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
[edit | edit source]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.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Raphael Sbarge as MacLachlan
- Kate Hodge as Juliet Beck
- Jovin Montanaro as Stanton
- Christopher Murphy as Tony Thompson
- Michael Welden as Tom Beck
- Honey Lauren as Rave girl
Production
[edit | edit source]In June 1993, it was reported that New Line Cinema had hired Seth Pinsker to direct The Hidden 2: The Spawning, a sequel to The Hidden.[1]
The film was announced to be preceded by a three-part comic book limited series titled The Hidden: Gene War which would be written by Andy Mangels for Millennium Publications.[1]
Release
[edit | edit source]The film was released direct to video in the United States by New Line Home Video on July 20, 1994.[2]
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
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
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.[4]
While Entertainment Weekly enjoyed the first movie, it gave this one a D− finding it to be "crud."[5]
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that the first 10 minutes of this movie are reprised from the first movie.[6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- The Hidden II at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1993 direct-to-video films
- 1993 science fiction horror films
- 1993 science fiction action films
- 1993 action thriller films
- 1993 crime films
- American independent films
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- American science fiction action films
- American action thriller films
- New Line Cinema direct-to-video films
- Direct-to-video sequel films
- American films about extraterrestrial life
- Films set in the future
- 1990s English-language films
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- 1993 science fiction films
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