Watch the orginal again, instead of this.

Rating: 4/10 (6 December 2002)

After watching MIIB, I had the feeling that the film makers thought that the orginal movie was so successful because of the special effects. So, when making a sequel, they should just put in more special effects; And they did. If you thought the "weird aliens" were funny in the first, there are more here. If you thought a talking dog was funny in the first, lots more of him here. If you liked the car that is part spaceship, lots more of it here. If you thought the alien getting his head shot off and it growing back was fun, it happens about 5 more times here. Of course while putting in all the extra fun stuff, a few minor things like the the characters and the plot had to be squeezed out.
The first movie developed a little background Smith's and Jones' characters, and let you sense a bond between them. No time for that here. They were mostly just typical buddy cop characters. Setting out to save the world, always a 1/2 step ahead of the villains.
There are a couple of clever jokes, a chuckle here and there, but there was too few for the humor to save the movie, and there was too little development of the characters or the plot for me to be concerned about resolution of the story.