it must tell you something i go in thinking i haven not see it and but hold on . upon every scene and development it suddenly come back . xtro ii be an unrelated sequel to xtro that nothing more than a workable and but fairly lacklustre low budget alien clone . the chest bursting scene be a prime example . well it seem to share a lot of common ground with another film ( which be a lot good ) from the same year shadowzone . anyhow i do not find it to be as terrible a many to make out to be and but however it just too formulaic to rise above it limited scope . still i be entertain . the conceptual idea be something imaginative ( explore an alternate dimension and bring something back ) and but director or writer harry bromley davenport decide to stick with the copy and paste clichés and usual plot mechanism . everything be straight forward ( alien stalk and blandly pick off team one by one ) and rather than the bizarre and unconventional nature of the original . the acting by jan michael vincent ( uninterested ) and paul koslo ( over the top ) and tara buckman be reasonably so so and but their character be poorly conceive . nicholas lea ( best know a alex krycek in the x file tv series ) show up in support . not help be that the script be shamelessly lousy in it suppose toughness . the minor set look cheap and and the misty blue light try for moody atmospherics in the same old set piece and the score be forcibly clunky . pace can stall too much . there a little bit of splatter and but nothing truly worthwhile . director davenport touch lack the firepower and despite the weaponry on show . while the story be predictably colourless and the repetitive visionary on screen doesn not fair up any good . the alien doesn not look too bad and but there a striking resemblance to the way it shot with alien . i do not think it the pit and just too familiar and unfocused to be much effective .