1995's "Species" wasn't a massive hit, but its success took the industry by surprise. Director Roger Donaldson labored to turn B-movie material into a horror/sci-fi ride of violence and sexuality, ending up with a feature that developed a significant fan base and gave actress Natasha Henstridge a career. With profitability comes a sequel, and three years later, "Species II" was slapped together. However, Donaldson refused to return, with producers turning to Peter Medak to handle the revival of alien eroticism, hoping to class up the endeavor with a helmer known for his ways with dramatic efforts and the 1980 genre offering, "The Changeling." However, Medak isn't the person for the job, showing immediate signs of distress with this clunky, junky, and weirdly mean-spirited sequel that's a poor imitation of the original picture. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com