SPOILERS BELOW
Okay, so the original wasn't actually that good, but it at least had some charm and some cool effects. This sequel is just as sloppy with its writing, but has also switched to 'space army vs CG migraine' and is overpacked with characters who are obnoxious racist smarmballs, cannon fodder or just non-existent. It wheels out all the old white dudes from the first movie to float around not affecting the plot (Robert Loggia literally sits silently in the back of one scene), while binning or unceremoniously killing the female and/or black legacy characters (except for Whitmore's daughter, who is re-cast from Mae Whitman to a more conventionally attractive actor). Scientist #3 from the first movie gets a noble tragic death scene, Vivica Fox just gets dumped into some fire!
It doesn't even manage a proper ending, it just steals the 'they're like bees, there's a giant queen' Aliens bit, then sets up a (probably never going to happen) sequel.
Utterly unsatisfying.
Rating: Awful
(Watched 17/05/2020)
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