Interceptor Force 2 (2002)
In the not too distant future a new team of specially trained government soldiers called an Interception Team contend with the latest hostile alien encounter. When an alien scout ship crashes in eastern Russia, Sean Lambert and his elite force are dispatched to investigate. They come face-to-face with a seemingly invincible seven-foot tall, shape shifting foe hell-bent on blowing up a Russian nuclear power plant in an effort to destroy mankind through a nuclear winter. The stakes become personal when the alien discovers it was Lambert who killed its mate four years ago (Interceptor Force). A major battle ensues as the Interceptor Team look to save the Earth from alien annihilation.
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Perfect cast and a good story
not horrible nor great
A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
This wasn't too bad. At least the action moves along even if motivated by gratuitous violence. I didn't have to fast forward through ennui saturated sequences at all. There's always enough shooting and (unnecessary) hand-to-hand to keep one's attention. I thought the CGI was more than adequate, and the morphing really well done, although the frequency of occurrence didn't seem necessary.As for the cast, well what can you say. Gruner is *not* the next Van Damme. He may be no more (nor less) talented, but he's not nearly as pretty. And the chicks weren't all that hot either, but I did like Miss Wilkenson's role and and I guess she's kinda cute.The plot is a plethora of clichés, but what the Hey. I view these Sci Fi Channel scripts as parking spots for writer wannabes. If these guys were any good, they'd have real jobs for real studios, writing scripts for real movies. For instance, perhaps some aspiring nuclear engineer can help explain why a dozen or so barrels/kegs (?) of HCl would be stored in a nuclear power station? Given this stuff will dissolve/react with nearly everything except glass, stomach lining and gold, one can be assured the screen writers majored in neither engineering nor chemistry.
At one point, one of the American "Interceptor Force" officers asks a Russian officer "What are you going to do, shoot me?" The Russian, in a wery, wery bad accent, replies, "No, I'm not goink to shoot you."What a sadistic guy! He could have saved that poor character the entire rest of the movie if he had just shot him right then and there.And after you watch this movie, you'll wish he had shot you too.Your only hope of surviving this movie is to warm up your best possible MST3K impression right from the first frame; otherwise, you are beink doomed!
I have been a fan of B movies since childhood. So, I have watched enough of them to know when a movie is a good B movie and just plain pathetic. I have to be honest and say that Sci Fi turns out many sub par, uninteresting movies. Some of those movies are poorly made carbon copies of good movies.I saw the first Interceptor Force and thought that it was pretty good. I don't know what happened here, but this was just lame. Interceptor Force made me an Olivier Gruner fan. This movie almost changed that. The CGI effects were good considering this was a low budget film, but the plot was so thin. At least Olivier provided eye candy for the girls and Elizabeth Gracen kept the boys happy.If you are an OG fan, this is not the movie to watch. He does have good ones, but, do not look for them on Sci Fi.
The Interception team is once again on a mission to wipe out an alien life form. The last time, Lambert (Olivier Gruner) was the only one left alive in his team. The new alien have wiped out a millitary base in Russia and captured a nuclear reactor. The reactor houses the worst kind of uranium you can imagine. An explosion could effect the whole world. Lambert and his new team head to Russia.Interceptor Force 2 (also titled Alpha Force) is a pretty good movie. But there are some stuff that makes you annoyed, like the alien's abilities, the same as T-1000 in Terminator 2, shape shifting and if it explode it floats back together.The shape shifting I dont mind that much this time, those are pretty good with nice effects. Unlike the first movie Gruner sometimes actually fights with the alien form and not a human everytime they make contact.The action and fight scenes are good, so are the most of the special effects, and that is a must to make this movie work, because the Alien is all CGI.Olivier Gruner seems to work in the right direction again thinking of his lates very poor movies Cracker Jack 3, GOD and Deadly Engagement to name a few. He is to good to be cast in those kind of movies. Together with Olivier, Roger R. Cross makes a strong performance.I give it 5/10