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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 10/21/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 2 Genres: Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Horror

In the science-fiction thriller Species (1995), Natasha Hentsridge appeared as the beautiful but deadly Sil, a human-alien DNA combo. In this sequel, Hentsridge portrays Eve, a government experiment concocted to gain an understanding of how to combat future aliens, while Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger repeat their roles from the earlier film. When astronaut Patrick Ross (Justin Lazard) returns from the first manned Mars expedition, he's infected with the same DNA that spawned Sil and Eve. Hailed as a hero, Ross is pressed into politics by his father (James Cromwell), a senator. Any woman who beds the sexually active Ross is immediately impregnated, with embryos quickly developing and killing the mother. Ross hides the offspring on a family estate, as LA cops begin to detect a pattern in the female deaths. At the lab where scientists are monitoring Eve, Dr. Laura Baker (Helgenberger) realizes that Eve has a telepathic link with Ross, and that these two hybrids hope to couple. Press Lennox (Madsen) and Colonel Burgess (George Dzundza) figure Eve can be used to lead them to Ross. Cleared as a murder suspect, Mars mission astronaut Dennis Gamble (Mykelti Williamson), joins Lennox and Baker and gets in on the action as everyone involved closes in on Ross. Richard Belzer does a cameo as the President of the U.S., while Peter Boyle makes an uncredited appearance as a scientist. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Michael Madsen - Press Lennox
Natasha Henstridge - Eve
Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker
Mykelti Williamson - Dennis Gamble
George Dzundza - Col. Carter Burgess Jr.

The DVD for Species II is sure to thrill genre fans. Boasting both a 2.35:1 widescreen anamorphic transfer and a standard full-frame 1.33:1 image, the disc has an English soundtrack recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1 and a French track in Dolby Digital Surround. Subtitles are available in English and French. Director Peter Medak provides an audio commentary track, and the booklet that accompanies the disc contains trivia, production notes, and a short "making of" text. This disc does contain footage that was deemed too explicit for the theatrical release. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide