This glossy and expensive-looking Russian blockbuster sequel offers more of the same, three years on after the original alien skirmish in Moscow. This time there is an emphasis on AI and technology, as our still-dull heroine resumes her extra-terrestrial love affair and an even bigger threat to mankind turns up. Everything is given a Matrix-style sheen and once again the visual effects work is generally terrific as the water-based dangers build to a huge-scale finale. An interesting take here is that as the alien AI can infiltrate all human tech and communications, the military have to rely on traditional analogue means of mounting the fightback. This sequel tries very hard to deliver on scale and energy but does not quite have the purity and originality of the original film. The English dub is reasonably done.
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