hellholehorror The effects are infinitely better than the first movie but somehow the charm is gone. It looked good but wasn't the most exciting to look at. The sound was great - good use of directionality and very crisp and clear. The characters were so dull and unimaginative. This reminded me of The Thing (1982) but it was nowhere near as good. Still it never got boring and the screamers were pretty bad-ass. Not the most enjoyable but not bad either. The characters were too dull.

refinedsugar It doesn't matter how old ... how popular ... or even how successful the original film may have been. Direct-to-video sequels are a market onto themselves. Using the title as quick and easy means to establish itself to audiences, there is little shock when you find out everything is as generic and uninspired as you expected. Screamers 2, aka, The Hunting is a great example of this.What everyone else has already decried is absolutely true. A vastly unintelligent story featuring twists and deaths you see coming miles away highlighted by rather low production values. That's the movie. It's not exciting nor is it fun. It's also trying way too hard to be relevant to the original. Which it is not. A sandstorm is going to hit Sirus 6B so Earth based Alliance military has sent a bunch of young soldiers to evacuate survivors? Now!? After all this time? Oh and one of them just happens to be Hendickrsonn's (Peter Weller of the original) estranged daughter too? Please. This sequel's sole triumph is tarnishing memories of the original. The only merit I can bestow this film is some decent makeup effects and the appearance of Lance Henriksen. With only a bit part and meager dialog, he's the most respectable touch this movie has. The original Screamers had it's flaws, but it still came together to be a solid picture. A sentence this film will never hear in retrospect.

Raymond There are quite a few reviews stating this is utter crap. I don't think it's quite that bad, for a straight to DVD sequel it's one of the better ones I've seen.I liked the original Screamers, it's one of the best kept secrets of 90's sci-fi. Not a perfect movie by any means, but a good sleeper. In this movie you have a rescue team heading back to Sirius 6B.The plot is actually quite similar to Cameron's Aliens, and does a pretty good job at it. Quite a few of straight to DVD movies don't have a plot even this strong, even if it's something you've seen many times before. It may also be the point that saves this movie, that it relies on a formula that's already proved good.The sets and production values are surprisingly good. The space ship looks believable, the gore is surprisingly strong (even too strong for my liking) and some of the images are genuinely creepy.What tunes the movie down a bit is the acting/casting. While there are a few passable performances, most of them are just not good. Most TV series have better casting. The acting is not as over the top as it could be, but there are some performances that just don't work. Lance Henriksen is a capable and charismatic actor and I'm really not sure why he's into these b- horror movies these days.Still it's better than what people here are writing. It's not a masterpiece, but entertaining enough to keep you seated for it's duration.

lost-in-limbo I thought the original sleeper 'Screamers (1995) (with Peter Weller) was an agreeable, if unspectacular sci-fi thriller, which at the base had an intriguing story but this cheaper and straight to DVD fare doesn't do anything out of the ordinary but to stew up the same get-up linked together by a bunch of uninspired ideas and devices. The background of these deadly creations doesn't pull you in anymore and the throwaway script could've done a lot more than the predictable situation we found the story opts for. The sub-standard special effects were reasonably catered for such a production, they weren't great nor were they terrible. Even with its crisp look, better than expected performances (led by a stern Gina Holden and a small part for Lance Henriksen) and some bloody pulp (with some very vicious attacks). However it did lack a relentless sense of paranoid intensity for any of the thrills to work and made the pace completely haggard. Every now and then I would check the timer on the DVD player and to my surprise it was going to be a drag… a real slow viewing. Tell me, you couldn't see that sudden revelation coming too? As it is, 'The Hunting' is a bland b-movie which makes you appreciate the original even more.