Species II

Species II is a 1998 American science fiction horror thriller film directed by Peter Medak. The film is a sequel to Species (1995) and the second installment in the Species series. The film stars Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge and Marg Helgenberger. Only the former and latter reprised their roles from the first film while Henstridge played a new character. The plot has Patrick Ross (Justin Lazard), the astronaut son of a senator (James Cromwell), being infected by an extraterrestrial organism during a mission to Mars and causing the deaths of many women upon his return. To stop him, the scientists who created the human-extraterrestrial hybrid Sil in the original Species try using a more docile clone of hers, Eve (Henstridge).
The film was theatrically released on April 10, 1998. It was both a commercial and a critical failure compared to its predecessor, only grossing $26.8 million while having the same production budget as its predecessor. Despite this, a sequel, Species III, was released in 2004, though it was made-for-television.
== Cast ==
* Natasha Henstridge as Eve
* Michael Madsen as Preston "Press" Lennox
* Marg Helgenberger as Dr. Laura Baker
* James Cromwell as U.S. Senator Judson Ross
* Mykelti Williamson as Dennis Gamble
* Richard Belzer as U.S. President
* Justin Lazard as Patrick Ross
* Sarah Wynter as Melissa
* George Dzundza as Colonel Carter Burgess Jr.
* Myriam Cyr as Anne Sampas
* Peter Boyle as Dr. Herman Cromwell
* Nancy La Scala as Debutante sister Marcy
* Raquel Gardner as Debutante sister Lucy
* Kim Adams as Darlene
* Nicholas Vota as Portus, Boy In Ambulance
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