It Came from Outer Space II

I've seen this movie more than once. It isn't the greatest scifi flick I've every seen, but it is not a bad movie. The acting is good and the characters are more "real" than most in low budget sci fi. (At least it isn't full of dumb bimbos like so many other low budget scifi.) I especially like Elizabeth Pena. She is a good actress and she does worried single mother as well as any and better than some.

Don't let the nay sayers run you off. See it for yourself and judge it for yourself.

They picked good actors and went through the motions well. If you did not see the original Based on a Ray Bradbury story, it could hold its own as a standard "blob from space" movie.

Basically, something comes from space and holds a small town at bay. You must ask why and how this could happen. Maybe you will still not get a clear answer. However, it is mostly "stay in the car scenes."

You may recognize Elizabeth Peña who plays the mother Ellen Fields. She is well known for major films such as "Jacob's Ladder" (1990) and "Vibes" (1998).

The filming locations may also look familiar: San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA Antelope Valley, California, USA Littlerock, California, USA.

As is common in very bad films plenty of face to face shouting by the macho men of the town to go with the other many instances of bad acting, just about the whole film was very bad acting. Odd that the main character's Toyota had a "GB" sticker on the back of it, were they pretending that it was a Land Rover but couldn't afford one?

This is a very bad film in every way possible and should be avoided as it's not in the category of being too bad that it's good, it's just very bad with zero redeeming features.

Do not waste any of your time watching it as you will never get that time back again.

They've shown i twice in a very short time now here in Sweden and I am so very tired of it. The bad acting isn't enough... The story itself is so boring and the effects hardly exists. I love the original from 1953 so I recommend you to go and rent that one instead. Because this one is such a bore.

The photographer Jack Putnam (Brian Kerwin) returns to his hometown in the desert, where he meets old friends. The boy Stevie Fields (Jonathan Carrasco), who is raised by his mother Ellen Fields (Elizabeth Peña) alone and with no friends, tries to draw Jack's attention and invites him to go to a hill in the desert to take pictures. They go together and Jack lends a camera to Stevie. Out of the blue, they see something falling from the sky with a storm. Out of the blue, the water disappears, there is a power-cut and the temperature becomes unbearably high. Soon people realize that they are trapped inside the town. When some residents change their behaviors and Stevie is missing, Jack drives to the hill and sees a rock growing bigger and bigger and finds that there are aliens in town.

"It Came from Outer Space II" is an unnecessary sci-fi and a waste of time to the viewers. The teleplay is boring, with a corny conclusion. The romance of Jack and Ellen has no chemistry and does exist only to give a happy ending. Jack's friend Alan Paxson is one of the best characters of this movie and is the only to die in the story. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "A Ameaça que Veio do Espaço" ("The Threat that Came from the Space")