The Birds II: Land's End
The Birds II: Land's End
R | 19 March 1994 (USA)
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Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn’t seem more picturesque about their new, seaside home… that is, except for the increasing number of aggressively behaving birds.

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AniInterview

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Holstra

Boring, long, and too preachy.

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FirstWitch

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Skyler

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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atinder

From a person who think the The Birds was a Masterpieces, there was mot one thing wrong with that movie.I did not expect this movie to be anywhere near as good as first movie, i expected this to be really god awful, with all the bad comment on this net.I must be honest, That I did enjoy that start of movie, the very first scene in the movie were descent, this is when the movie pecked on the top and the rest of the movie was just a time waster.This movie dose of very bloody moment and they don't go overboard with gore.The acting was not good but I have seen much worse, 3 and 1/2 out of 10 worth watching a least once.

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slayrrr666

"The Birds II: Land's End" is a somewhat unspectacular sequel with a few decent parts.**SPOILERS**Arriving in Land's End, Ted Harken, (Brad Johnson) and his family, wife May, (Chelsea Field) and his daughters Jill, (Stephanie Milford) and Joanna, (Megan Gallacher) find the isolated island community endearing. While trying to get their new jobs started, they quickly find that the local bird population is somewhat more intrusive than they expected, constantly flying around their home and getting close on several attempts to injuring them. When they find an injured baby bird, they take it in to care for it and only manage to eventually upset the larger flock of birds, leading them in to attack the house and even manage to start going after the other townspeople. Finally listening to their stories, they try to get away from the island before the birds' attack get even more vicious.The Good News: This here didn't have a whole lot of rather decent areas. The main one here is that there's a really nice build-up towards the attacks. From the beginning, there's a fine sense that there's somewhat wrong with what they're doing, and as the attacks escalate and get more vicious and brutal, it makes them seem like a rather imposing threat, which is just pleasant and really appreciated. The swarms of them flying around over the water or simply lying around the beach-front that it soon grows to a really uncomfortable proportion. The few attacks in here do have a really creepy undertone, especially the first one in the bedroom. With an effective set-up that doesn't betray the terror to come, coming off as logical and somewhat unexpectedly, it's a real winner. A later scene where they attack the house en-mass is just as good, coming off with a couple of spectacular shots of the whole flock rising as one to swarm and peck away, with plenty of other little scenes that really look nice. The main one is the huge attack on the outdoor boating dock, which is where the most tension comes from. The amount of birds flying around and pecking and swarming anything in sight is really nice, the move onto the sea-ferry allows for plenty of action, and the different defense tactics make for really interesting scenes. That alone makes it watchable, and is alone in making this one barely beat above average.The Bad News: This one here isn't that terrible, but it still packs in a couple of really unnecessary problems. The main issue with this one is the film is really only worthwhile for the bird attacks, leaving everything else to be quite dull and lame. This is driven by the fact that there's really only a couple of attacks, leaving the rest of the time for a series of really lame subplots that don't have any bearing on how the film goes. The infidelity point goes nowhere, gets dropped halfway through and is then pretended to have not existed at all, with the potential resolution being completely thrown-out since that part of the film had been dropped. There's also the part about the unbelieving townsfolk who only ignore the actual warnings from the outsiders since it interferes with their traditions, despite having plenty of evidence to back up the claims. This is compounded with the incredulous amount of time it's spent on them manages to eat up a ton of time that the film could've used towards making more attacks, or played around with something else in the vain attempt to make it feel more interesting. As it stands, that's the only reason why this one is so dull, and this one really could've had something else to try to bump up the action in the film. By using so many non-action scenes to make the film feel so unexciting, using enough of the other subplots to really make a whole other film, this one ends up with a potentially interesting part that goes nowhere due to how it's filled with stuff that goes nowhere. That knocks it down a lot.The Final Verdict: With only a scant few amount of good parts, this one can't overcome the overwhelming dullness exhibited by it's failed subplots. This one is really only for the completists who have to see everything in the genre or aficionados of bad movies, otherwise steer clear of this one.Rated R: Violence, mild Language and animal violence

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vip_ebriega

My Take: Awful rehash of the classic Hitchcock thriller."Birds II: Land's End" is no sequel, it is a remake of Hitchcock's classic that looks like a sequel because, as some viewers can see, it bears very little resemblance to the classic. It's more of a remake, with a much more boring cast. It is a TV movie after all! The photography on the birds are great, especially during the attacks. Other than that, the film is poorly acted, lacks of the original's eerie tones and the ending wasn't very good. I really don't know what happened, why did the birds fly away? A very poor redo of Hitchcock's own ending for the original film. Well, I guess we will never get an answer to that now, but maybe someone out there can come up with a better ending.TV movie rating: * out of 5.

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Phroggy

Okay, you probably knows how dreadful this movie is, with its ending that can only generate a big, fat "huh ?" from those who didn't fall asleep (Though this might be the only way to stay until the end !). The saddest part was that Tippi Hedren was sent at the French Cinemalia festival in France in order to, hem, promote this thing. Having interviewed her, I can say she still is as fascinating as when she was Hitchcock's muse and deserves so, so much better. Burn, Hollywood,

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