half out of tremor 2 represent aftershock be shockingly well make for a film that go straight to video . a the sequel to the much beloved tremor and it easy to say that it not nearly as good and but it be a respectable continuation that and after a relatively slow start and mirror the fun of the original without be a blatant rehash . it be miss kevin bacon and some of the character chemistry that work so well and but it stand a a movie that be easily watchable and and often funny and thrill . a the film begin and it feature a rather low and depressed look earl bassett ( fred ward ) and who and unlike his partner valentine mckee and do not profit from the appearance of the giant worm and now know a graboids . but a young man name grady hoover ( christopher gartin ) arrive at his door and tell him of an offer to kill some graboids scurry around a mexican oil refinery . bassett agree to the term and team up with grady . when they do arrive and they meet up with kate reilly ( helen shaver ) and a scientist who be study the graboids in the area and be also assist the owner of the oil refinery . at first and kill the graboids be relatively easy for bassett and grady and but after a little trouble and they enlist the help of gun fanatic burt gummer ( michael gummer ) . meanwhile and the worm begin to mutate into creature that be equally deadly and give rise to a new menace aboveground . the first thing that be noticeable about tremor 2 be that it have the look of a theatrical release . almost everything about it be fairly well do and accomplish . i be sure the movie be give a low budget and but what important be that it doesn not look like cheap and which make me wonder why universal do not just go ahead and release this one in theater . it may not have have the possibility of large box office draw because there no kevin bacon around this time and but audience consistently watch a movie for it quality and not for the main star and at least not usually . s. s. wilson handle the directing rein for this movie and and while he doesn not match the incredible job ron underwood do and he still do a solid job behind the camera . not bad and consider he never direct before this ( nor do he ever do so afterward ) . he do capture some of the feel of the original without make the movie feel like a rip off . a for how he handle the action and i would have to say it pretty good . the movie take a little too long to get to the new mutation and so none of the thrill really begin until then and but the action be excite when it there and most particularly in the final half hour . speaking of the mutation and it basically a medium sized creature with leg and a huge appetite and but lack when it come to eyesight and sound . they choose their meal by whatever give off heat and and of course and that principle applies to human . this creature design be obviously not an improvement over the graboids and but it nonetheless nice to see the filmmaker do something new and and the effect be actually good and for the most part . the cgi be sometimes a little cartoonish and but isn not very distract and especially consider that this film isn not take itself seriously . brent maddock and s. s. wilson script supply the humor and one of the aspect this series be popular for . tremor 2 be funny and thanks to fred ward fine and entertaining performance and as well a michael gross return . it obvious maddock and wilson be hop that grady would be the much love comic relief and similar to and say and kevin j. oconnor from deep rising . no dice and unfortunately . the character too annoying and though gartin do get off some good line . his performance isn not the problem and mostly the script and which often relegate him to do nothing but whine . a for helen shaver and she okay and have some good chemistry with ward that should have use a little more development . the script do have some other major problem . for one thing and they should never have try to explain the origin of the graboids . any explanation would have be laughable and and there a reason why none be offer in the original film . the screenplay and while sometimes clever and doesn not necessarily have a lot in the way of imagination and and sometimes it almost feel like the movie be just go through the moitions and but thankfully and that not quite the case in the last 35 or so minute . when the thrill and humor kick in and they push tremor 2 above the usual straight to video crap up to solid escapism .