Hostel: Part II (2007)

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• Jeff "

  
  Sequel to Hostel, Hostel 2 is pretty much the same film as the first one except that it's less uninspired, instead of being Guys back packing in Europe, it's Women who are the victims. The only decent scene that had genuine terror is when the rich business men, place bids on… More
  Sequel to Hostel, Hostel 2 is pretty much the same film as the first one except that it's less uninspired, instead of being Guys back packing in Europe, it's Women who are the victims. The only decent scene that had genuine terror is when the rich business men, place bids on their potential victims, I thought that was well done, but as far the film goes, it fails to live up to effective standards of horror, and ultimately is just the same film as the first except they switched the characters around. Hostel 2 is a failure and I think that it should have gone straight to DVD, because really this is one bad sequel and doesn't offer anything new to add to the story of the first one. Hostel: Part II simply doesn't work and I thought the film was pretty boring to be honest. This sequel was very predictable and if you've seen the first film, then you'll know how this one will turn out. This is a poor sequel and one that really isn't worth watching. Though the first Hostel was good, this one was terrible. I don't see why they bothered making the same film twice. I think the filmmakers could've at least tried a little harder than this to create a decent sequel. However this is not the case. If you're looking for a horror film with originality, then skip on this sequel. This film is far from original, and it's a mess from start to finish. However if you're looking for a film that lacks anything original, then this is the film for you. However, stick with the original. This one was simply awful.

• Drew S

  
  I don't particularly feel like writing much about Hostel II, but I enjoyed it, and found it far less objectionable than the media and other horror fans make it out to be. We watched it in a "history of the slasher" class I took and, as part of an assignment, here's… More
  I don't particularly feel like writing much about Hostel II, but I enjoyed it, and found it far less objectionable than the media and other horror fans make it out to be. We watched it in a "history of the slasher" class I took and, as part of an assignment, here's a question I asked in relation to the film. Food for thought I guess: I felt that I enjoyed the film a lot more when I recontextualized it with everything we've learned thus far in the class about the genesis of the slasher and the tropes that it most commonly explores: gender, abnormal psychology, adherence to socially normative behavior and the disturbance it causes, etc. Hostel 2 is hitting the required thematic bases, but it's just been structured in a different way, and a quite bizarre one at that. It takes nearly an hour for final girl Beth to be kidnapped, and although she's faintly aware that something's not quite right in Slovakia from the start, the pace is almost glacial and the body count low compared to nearly all the other movies we've seen this semester. This leads me to a point of great curiosity. For a film widely decried as "torture porn," there really isn't that much torture in Hostel 2. When I consider what puts a person in a tortured state, it's generally a lack of control on the person's part coupled with the intent to cause protracted suffering from the torturer. Lorna's death is the most clear-cut case of torture in the film, but Whit kicks the bucket pretty quickly and Beth only gets smacked a few times. To contrast, there are scenes in other films from the class such as Tina's death in Nightmare on Elm Street, where she's pinned to the walls and ceiling and savaged for what seems like five minutes...no control, protracted suffering. Nash's death in The Hitcher is arguable too. These read an awful lot like torture to me. So here's what I want to know: what IS torture porn, and why is the depiction of torture an inherently negative trait for a horror movie to have?

• Bethany M

  
  As scary as the film! Horrible!

• MisterYoda ?

  
  three stars

• Martin S

  
  Didn't really see the whole thing...but what I saw looked okay...some disturbing stuff

• Dead A

  
  Everything was going well until the last scene made the entire movie a <i>joke</i>. Playing with someone's freshly cut head? Idiotic. This movie was similar with the first one, only in better version. They only changed a bit here and there. Instead of 3 guys, they… More
  Everything was going well until the last scene made the entire movie a <i>joke</i>. Playing with someone's freshly cut head? Idiotic. This movie was similar with the first one, only in better version. They only changed a bit here and there. Instead of 3 guys, they selected 3 girls. They did a great job on horror part. But somehow, they couldn't think of a better story to start with. <i>Just like the first one.</i>

• Bannan i

  
  :( Come on Eli, you gonna redeem yourself with the third one then? DON'T make it a franchise...please. (Naz dorovia was the only part I actually liked, well that and the Elizabeth Bathory allusion..otherwise more of the same and nothing that has you clinging to your seat,… More
  :( Come on Eli, you gonna redeem yourself with the third one then? DON'T make it a franchise...please. (Naz dorovia was the only part I actually liked, well that and the Elizabeth Bathory allusion..otherwise more of the same and nothing that has you clinging to your seat, spine-tingling, etc.)

