Okay sequel

Rating: 5/10 (24 July 2002)

I'd be repeating what just about everybody else has said that this movie not as good as the first one. But there are good things about it. The special effects are well done. Rick Baker's aliens are full of creativity.( not that Rick Baker could ever produce schlock from his imagination) I loved the pug and the worm guys. They were enjoyable comic relief. But the movie lacks the charm and humor of the first. Lara Flynn Boyle and Johny Knowville are just not compelling as bad guys. I thought the whole plot about "the light" was rather muddled. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones did a good job with what the script gave them. In a way this movie proves if you have a great movie that doesn't need a sequel, just leave it that way.
PS I wish Tommy Lee Jones were my postman.