Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com gave the film a 2.5 out of 5, and stated ""Watchers 2" is an improvement of "Empire Strikes Back" proportions over its predecessor for one distinct reason: "Part 2" doesn't have Corey Haim from "Watchers" in it. The plot is, not at all surprisingly, exactly the same as in the original "Watchers", but none of the plot stuff really matters all that much. What's most interesting about "Watchers 2" ('most' being a relative term) is that it actually seems to follow much more closely to the Dean Koontz source material than did the original. It's still a painly chintzy and woodenly delivered little affair, but if you happen to be a fan of the novel, "Part 2" is the one you'd probably dig the 'most'."