Justin's Rating: These guys make good fishin' lure
Justin's Review: A direct-to-video sequel of the original nasty-worms-underground epic, Tremors 2: Aftershocks rarely has the look or feel of most video releases. For one thing, the special effects, gore, and gratuitious explosions have been upped considerably. The question, also, has been answered: what does a one ton carniverous worm eat? A MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat), of course.

Kevin Bacon, having an actual career, opted out of the sequel. However, Earl (Fred Ward) and Burt (Michael Gross) are back, having been contracted by a Mexican oil company to kill the once-again surfacing worms for $50K a pop. Thus, we're treated to light comedy and raining guts from heaven for the first hour or so, until the worms give birth to something worse... something much worse (Trying to get myself worked up for an evil laugh and failing miserably). It's kinda cool to see them waste the worms with more firepower than the first movie, although the spirit of "Let's Get The Hell Outta Dodge" is notably absent.

Fred Ward needs a haircut, he looks like a drunk injun' needing purpose and direction. Fortunately, his trade knack for witticisms is still present, although his new partner (some kid that is not even worth it for me to check his real name on the IMDb) could use a heavy dose of ritalin. In a way, he sums up this movie for me: in all respects, it appears to be a crappy, cheesy imitation, but the surprises me with a dose of originality and good clean bloody fun. Still do miss Kevin Bacon, tho...

Continuing with my list of toys from movies I want for Christmas, Burt's super-rifle definitely looks fun. Blows the head off a worm at 100 yards!

Didja Notice?
Earl's new farm is in Nevada - where we left him from the old movie!
The worms are hermaphrodites... that can't be fun...

The Movie Store!
Tremors 2: Aftershocks: Movie [VHS]
Tremors 2: Aftershocks: Movie [DVD]

Intermission!
Who was the Playboy Playmate for October 1974? If you know, write in! UPDATE: Many readers wrote in that the Playboy playmate in October 1974 was... Ester Cordet. It's kinda disturbing how many people took the time to look that up.

Groovy Quotes:

Grady: [about a captured worm and his idea for an amusement park] We're gonna haul his ass off to monster world.

Burt: I am COMPLETELY out of ammo. That's never happened to me before.

Earl: [loses at rock-paper-scissors] No! [pauses] Rock rips through paper!
Grady: Huh?

If you liked this movie, try these:
Tremors
Jaws
Gremlins