Not a sequel to the Spielberg/Cruise worldwide hit sci-fi action movie. This instead is a sequel of the very cheap straight to dvd War of the Worlds starring C Thomas Howell that tried to piggyback off the other's success.
The story: after the first invasion, the survivors try to fight off a second wave. Some use planes to launch an assault on Mars, while the main character gets captured and brought to Mars to try to save his son who has been captured.
Was it good?
No...and yes. It was good in a Creature Feature sort of way -- very cheesy with lame F/X and bad acting, but it moves quickly and does some cool stuff so it's kind of entertaining if you feel like watching a bad movie. The thing I'm constantly amazed at by these bad movies are the bad acting and dialog. It's the cheapest thing to fix. There are plenty of good actors looking for work, and plenty of cheap writers to do a little dialog polish. C Thomas Howell is especially bad which is weird because I remember liking him in movies like Secret Admirer. Plus he directed it. You'd think he would make sure his acting came off good, right?
So I won't recommend it because it's just too cheesy and the acting is too bad, but if you are in the mood for cheesy/actiony/sci-fi-ish then this isn't bad.
**** AVOID (except if you want cheesy sci-fi) ****
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