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Summary: A must-see sequel
Review: Years after their first appearance in Perfection, Nevada, those nasty man-eaters have reared their ugly heads in Mexico. So the Mexican authorities call on famed graboid killer, Earl Bassett (Fred Ward), for help. Joining Earl this time is a goofy graboid groupie by the name of Grady Hoover (Christopher Gartin). Grady refuses to take the life-and-death nature of this hunting trip seriously, until he witnesses the awesome power of the ravenous creatures for himself. When Earl and Grady learn of the true magnitude of this new graboid infestation, Earl enlists the aid of indomitable survivalist friend, Burt Gummer (Michael Gross...nearly stealing the movie) -- a one man army who comes equipped with enough guns and explosives to destroy the whole country. But the graboids are getting smarter, meaner, and uglier... This direct-to-video sequel may not be quite as good as the original, but it's pretty close. It would have been better if Kevin Bacon and Reba McEntire had shown up, but Tremors 2 still has that great mix of thrills and laughs that made the first film so entertaining. The DVD is short on extras (just the standard trailer and production notes), but this disc deserves a place on your video shelf right beside its predecessor.
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Summary: A Must-See Sequel
Review: Years after their first appearance in Perfection, Nevada, those nasty worm monsters have reared their ugly heads in Mexico. So the Mexican authorities call on famed Graboid killer, Earl Bassett (Fred Ward), for help. Joining Earl this time is a goofy Graboid groupie by the name of Grady Hoover (Christopher Gartin). Grady refuses to take the life-and-death nature of Graboid hunting seriously, until he witnesses the awesome power of the ravenous creatures for himself. When Earl and Grady learn of the true magnitude of this new Graboid infestation, Earl enlists the aid of his indomitable survivalist friend, Burt Gummer (Michael Gross...who nearly steals the movie) -- a one man army who comes equipped with enough guns and explosives to destroy the whole country. But the Graboids are getting smarter, meaner, and uglier... This direct-to-video sequel may not be quite as good as the original, but it's pretty close. It is a tad on the silly side, and Kevin Bacon and Reba MacEntire are missing from the cast, but Tremors 2 still has that unique mix of thrills and laughs (and plenty of orange slime!) that made the first film so entertaining. The DVD is short on extras (just the standard trailer and production notes), but this disc deserves a place on your video shelf right beside its predecessor.
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Summary: Worst Tremors Movie Ever.
Review: Lets see, where to begin on this disasterpiece? For one thing, the acting on this film is pretty bad and seems to reek of B-Movieness. Actually, now that I think of it, everything in this movie is pretty average, except there is one thing in this movie that is extremely stupid/annoying: The way the tremors look, act, and move. In case any of you that are reading this haven't seen the movie, I will now describe what the tremors look like. They are short, stupid-looking creatures that looked like they couldn't hurt anyone, let alone kill them. This movie was completely unrealistic and I just couldn't see why anyone would be afraid of those things. It's the film-makers job to make the creatures look scary, but they've obviously failed in that aspect. I know this really doesn't sound like very big of a deal, but the whole movie was just ruined for me because of this.
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Summary: An Okey squel
Review: The squel to the orginal lower death count but still a good game. Earl is called by some mexican to eleimnated some grab boids that hve have killed some workers. Aparently the did not kill all of them in the first one. Unlike the firts tremors the ending was not altered. The ending you she on Tremors when Grady kis the hot college student was not the original endeding. At one of the thetherical showings of the movie near the end of the film some people in the theather started chanted kiss her out loud. So they they went back and redited the ending and changed it. Tremors two I think was supposed to be a gremlins rip of. The Graboids metamorphise into these small vicious creatures. The citizens of perfection name shriekers. Due to the loud scream they produce before they charge. The shrieker like the graboids has no eyes or ears. It has a heat seeker withc detects the heat from living animals. So it;s a rip of the predator series as well. Earl Basod returns so do Burt. Burt is in all of the Tremors movies with the exception of Tremors 4. If you like This she tremonrs 1 3 and 4. I also recomend seeing the Dune series which I thinnk tremors is based on.
