I enjoyed the first film, despite its very obvious flaws. Perhaps James Cameron waited so long to bring out this second instalment in the hope we wouldn't notice the almost complete repeated story of the first film. The only major difference to the first film is the location, with the ocean replacing forest.

A film with stunning visuals, which this admittedly has in spades, this is utterly pointless as it lacks a compelling story with compelling characters. I'm writing this during the film which says a lot about how little I'm engaging with it, as a viewer; I've considered switching off a number of times. As with the first film, this one has some appalling dialogue, though this one has the addition of some really bad acting to boot.

As an additional thought before watching this film and as it was set in the coastal region, I kind of hoped that it would involve the aliens seen in Cameron's much earlier film, The Abyss. Sadly, this was not to be.

I'll certainly not bother watching the additional sequels.