released in September 1993, 10 months ahead of its US release.
In 2005, New Line Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on a double feature release alongside the original The Hidden.
Reception
Creature Feature found the twist of the alien slowly being consumed interesting, but otherwise the sequel was found inferior to the original, giving it two out of 5 stars.[1]
Moria gave the movie a half-star. While it found the pairing of Sbarge and Hodge to be a plus, especially as Sbarge attempts to understand human behavior, but found the rest of the movie to be an example of everything wrong with sequels.[2]
While Entertainment Weekly enjoyed the first movie, it gave this one a D− finding it to be "crud."[3]
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that the first 10 minutes of this movie are reprised from the first movie.[4]
References
- ^ Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature : 3rf Edition
- ^ "The Hidden II (1994)". 16 December 2009.
- ^ 15 July 1994 Hidden II Review. Retrieved 22 July 2021 https://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/hidden-2/
- ^ "SFE: Hidden, the".
External links
- 1993 films
- 1993 horror films
- 1993 direct-to-video films
- 1990s science fiction horror films
- 1990s science fiction action films
- 1993 action thriller films
- 1993 crime films
- American independent films
- American science fiction horror films
- American science fiction action films
- American action thriller films
- New Line Cinema direct-to-video films
- Direct-to-video sequel films
- Films about extraterrestrial life
- Films set in the future
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s American films
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