| View Larger Image | Tremors 2: Aftershocks | DVDStarring: Christopher Gartin, Michael Gross, Marco Hernandez, Thomas Rosales Jr., José Ramón Rosario
Also With: Fred Ward (Primary Contributor)
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| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 100 minutes | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Universal Studios | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 | | Release Date: | August 18, 1998 | | Sales Rank: | 19,744th |
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Product Description
Sci-fi comedy about country handymen who along with a scientist endeavor to track down and kill the giant worms that are plowing their way through Mexican oil fields.Genre: HorrorRating: PG13Release Date: 24-AUG-2004Media Type: DVD |
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When a remote Mexican oilfield comes down with a nasty case of Graboids (for the uninitiated: giant carnivorous worms with tunneling abilities that put Bugs Bunny to shame), it's up to those veteran monster exterminators Burt and Earl (Michael Gross and the wonderful Fred Ward, reprising their roles from the first film) to save the day--and accumulate some much-needed payola in the process. But this time, the slimy critters may have a few new tricks up their...um, sleeves. Although denied a chance to appear in theaters, this unjustly neglected sequel delivers the same winning mixture of cornpone and gore that made the original Tremors a cult classic. A hoot-and-a-half for horror and SF fans, with some genuine scares and a welcome sense of humor. --Andrew Wright |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 73 reviews)
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Definitely at least as good as the original! by William Dorfer  5 Stars
October 24, 2009
Although there's no Kevin Bacon in this movie, "Tremors 2: Aftershocks" proves itself to be just as good as the original "Tremors". Fred Ward returns to star as Earl Bassett, who know has a large sum of money thanks to the Graboids they hunted in the first movie. He agrees to work down in Mexico to hunt some more Graboids, who surprisingly enough, are above ground this time around! This makes for an interesting and new spin, and the Graboids in this movie remind me of smaller versions of the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park".
This movie also has the same down-to-earth charm as the first movie and well, the other two "Tremors" movies, too! There's lots of great character development, more funny one-liners, and plenty of explosion-based action to boot! With a satisfying and happy ending and plenty of extra features to boot, I can't think of a single bad thing about the movie or the disc. Highly recommended, although be sure to get it on the "Tremors 4-Pack". Thanks for the time, and peace.
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Graboids down south by E. A Solinas (MD USA)  4 Stars
April 28, 2009
As a rule, most sequels are just terrible, poorly-written retreads of the original movie.
Thankfully, "Tremors 2" Aftershocks" is a rather different beastie -- especially since it introduces a rather different beastie, rather than just having "frantic townspeople run from graboids... again." It's a rollicking, mildly absurd adventure story that retains the style and comedic horror of the first movie, but throws some new twists (and sidekicks, and love interests) into the mix.
Six years after the graboid attacks, Earl Basset (Fred Ward) is grumpy, embittered, alone, and raising ostriches. He's especially upset because he believes that he got his big chance and blew it.
But when a Mexican oil rep appears asking for his expert help, a dorky taxi driver named Grady (Christopher Gartin) convinces Earl to go graboid-hunting once more (for $50,000 per dead worm), in the oil fields of Mexico. Earl and Grady successfully destroy several graboids using dynamite and little toy trucks, although they end up having to call for the help of BUrt Gummer (Michael Gross) who is depressed about his marriage falling apart. A little wholesale destruction is just what he needs.
Then Earl and Grady encounter a newly transformed breed of graboid -- heat-sensing, two-legged "shriekers," which have destroyed all the cars and communications equipment in the area. Archaeologist Kate Reilly (Helen Shaver) also discovers that the shriekers are capable of reproducing at freakish speed when they eat. And after chowing down on BUrt's survivalist food, the four humans find themselves corner by horrible little beasties that are as tenacious as graboids... but much more mobile.
"Tremors 2: Aftershocks" has something few sequels have: a great balance of old (graboid hunting, Earl Basset) and new (shriekers, Mexico!), with the same kind of humour and orange splattergore that the first movie had. It also has a brilliant idea that keeps the graboids from getting boring -- they split open and reproduce into horrible little two-legged monsters that "see" body heat. Wonderful twist.
At first the movie seems fairly relaxed, with Earl and Grady blowing up worms from under their little girly umbrellas and exchanging one-liners ("Must be sick." "Probably ate someone that didn't agree with it"). Occasionally they get into rather comic trouble, such as when a graboid with a working radio (a giant carnivorous worm with its own country-western theme song!) snags their pickup's chain and drags them halfway across Mexico.
And it gets wonderfully over-the-top when Burt arrives with enough guns and explosives to level a small Middle-Eastern country. Then like the graboids, it mutates. Cue frenetic chases, lots of hiding, clever seat-of-their-pants tactics, and very fun dialogue ("A friend of ours, Walter Chang. He named them... then they ate him"), all without an ounce of pretension.