• Conner R

  
  I think I had even more fun on the second outing, Eli Roth is a total godsend to longtime horror fans. This has such a great entertainment value, it's a non-stop crazy trip into professional torture. The film knows what it is and gives you exactly what you need. It's one of… More
  I think I had even more fun on the second outing, Eli Roth is a total godsend to longtime horror fans. This has such a great entertainment value, it's a non-stop crazy trip into professional torture. The film knows what it is and gives you exactly what you need. It's one of the funniest pieces of horror i've seen in a long time, comparable to the Evil Dead series. Like those, it gives you such a great sense of satisfaction and enjoyment. It wasn't just made to scare you and then become meaningless afterward, but to give you wholesomely pleasant experience. The characters are even more fun this time, showing some of the most hilarious female dialogue (reminiscent of 70's era). I honestly can't think of anything bad to say about this, it's pure fun.

• Anthony L

  
  Just as good as the first film, its gory, creepy, disturbing and unpredictable. It doesn't succumb to the typical modern horror clichés either, so top marks, it?s the best modern horror film to come along in a long time!

• Lorenzo v

  
  <i>"Na zdrowie."</i> Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it. <center><font size=+2 face="Century… More
  <i>"Na zdrowie."</i> Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> Torture porn is the correct moniker, it is not film, it is not narrative, it is not clever, its just badly made and poorly conceived trash. Did I mention I am a horror fan? There is not much you can say about this film without sounding entirely negative, its the horror equivalent of Meet the Spartans, setup/gag/setup/gag etc etc in a lowbrow derivative fashion. Excessive gore can and does work in the right setup, and much like the vfx in blockbusters, it works as long as its augmenting the narrative not replacing it. There is sadism in spades that is meant to shock you, meant to repulse you and that's fine, but that's it, its a one trick pony, and a lame one at that. Anyone could sit in a room and think up the most horrifying ways of dispatching each other, and frequently many 9 year olds do, in an attempt to gross each other out, and that pretty much sums up this movie, childish and silly.

• Film C

  
  its not a horror but hes got cringingly blood horror scenes and is actually pretty good i like this movie its sort of like saw but without the whole games

• David L

  
  When i watched the first Hostel movie, the one thing that stuck with me was the immense shock that the nice dude, the one i actually gave a crap about, died. That was such a great twist( its been done in many movies such as Psycho and Scream but the twist still works if set up right).… More
  When i watched the first Hostel movie, the one thing that stuck with me was the immense shock that the nice dude, the one i actually gave a crap about, died. That was such a great twist( its been done in many movies such as Psycho and Scream but the twist still works if set up right). But it still annoyed me that the obnoxious one was the one who survived. Well my annoyance was soon gone when i saw the first ten minutes of the great sequel Hostel: Part II. Hostel: Part II is quite simply the original, except the genders have been reversed. This was quite an obvious way to go, i felt. What i didn't see coming was the perspective of the killers given to the viewers. The two American businessmen have just as much screen time as our three main ladies. This was an interesting way to go but it meant less time was spent of developing the three heroines. These three girls are quite stereotypical characters : The rich nice girl (played by Lauren German), the bitchy slut (played greatly by Bijou Phillips) and the nerdy innocent (Heather Matarazzo). Who do you think has more of a chance of surviving? Your guess will most likely prove to be correct. Hostel delved deep into the darkest parts of the human mind and indulged in their sick fantasies. Hostel Part II goes deeper into these elements, including a scene where each of the girls are being auctioned off. I half expected to see an 'ebay' sign at the top of the computer screens. This is one of the best scenes in the movie and very creepy as well And where Hostel had cut off fingers and eyegasms, Hostel Part II, instead of going for complete gore with not much consideration for who was dying, goes for deaths not gory, but rather bloody and distressing or even off screen altogether. Our imaginations run wild as we wonder what fate our heroines met. Personally, Hostel 1 upset me slightly due to the survival of the annoying character...Hostel: Part II upset me for a whole other reason. The character of Whitney has a rather grisly encounter with a hand held buzz saw...this scene is still stuck permanently in my head and i honestly had trouble shaking it off and this coming from me a true horror movie fan. All in all I believe that Hostel Part II is more emotional than its predecessor and will hopefully find its wider audience on DVD

• Luke B

  
  A bit of grisly and disgusting mutilation. Very shallow but has enough of what it promises to make it enjoyable. Unfortunately the film doesn't add too much more backstory to the whole thing, instead just redoing the first film but with girls instead. It tries to get us to… More
  A bit of grisly and disgusting mutilation. Very shallow but has enough of what it promises to make it enjoyable. Unfortunately the film doesn't add too much more backstory to the whole thing, instead just redoing the first film but with girls instead. It tries to get us to familiarise ourselves with those that would actually torture but it comes off as a desperate attempt to shock. Unfortunately the film doesn't have enough balls. Killing a kid? Too afraid to show it on screen? Why bother then? I also thought the point of this was to comment on how violence is so much more shocking when involving girls. Why then let them get off so lightly? They seem to get much quicker kills. Lucky bitches. Still I did like the ending and Roth's juggling of expectations and characters is fun and extreme, even if handled a bit immaturely.

