3/5 Enjoyable time-passer.
  by E. Beckstrom (Indiana, USA)
Enjoyable time-passer. If you have watched a lot of lower budget sci-fi, you know where they can go wrong and what the decent ones tend to do right. This movie generally gets it right. While it is not as good as the first Screamers, it still has very good special effects, decent acting, and lots of action. There is nothing new here, though, in terms of the first movie - no big twists, no new information is revealed about the Screamers. I can't say I loved the ending, but no doubt some will like how it sets up the inevitable Part III. (Note: If you plan to watch Screamers II because of Lance Henriksen's presence, be aware that he is, disappointingly, only in the flick for about ten minutes.)

4/5 Almost as good
  by Steven M. Kuhnhofer Jr.
I really enjoyed the movie. It has some decent pacing and the acting is believable. The plot does have some holes in it but none that destroy the movie. I personally was not too thrilled about the ending but that is just my taste I think. (Nope not going to give a spoiler.) I think that the movie suffers most from expectations from the first movie. I didn't help myself in that regard since I bought both movies at the same time and watched them back to back. If you liked Screamers you will enjoy this movie.

2/5 Well, what else did you expect?
  by N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
I honestly had no idea that there was any sort of demand for a sequel to Screamers. A mid-90s sci-fi/horror film based on a story by Philip K. Dick and starring genre mainstay Peter Weller, the original Screamers was an underrated film, and still is to this day. That's one reason why I was kind of surprised at a sequel, even a direct to DVD sequel at that. Screamers: The Hunting picks up a dozen or so years after the events of the original film, with a team being dispatched back to the planet the first film took place on after receiving a distress call to rescue survivors before the planet is bombarded by a meteor shower. Before you can say mincemeat, the bullets, limbs, and blood flies. It should be noted right away that the best thing that Screamers: The Hunting has going for it are some pretty good, and gross, gore effects. Other than that, there's terrible acting and even worse dialogue on display, gaping plot holes and leaps in logic, and times where the film's shoestring budget becomes painfully apparent. Still, what else would you expect from a direct to DVD sequel to a cult (at best) sci-fi flick from the mid-90s? All in all, if you're a fan of the original Screamers, you should definitely give Screamers: The Hunting a look, even if you can safely assume that what you're getting is basically the equivalent to some one else's spare parts.

3/5 SCI-FI GORE FEST!
  by Ace
This is a decent Sci-Fi Gore-Fest that while extremely derivative, is able to keep one's attention. Other reviewers have provided a plot synopsis, so I shall keep this one short. SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, blends elements from; the ALIEN quadrilogy, PHANTASM and the TERMINATOR franchise, to name a few. While the viewer is keenly aware of this mix, the film proved to be entertaining with its blend of explicit gore and Sci-Fi action. Yes, Gore Hounds take note, as this second helping dishes it out in fine form. Two decapitations are witnessed within the first six and a half minutes, (the credits are still rolling), while other assorted coring, slicing and dicing, weave their way through the film, (as well as through many of the actors). Veteran Lance Henrickson who unfortunately played only a minor role, supported a competent cast who played it straight. The SFX are surprisingly well done and keep the project rolling with a reasonable budget feel until its predictable end. On that note I must say that we have seen all of this before and there are NO surprises here, save for the credible and refreshing effects work which detail bio-mechanical organisms that hunt humans! There are also those seemingly obligatory plot holes that pervade such films & keep us up at night asking "why"???... Nonetheless, many Gore Hounds will want this for their DVD library not only for its splatter appeal, but also for the welcome change that the Sci-Fi setting provided for the carnage that ensued. A fair to good outing, just don't expect anything too cerebral. Worth giving it a spin, especially if blood n' guts is your "thing"! A comfortable **1/2 to *** Stars effort.

2/5 YOU'LL SCREAM ALLRIGHT..........
  by Robert F. Powers (Quincy, Ma USA)
.......At this idiotic mess of a movie. "Screamers-The Hunting" is the long awaited sequel to the original 1996 "Screamers". The wait wasn't long enough. Essentially just an excuse to show how many ways the screamers,small robotic buzzsaws, can cut,hack and mutilate anything in its path. The plot such as it is involves a distress signal from planet Sirius 6b. I thought Sirius was where Howard Stern broadcasts from. To add to the merriment a meteor storm is heading to Sirius in 6 days to obliterate the planet. In spite of the planets impending doom a group of astro-nuts(misspelled on purpose)head to the doomed planet to investigate the distress signal. Several in the party are slaughtered almost immediately and the rest head back to their ship to leave. Too late, the screamers have emptied their fuel cells. So they venture out again looking for fuel cells on a seemingly empty planet except for the buzzsaws. To cut to the chase they end up in a cave where they meet up with a group of "survivors" and blah blah blah, but they learn the screamers have evolved into even human form. One of the "survivors" attracts the attention of one of the astro-nuts and soon they find a grotto in the cave where they make love. Hmmmm--remember the screamers can pass as human-hmmmm-wonder if this is going to lead to a surprise ending? Hmmmm-I don't want to insert a spoiler here but just imagine--everyone else eventually gets hacked-up and only the love-making duo escape just as the meteor shower hits the planet. After 45 days in hibernation the female realizes she is about to give birth and her companion, the daddy, is a SCREAMER. GASP! The End.

The movie is not boring but the bottom line is-it sucks.