The Birds II: Lands End
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Director Rick Rosenthal Screenplay Daphne du Maurier Duration Country United States | 2.8/10 IMDb Genre Horror Cinematography Bruce Surtees Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Ken Wheat , Jim Wheat , Robert Eisele Release date March 14, 1994 (1994-03-14) Based on A short story by
Daphne du Maurier Cast Brad Johnson (Ted), Chelsea Field (May), James Naughton (Frank), Tippi Hedren (Helen), Jan Rubes (Karl), Stephanie Milford (Jill)Similar movies Jurassic World , Self/less , Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , Mission: Impossible II , How to Train Your Dragon , Frogs Tagline History Has A Nasty Way Of Repeating Itself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Killer birds infest a seaside town where parents (Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field) take their children for vacation.
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The Birds II: Lands End is a 1994 made-for-cable-television film sequel to Alfred Hitchcocks 1963 classic The Birds starring Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field, James Naughton and Tippi Hedren in a minor role different from the one she played in the original Hitchcock film. The original music score was composed by Ron Ramin. The Birds II: Lands End word premiered on the Showtime cable network on March 14, 1994.
The plot of the sequel is very similar to the original. Biology teacher and Somali Civil War veteran, Ted, his wife, and children move to a summer house on an island after the death of their son. While there, flocks of birds start attacking individuals for no apparent reason. The town mayor denies the birds role in the injuries, but is forced to believe after further incidents of violence by the birds.
Birds go berserk and turn against mankind.
Plot
Ted and Mary Hocken (Brad Johnson and Chelsea Field) move to a remote, windswept, tiny East Coast island with their two young daughters; the Hockens are determined to forget their painful past of losing their son and spend a quiet, uneventful summer.
But as immense flock of birds begin massing around Gull Island, it becomes clear that something is very wrong in this isolated, deceptively calm oasis and fear mounts as a marine biologist is the target of a mysterious, grisly attack. Before long, the sky is darkened by a hideous onslaught of screeching birds. Its an assault unlike anything in the history of man or beast – except for an old timer who recalls a similar, horrific outbreak that gripped the West Coast three decades ago in Bodega Bay, California.
Cast
Similar Movies
The Birds II: Lands End and The Birds are part of the same movie series. Tippi Hedren appears in The Birds II: Lands End and Birdemic: Shock and Terror. Flu Bird Horror (2008). KAW (2007). When a Stranger Calls Back (1993).
Reception
The TV film received widely negative reviews and was criticized by many critics. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly slated the production, especially criticizing the writing and acting, saying: "The actors in Birds II have little to do except widen their eyes in terror, and even that seems a daunting stretch for Johnson." He also commented on the fact that it was an Alan Smithee film, the pseudonym used when a director wants to disown the final film, writing "...but the poster and cassette box that Showtime sent along with the review tape clearly state that Rick Rosenthal directed Birds II", before adding "He has good reasons to want his name erased from it. If it were me, Id sue."
In a 2002 interview, Tippi Hedren said of the film, "Its absolutely horrible, it embarrasses me horribly."
Many other reviews were in the same vein, The New York Times calling the film "feeble." The film also received a score of 2.7 out of 10 on IMDb.
References
The Birds II: Lands End WikipediaThe Birds II: Lands End IMDb The Birds II: Lands End themoviedb.org