The Crites Are Back! And As Hungry As Ever
Added 1/15/2009
More vintage 80's horror / sci-fi schtick with the killer interstellar hedgehogs. Apparently, some eggs survived the bounty hunters in the first movie, hatched and their occupants decided to wreak a little holiday havoc... Who in t heir right minds thought that Crite eggs would make good Easter decorations? They just don't learn, do they?
As to the discs, they're attractive, but relatively bare, including only trailers for the other Critters movies. No commentary, no special features, a bit disappointing in that regard.
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A must Have.
Added 2/13/2008
This is one of the best out of the entire series. Action, suspense a suggested good buy.
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It is what it is...
Added 4/24/2007
You can look at the cover and know it's not an A-list blockbuster. That being said, for a horror/comedy, I've always thought it was awesome. The aliens are reasonably original (obviously there was a first movie, but you know what I mean), they are cute and cuddly, with lots of teeth and poison darts in their heads; how can you not love them? The characters are reasonably well developed between the two films (they're best watched back to back, though I would skip parts 3 and 4). The special effects, while not stellar, are definately good enough to support the film in the necessary ways. And yes, who can forget the giant ball o' Critters rolling down fleeing citizens and leaving twitching skeletons in its wake (I tend to watch that part five or six times every time I watch this movie). Again, not a deeply fulfilling interpersonal drama, or whatever, but very entertaining, campy alien horror, with enough humor to keep it from being too dark. I definately recommend it.
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More Like 3.75 Stars
Added 3/26/2007
Critters is one of those sequels that actually tries to continue the storyline from the original film rather than just throw the Critters into a totally new environment and slap a "part 2" on it. Basically those Critter eggs we saw in the last shot of the first film have now hatched. Why it took two years for them to hatch is a mystery, but who can afford to be logical with a concept like this? At the same time as this goes on, Brad, the hero boy from the first film, comes back into town to see his hardcore vegetarian gramma. This time the whole town is under siege rather than one farm, coz there are many more Critters to deal with. The bounty hunters also return to help. Terrence Mann is back as the Johnny Steele bounty hunter. No poofy, blonde rocker hair this time, and he doesn't sing "Power of the Night"!! Charlie(Opper) has been hanging out with Mann and his faceless sidekick as an apprentice bounty hunter, and he returns as well. M. Emmet Walsh doesn't reprise his sheriff role, too bad. So, what follows is more Critter squishing/blasting, Brad finding romance, the faceless Lee constantly changing his appearance(one of them a hot Playboy centerfold), lame attempts at cutesy Critters humor, and that gigantic Critters ball that rolls over everything in it's path. This one was directed by Masters Of Horror creator Mick Garris, and hopefully isn't the film that gives him that "Master" qualification. Critters 2 isn't a failure. Like Halloween 2, it's about as good as it could be considering it's pretty much telling the same story. Kinda gruesome for a PG-13 too, but then again most of these films were. While not fantastic, it's a fun slice of schlocky nonsense and makes for a good double feature with the first film coz they do go together nicely.
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The infestation of grovers bend
Added 2/22/2007
This movie is the action packed to the orginal movie. As the movie s it's been two years since the last incident. The krites thought to be exterminated are still on earth. Somehow one of the krites in the previous movie was some how was pregnant was able to lay eggs. Bradly brown returns after being abscent for 2 years. Shortly after he arrives the city is infested with literally thousand of krites. It's up to brad Charlie and his bounty hunter buddies ug and lee to clean up the town old fashion way. Will they succed or will groves been be tuned into a ghost town over run by the alien meance. If you like this I also recomend Critters one. There are actually four of these but 3 and four were only half as good as the first 2 were.
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The Crites Are Back! And As Hungry As Ever
Added 1/15/2009
More vintage 80's horror / sci-fi schtick with the killer interstellar hedgehogs. Apparently, some eggs survived the bounty hunters in the first movie, hatched and their occupants decided to wreak a little holiday havoc... Who in t heir right minds thought that Crite eggs would make good Easter decorations? They just don't learn, do they?
As to the discs, they're attractive, but relatively bare, including only trailers for the other Critters movies. No commentary, no special features, a bit disappointing in that regard.
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A must Have.
Added 2/13/2008
This is one of the best out of the entire series. Action, suspense a suggested good buy.
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It is what it is...
Added 4/24/2007
You can look at the cover and know it's not an A-list blockbuster. That being said, for a horror/comedy, I've always thought it was awesome. The aliens are reasonably original (obviously there was a first movie, but you know what I mean), they are cute and cuddly, with lots of teeth and poison darts in their heads; how can you not love them? The characters are reasonably well developed between the two films (they're best watched back to back, though I would skip parts 3 and 4). The special effects, while not stellar, are definately good enough to support the film in the necessary ways. And yes, who can forget the giant ball o' Critters rolling down fleeing citizens and leaving twitching skeletons in its wake (I tend to watch that part five or six times every time I watch this movie). Again, not a deeply fulfilling interpersonal drama, or whatever, but very entertaining, campy alien horror, with enough humor to keep it from being too dark. I definately recommend it.
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