• Shauna R

  
  Awful, predictable and disgusting. Hostel was bearable but this really over stepped the mark. Who would pay money to watch this? Only a sadist. This was almost exactly the same as the first one. Silly and ignorant travellers stupidly get lured into going to Slovakia and check in at… More
  Awful, predictable and disgusting. Hostel was bearable but this really over stepped the mark. Who would pay money to watch this? Only a sadist. This was almost exactly the same as the first one. Silly and ignorant travellers stupidly get lured into going to Slovakia and check in at THE hostel. Where ultimately they get sliced up and tortured. No wait... there IS one character with a brain cell who saves herself from getting chainsawed or whatever and ultimately turns into Buffy the Vampire slayer, weilding axes and killing those who tricked her into it. Weak acting (They killed off the only okay actor after 4 minutes), poor plot and bad direction. Avoid at all costs.

• _kelly .

  
  I hate to admit I liked this because I am incensed at the overhyping of Eli Roth. This movie was obviously done by committee, and is thusly better than the first. The first one suffered gigantic pacing and screenplay problems, the likes of which would be disappointing for an… More
  I hate to admit I liked this because I am incensed at the overhyping of Eli Roth. This movie was obviously done by committee, and is thusly better than the first. The first one suffered gigantic pacing and screenplay problems, the likes of which would be disappointing for an intentional B movie, in addition to being 13 million miles from the benchmark gore piece it was hailed as. But to get on to this movie, it is a tightly edited rendition of a new wave exploitation flick with characters we can actually emote for, and a storyline that actually matches our investment in the characters. I think in today's world, gore is about real quality AND innovation, as in "this is the first time someone was shown being killed that way, and really well too" or "that's a really good version of an archetypal ubergore kill scene". I like our main character, I can believe that she and her friends are real people. I also get a tremendous sense of the psychology of the two American clients. Combining these two factors, the conclusion is a great culmination of my emotional and intellectual investment. And it's funny at just the right times, and not funny but genuinely scary (this didn't happen in the first movie) during some crucial scenes. A nice gorefest; if you can tolerate that oxymoronic summation, then you may like this movie.

• Ken S

  
  Part black comedy, part satire and part horror film. A whole lot of fun, but not for everybody

• Dean !

  
  There are a lot of mixed reviews for this. Some saying it is better than the first, a slight majority disagreeing. It is still very bloody, gorey and has a bit of torture in it but to a lesser extent of the first. In that respect it is similar to the first but this time with three… More
  There are a lot of mixed reviews for this. Some saying it is better than the first, a slight majority disagreeing. It is still very bloody, gorey and has a bit of torture in it but to a lesser extent of the first. In that respect it is similar to the first but this time with three girls. I'm glad this does follow on from the first and is the same Hostel. At first I thought this might be set in a totally different place to the first. The only real problem is after the first it's all a bit predictable, especially who will be killed etc. It doesn't quite have that raw edge of the first that made it a bit more believable. Overall if you liked the first this pretty much more of the same if not as gritty.

• Lafe F

  
  A smart and high-quality sequel. It's quite shocking and violent, but is a whole lot of fun. There's plenty of black humour. The numerous killings are grisly and realistic; sometimes hard to watch. Some deaths have to be seen to be believed! It kicks everything up a notch,… More
  A smart and high-quality sequel. It's quite shocking and violent, but is a whole lot of fun. There's plenty of black humour. The numerous killings are grisly and realistic; sometimes hard to watch. Some deaths have to be seen to be believed! It kicks everything up a notch, plus has many fun jabs at the original. It has fresh perspectives with girl victims and more background scenes with the hunting club. I liked the auction scene and the return of the kid gang. The escape from the dungeon was a bit hard to believe. Not recommended for most human-beings.

• Lady D

  
  Hostel 2 viewed more as a decent teen scary movie to me than a worthy sequel. With the intensity taken out of it, it was rather predictable and a lot less of an authentic feel than the first. It was always going to be hard to keep the same standard as the first, but if you watch… More
  Hostel 2 viewed more as a decent teen scary movie to me than a worthy sequel. With the intensity taken out of it, it was rather predictable and a lot less of an authentic feel than the first. It was always going to be hard to keep the same standard as the first, but if you watch it as a film in it's own right, you won't be disappointed.

• Adam M

  
  The first is more deep than sick & critics are starting to admit it. 2 agitates but ends up a blood fest, w/ no sense of consequences in the blood

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