Screamers: The Hunting (2009)

This review is using the "oeuvre" approach in which the history of the work matters.Essentially this is an indirect homage to the original. I say indirect because the reflex in the Canadian industry to do knockoffs of any script with a pulse is so ingrained you could argue that the homage was accidental in the process of doing another knockoff.Still with me? Now SCREAMERS I is right up there with Cube and RobocopI as representing the cream of the Canuck film machine. Early on the Canadians while busy producing cheap knockoffs of US content accidentally discovered that occasionally they do do something really special on a small budget.Screamers I was one such accidental hit. It was not merely a good film but holds up well today and heck if you have not seen it lets stop jabbering so you can go find a copy.This film, Screamers 2 (they say a S3 is in production but who knows?) repeats many of the same themes, with a little less enthusiasm and a lot smaller budget.It is not a bad film. Especially if you miss S1 and need your screamers fix.Otherwise stick with the original

I learned in 5th grade English that I can't write a paragraph all I do is what they call run on sentences... with that in mind someone should have told the writer(s) of this hunk of $h!t they couldn't write a movie!!! Much of the story felt like a jigsaw puzzle without all the pieces it was like they had a good concept from the first but they didn't fully understand what they had it made me wonder if they took time to look at the original script or even watch the first movie there was a few remarks made to the first but they didn't answer any questions that were raised from the first movie.If I could have truly graded this it would have gotten either no stars of 1/2 A star just for the fact that they somehow got Lance Henriksen to be in this movie and 1/2 star for a credit like this "The characters, screamers and events depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons or screamers, living or dead is purely coincidental and not intended. No screamers were harmed in the making of this motion picture" that's the only way it gets a 1 star rating.

This movie is a great rehash of the original. The original Screamers was a low budget movie that had a cult following that had special effect in the vein of Robocop (i.e. Stop motion and bad sets). The actors were all unknown and the plot was horror/action, but just new and interesting enough to gain a cult following.Fast forward 15 years. This sequel is when a crew receives a distress call from the original mine and they come back. The new movie uses digital cameras, making the quality look better, but also provides an artificial feel to the movie since the "grit" is gone. The special effects and acting hold true to the original. The actors are all unknowns and perform to the quality of any SyFy original movie. The special effects are about what you'd expect from a straight to DVD movie.Overall, I enjoyed watching the movie. This was in part due to the fact that it forced me to reminisce over the original, but it also provided enough action and horror to stand on its own two feet.

I saw the original Screamers (1995) when I was 11 years old. Though I admit both the old and new have their flaws, they were both entertaining movies. This one had updated graphics, nice CGI. Not the greatest acting in the world but definitely enough to keep the movie entertaining. Some people pride themselves on everything having to be too perfect. In my opinion this movie has everything it needs. An attractive woman as the main character, action, intrigue, mystery, and even a couple twists. It is a somewhat predictable movie, but entertaining nevertheless. I have it 8/10 because A.) Gina is very attractive. B.) Action. C.) I loved the original and it was great to see a sequel. D.) The ending!