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Species II (1998)
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Species II (1998)

Science Fiction, Action, Horror • 1h 33m

Overview

Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross.

Director: Peter Medak

Cast: Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell, Sarah Wynter, Justin Lazard, Myriam Cyr, Baxter Harris, Scott Morgan, Nancy La Scala, Raquel Gardner, Henderson Forsythe, Robert Hogan, Ted Sutton, Peter Boyle, Gwendolyn Briley-Strand, Valerie Karasek, Jane Beard, Nancy Young, Beau James, Tracy Metro, Irv Ziff, Melanie Bradshaw, Felicia Deel, Norman Aronovic, Kim Adams, Dustin Turner, Susan Duvall, Andreas Kraemer, Lauren Ziemski, Donna Sacco, Sondra Spriggs, Kevin Grantz, Zite Bidanie, Nat Benchley, Mike Gartland, John C. Pratt, John T. Scanlon, Herbert R. Schutt Jr., Evelyn Ebo, Bill Boggs, Richard Belzer, Alesia Newman-Breen, Vincent Hammond, Monica Staggs, Jason Sweet, Michael Ahl, Sean Attebury, Matthew Boylan, Heidi Burger, Tim Carr, Gary Davis, Frank Faucette, Sean Floyd, Sarah Fragale, Byron Henderson, Liam Hughes, Brian Harrison, Julie Mabry, Karl Otter, Thomas Reid, Eric Alan Wendell, Page Dreher, James Koons

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Length

93 mins

Type

Movie

Alternative Titles

Species 2

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Length
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Type
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Alternative Titles
Species 2
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