The Hidden II is unimaginative and repetitive, not doing the original any justice.

It literally starts replaying the end of the first film and then uses a dog again to repeat the process. The cast quality diminishing significantly, with odd romance. There's no suspense and it's void of fun, has the mood of "Alien3," the music however is suffice.

This is another example of a lousy and uninspired 90's sequel that totally ruins the unscrupulous premise of a great 80's classic. "The Hidden" is one of the most entertaining SF thrillers I ever saw while this part two is just...crap! The high action and suspense level of the first has entirely vanished and all we get in return is annoyance and boredom. The film opens with footage of the original, added with a simplistic and repetitive excuse to make the extraterrestrial danger start again. Repetitive, because it's a dog that serves as a temporary host for the alien parasite and that trick already featured in the original. Supposedly fifteen years have gone by since then and the initial hero's daughter now teams up with an outer space nerd who's searching for naughty aliens here on earth. The main problem with this flick is that it takes itself far too serious! No slick black humor or cool gimmicks this time, while the cast wrongfully believes they're part of something fundamental or something. It's almost embarrassing to witness how hard they attempt to make a sequence in which the alien discovers the art of a toothbrush convincing. The Hidden II is a pathetic film that never should have been made. Do yourself a favor and watch the original twice in a row, instead.

"Hidden II" gets off on the wrong foot by beginning with a 15-minute (!) recap of the ending of the first film, and never really finds it footing after that. This time the evil alien organism can survive and move around even without a host, and in human form it is outfitted with Freddy Krueger-type one-liners (not good ones, though). The film is so visually murky that it's often a struggle to see who is even in a scene, never mind what they are doing. Kate Hodge's beauty (she's underrated) and a few slimy special effects are its only assets. *1/2 out of 4.