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Summary: Return of the Graboids
Review: I watched a number of movies this past weekend. Among them was Tremors 2: Aftershocks. Fred Ward and Michael Gross are back together but Kevin Bacon is absent. The graboids are back and terrorizing Mexico. Fred is hired to hunt them down. For fifty thou per dead worm Fred can't turn them down. Things go pretty smoothly at first but graboids can get smart pretty quick. After the elimination of most of the worms something new happens and the next thing you know it's a whole new ball game and Fred and company will be hard pressed just to survive. If you enjoyed the first movie you will probably like this one. The worm effects are not quite as good (the tongues aren't right) but the original mix of humor and horror is back. Fred even has a new sidekick in Christopher Gartin who has a tendency to look like Kevin Bacon at times. This video (and a lot of others) is available at the Hyde Park Video Good Guys located on 55th near the Shoreland.
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Summary: Light-hearted, silly fun
Review: The Graboids are back and this time their terrorising a Mexican oil refinery. Depressed and bored with the fact that he was the only one who didn't make money from his experiences in the first film, Earl Bassett quits his ostrich farm in Nevada and heads south to stomp out the Graboids with the help of new recruit Grady Hoover. When they get there however, they discover that the Graboid is only the first stage in the creature's development and soon they are facing something much more dangerous. Burt Gummer comes to the rescue with a truckload of guns and explosives. Cue lots of blowing up and loads of Graboid guts. Tremors 2 has a silly, sarcastic sense of humor and a fast pace. There's not one minute of boredom and Fred Ward plays the cantankerous, irritable Earl very well. You'll hardly be missing Kevin Bacon. The DVD presents the film in a sadly non-anamorphic 1.78:1 transfer. The picture is passable but is not impressive. The sound is Dolby 2.0 and it's no more than average with decent spaciousness and fidelity. A trailer is also included.
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Summary: a sequel thats good, but no Kevin Bacon
Review: Bacon bits didnt do this one. it lags in a few spots then its great when they transform into the next stage. Fred Ward and Michael Geoss reprise theire roles. Gross goes all out in this one and the explosion at the end is great.a must see for fans of the first one
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Summary: Even better than the first one
Review: This one was a hoot!!! The graboids have changed are even nastier than before. Earl is his usual grouchy self and Bert Gummer is excellent as the ever ready survivalist. You gotta see it!! My kids and I have watched it so often that they know the words and say them along with the actors!!!
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Summary: The Best Seqel In History!
Review: You have to see this movie!I own all the Tremors movies.1 was a great movie.2:ditto.3,uhh,let's just say it was ok.It is well worth it's price.
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Summary: Tremors 2- Aftershocks. Good film.
Review: Tremors 2 contains all the action, comedy and thrills that are a key feature of the tremors series.
For those uninitiated with the film, Tremors 2 is the story of how the evil graboids (giant, mutant worms) have returned, this time to Mexico. Worried about the consequences, the Mexican government have called out famous graboid killers, Earl Bassett (played with some gusto by Fred Ward of the original), and his new friend, Grady Hoover (Christopher Gartin), to clear up the mess by any means necessary. They enlist the help of Bert Gummer (Michael Gross) to track them down. But this time, the graboids have new suprises in store for the trio.
The graboids are back again to the film, as nasty, ugly and brutal as ever. But this time, something very unexpected happens in the venture...
The thrill factor of Tremors 2 is very high, and it is wothout a doubt a cracking movie, and deserves a place in any collection of DVD'S or videos. Tremors 2 produces at least as many shocks as the original, and the cast are likeable and game, and the movie retains the same spirit of fun and tongue-in-cheek attitude of the original tremors. This film, happily, shows no signs of sequelitis, and can be considered a very good film in it's own right. Some of the scenes in Tremors 2 have very high shock value, and there are several scenes i can think of that really make you jump first time round. These qualities make Tremors a great horror movie, and the spirit of fun means it provides laughs too. And, unusually for a film of this nature, the acting is pretty good.
The cast make for some good dialogue in the film, and although the film can be very gory in places it never becomes so nasty that it loses its appeal, and keeps sticking to shocks rather than a full-on killing frenzy. There are some very interesting plot twists too, and some stuff that you really don't expect happens. I warn you, this is a film that shocks and surprises equally for good measure. A great and enjoyable movie, and this deserves a place in anyone's collection. Unique in the fact that even people who may not traditionally like the genre will probably like this film.
In comparision to the first tremors, i'd say it's a very close run thing as to which is the better film, but for me, tremors 1 scrapes it just. But don't let that put you off, this is a very enjoyable movie.
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