Cocoon: The Return (1988)

Five years after their celestial journey with the Antareans, our beloved senior voyagers Art, Ben, Joe, and their companions are drawn back from their tranquil interstellar retirement to the familiarity of Earth. The Antareans, their alien comrades, must retrieve the remaining cocoons submerged in Earth's oceans, believed to be threatened by an imminent earthquake. Upon their terrestrial return, Art, Ben, and Joe grapple once again with their humanity, their bodies echoing the frailty of age they had forgotten in the ethereal realm. The exception is Art's wife, whose body hums with the vibrant glow of life, carrying an extraterrestrial pregnancy. Their homecoming is not just about alien missions and self-discovery; it's also a heartfelt reunion. Ben and Mary traverse the emotional landscape of familial ties, while Art and Joe reconnect with Bernie, their strong-willed friend still clinging to the threads of life. However, not all is quiet on the home front. A curious biologist company, enticed by the mysterious cocoons, manages to haul one from the ocean's depths, igniting a chain of research that could ripple through both worlds. The question that keeps the golden years group in suspense is whether they will yield to the allure of their old life, where age is a forgotten concept, or succumb to the pull of Earth, their home marred with fragility yet blooming with the beauty of human connections. The adventure that started in Cocoon continues in Cocoon: The Return, a journey of rediscovery, camaraderie, and the perennial struggle between the familiar and the extraordinary.

Cocoon: The Return is a comedy movie featuring Don Ameche.

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