Though Earl is a bit grumpier this time around, Ward plays him as a good-hearted curmudgeon who's had some bad luck, but unexpectedly gets a chance to turn it around, while Shaver makes an smart, capable love interest who reopens his interest in real life. Gartin is perhaps the only flaw, since his graboid groupie is over-the-top flaky and perky much of the time.
And Michael Gross deserves special shout-outs for the ever gung-ho Burt Gummer, who not only has some of the best lines in the movie ("I am COMPLETELY out of ammo. That's never happened to me before") but makes Burt a real person rather than a gun-toting caricature ("She said I couldn't handle life without the threat of global war... what kind of thing is that to say to a man?").
"Tremors 2: Aftershocks" is a rarity in that it's a solid, fun horror/comedy in its own right, rather than just rerunning the first movie with different actors. Excellent twist.
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I like this sequel, but the first is SLIGHTLY better. by Amber (Georgia) 4 Stars
April 19, 2009
I have loved the Tremors movie since I was a little kid, so I was excited to see the sequel. It was just as fun, but it is not as memorable for me as its predecessor. I think I liked the cast of characters as a whole more in the first movie. However, Burt and Earl are still at the top of their game, and I do remember that I found the evolution of the graboids to be an exciting twist the first time I saw the movie. It's a fun film that I think more people should see.
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As entertaining as the first by Eric S. Kim (Southern California) 4 Stars
March 28, 2009
Okay, so it doesn't have Kevin Bacon or the rest of the known cast that's from the first Tremors. Fortunately Fred Ward and Michael Gross return, and the adventures continues with shocks and laughs. The black comedy really works in this monster atmosphere ("Is that a Coyote?"), and the monster guts are aplenty but not too excessive. So Tremors 2: Aftershocks is as good as the first Tremors, and it's as amusing as the original.
Grade: A
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These Ain't Tequila Worms! by Stanley Runk (Camp North Pines) 4 Stars
May 04, 2008
Back when Tremors 2 came out I was a bit surprised. The movie just seemed to come out of nowhere, it had very little promotion(I do still have the poster). It was straight to video, but I was quite excited-so excited in fact that I dragged my butt out of bed to be down at the grocery/video store by 6AM. Unfortunately, one of the schmuck employees must have beat me to it coz I didn't get to see it that day.
Anyhow, how does it measure up? Pretty good actually. Original Tremors co-screenwriter, Steve Wilson now steps into the director's chair. Because it's essentially the same writing and producing team, the film has the same kind of feel and humor of the first movie. This time around, the Graboids have turned up in a Mexican oil field and ol' handyman Earl(Fred Ward returning) is hired to kill them. Naturally Kevin Bacon isn't on board this time around and this is explained as his character having gotten the same proposition to kill Graboids but refusing coz he'd gotten married and wants nothing to do with Graboids anymore. So, Earl is given a new sidekick to bounce one liners off of in the form of a cocky Graboid fan named Grady(Christopher Gartin). The chemistry between the two isn't nearly as good as it was with Ward and Bacon, but Gartin is likable enough. Once at the oil field, Earl and Grady successfully bag a bunch of Graboids, but there are a lot more than just four like the first film. So they enlist the help of Burt Gummer(Michael Gross returning), who's bummed out and bored after his wife left him(a way to explain Reba McEntire's absence). Helen Shaver also shows up as a scientist who becomes Earl's love interest. So, this new crew easily dispatch a bunch of Graboids with weaponry supplied by the Mexican army. Soon, they find themselves facing a new threat. The Tremors movies would begin a trend of introducing new creatures to keep things a bit fresh. In this case the Graboids give birth to mini two-legged Graboid things that walk above ground. They're about the size of a large dog and can only see body heat much in the same way as the Predator does. They remind me of the mouse-like chomper robots from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. CGI is introduced to the series here. Fortunately it's only used very sparingly when the mini Graboids run or jump. Otherwise they're decent looking puppet creatures. These creatures take up the second half of the film. The original Graboids make a complete exit about an hour into the film and our gang is left to deal with the land walking creatures.
Now, a direct to video sequel made in 1995 that's missing one of it's original stars could have been a big stinker. But through a good story and some funny moments courtesy of the original writing team and good monster FX, this ends up being a very worthy sequel. Sure, it's not as good as the first film, but working with what they have, I'd say they pulled it off wonderfully. And if you watch any of the straight to video Hellraiser or Prophecy films of the last few years, it'll become all the more apparent on just how much of a good job was done on Tremors 2. Well worth it.
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