The Birds II: Land's End

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Carlos I The Birds II: Land's End, gets dogged on a lot, but it's such low-hanging fruit that the criticisms often feels lazy. Sure, it's not up to the standard of the original Hitchcock masterpiece, but c'mon... for a TV movie from the '90s, this is surprisingly decent, offering a watchable, if slightly campy, attempt to revisit the terror of our feathered friends turning against humanity. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/25 Full Review James B This was actually a half decent film which I didn't expect because of the bad reviews. It still has some connection to the first film which is nice and has nice acting and great effects for the birds. Whilst there aren't many kills the gore itself is actually alright and has decent characters with the major being similar to the one from jaws. Whilst it can be boring it think this is actually ok. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/25 Full Review Daniel C. M Although it runs at only 80 minutes, it still feels very inflated, and could have easily been a 40-50 minute movie max. However, this is not as bad as people say. The human drama hits just a little bit more than it misses, and it retains the metaphor (at least one of them) from the 1963 original with it's love themes. When the birds start to become more and more hostile however, that's when the movie gets really good, with all of the scenes they appear working really well and just being very good in general; it's abrupt ending still is quite bad though. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/24 Full Review Audience Member Look, I don't write these articles to beat up on movies, but this is like shooting dead pigeons in a barrel. Some facts: Rather than playing Melanie from Hitchcock's The Birds, Tippi Hedrin plays Helen, the owner of a local store that knows all about the birds and remembers the events of the original. Why is she a different character? Is she there under witness protection? Did Hedrin only do this movie to get a check for her animal charity? Was this a worse experience than Roar? This is not the first — or the last — sequel that Rick Rosenthal would make, what with being part of the best Halloween sequel and the worst. He made sure his name was not on this movie, as Alan Smithee is credited. Ken and Jim Wheat, who wrote this movie, made a bunch of other sequels, like Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, The Fly II, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, It Came from Outer Space II and The Stepford Husbands. They're probably better known for The Silent Scream and Pitch Black. Why would this movie be made? Was Showtime obsessed with sequels? Is it worth sticking around for the last ten minutes where seagulls go nuts and most of the cast gets killed? Would Hitchcock hate this movie? Did he once give Melanie Griffith a doll of her mother inside a coffin? Am I obsessed by movies that most people know better than to even try to watch? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and forever. You can watch this on Tubi. PS: Craig Edwards worked on this movie and shared this amazing article about his time on the set. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Not as bad as everyone seems to think it is, but the abrupt ending is disappointing. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Fine as a tv movie,but no one could follow the original Birds an win praise, as it can never be beaten, so all attempts will pale into insignificance Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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