Tremors 2 - The return of the rocket worms

Movie
German title	Tremors 2 - The return of the rocket worms
Original title	Tremors II - aftershocks
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1996
length	96 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	SS Wilson
script	Brent Maddock , SS Wilson
production	Christopher DeFaria , Nancy Roberts
music	Jay Ferguson
camera	Virgil L. Harper
cut	Bob Ducsay
occupation
Fred Ward : Earl Bassett Christopher Gartin : Grady Hoover Helen Shaver : Kate "White" Reilly Michael Gross : Burt Gummer Marcelo Tubert : Señor Ortega Marco Hernandez : Julio José Ramón Rosario : Pedro
chronology
←  Predecessor Tremors - In the land of rocket worms Successor  → Tremors 3 - The New Brood

Tremors 2 - The Return of Rocket Worms is the sequel to Tremors - In the Land of Rocket Worms . S. S. Wilson made the B-movie in 1996 . In contrast to its predecessor, this film was a direct-to-video production .

action

Six years have passed since the monster worms attacked the Perfection village , Nevada . This time they strike in an oil field in Mexico , killing some workers. The owner of the oil field asks the wormhunter Earl Basset for help; Val McKee (a character from the first part) has already declined the help. When he is told about the monster worms, the Graboids (from English to grab , ' to grab ' in relation to their griffin tentacles), Earl agrees to go hunting for a fee. He is accompanied by the young adventurer Grady Hoover, who wants to become famous through hunting for graves.

On arrival in Mexico, the two meet geologist Kate Reilly, who discovers that the Graboids lived in the Precambrian . Earl and his partner are now on the hunt. In order to kill a Graboid, the two let remote-controlled toy trucks loaded with explosives drive across the ground as bait. The two thus succeed in killing one worm after the other. When a worm almost pulled them down, they call on Burt Gummer - who fought the Graboids with Earl in the first part - to help.

At first, Burt seems to be getting the situation under control; but the threat increases as the worms evolve. From each graveoid several bipeds develop, which now hunt over the earth and have infrared sensory organs . However, it is possible to outsmart and wipe out the animals one more time.

success

Tremors 2 raised $ 4.5 million within a week of its video exploitation and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Video Premiere.

criticism

"Film sequel with a poor story, but remarkable trick effects, the focus of which is on playing with disgust and shock and in the glorification of weapons."

- Lexicon of international film

“Not everything that was shot for the video market in the 1990s has to be bad. The clever sequel to the hit movie 'In the Land of Rocket Worms' proves this in an amusing way. Conclusion: Funny monster hunt with great tricks "

- Cinema

Sequels

• 2001: Tremors 3 - The New Brut (Tremors 3 - Back to Perfection)
• 2004: Tremors 4 - How It All Began (Tremors 4 - The Legend Begins)
• 2015: Tremors 5 - Bloodlines
• 2018 Tremors 6 - A cold day in hell (Tremors 6 - A cold day in bright)

Web links

• Tremors 2 - The Return Tremors in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official film site (English)
• Tremors 2 - The return of the rocket worms in the German synchronous file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tremors 2 - The Return of the Rocket Worms. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Tremors II. In: Cinema.de. Retrieved August 9, 2016 .