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Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/28/2008 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Ur
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With repulsion levels at least comparable to Cannibal Holocaust, Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast, and other gory slasher landmarks, Eli Roth's Hostel 2 reconfigures ideas of violence to test how down and dirty a horror film can get. The film raises the stakes, leaving those who wish to make a sicker film out in the lurch for the time being. This sequel, like the first Hostel, is set in and around a Slovakian factory where European students are kidnapped, tortured, and killed by rich businessmen who pay enormous sums to experience death firsthand. An international elite, all tattooed with a bulldog insignia, bid on young people to slaughter in a mob-organized, high-end, sex-slave trade catering to those with a death fetish. In Hostel 2, three girls from Rome, Beth (Laura German), Whitney (Bijou Phillips), and Lorna (Heather Matarazzo), are lured to Slovakia by a sultry, vampiric hottie (Vera Jordonova) who modeled for them in figure drawing class. Sidetracked and disoriented by some Pagan Slovakian festivals and luxurious hot springs, the girls slip away one by one, until the film moves inside the torture chambers. One client sits in a bathtub beneath her victim, who she slices with a scythe to bathe in blood, Elizabeth Bathory-style. Body parts fly as clients entering the facilities select their weapons of choice in a room full of knives, power tools, and rubber clothing. As ridiculous as it sounds, haunting soundtrack and cinematography set a disturbing mood. Morbid humor, for example when a chainsaw unplugs centimeters from a victim's face, pays homage to Hostel 2's schlocky predecessors. Fortunately, one survivor remains, providing an ounce of vengeful, and sexy, satisfaction. As in the best exploitation films, gratuitous sex and violence are the norm here. What will be a warning to some to avoid this gruesome movie will be to others a cue to head straight to the theater. --Trinie Dalton
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Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
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User Comments About Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
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BETTER THAN EXPECTED! NOT NEARLY AS GORY AS IT'S REPUTATION!
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Hostel II has been labeled one of the goriest films ever made, but it's really a self parody that is pretty entertaining. Today, new horror fans have a new terror, it's the rich self absorbed A-Hole who is bored with his life and wants to torture and kill innocent people.why. because he can. It also sports one of the most shocking(and funny) endings I've ever seen.
The unrated DVD has an excellent transfer and some interesting extras. I don't think we need a part 3 in this franchise, but this one is worth a look.if you like this sort of thing. Oh there is some gore for sure, but nothing like I imagined there would be. The subject matter alone in a shocking setting and there in always tension in the air because you don't know when something really messed up in about to happen.
Forget the misunderstood variety, like Frankenstein's monster, forget the Atomic bomb causing bugs to grow to enormous size and forget the relentless slashing madmen, like Michael Myers. There's a new monster in horror. I probably would hate both of these 'Hostel' films, but between all the nasty stuff there is a keen sense of wit that flows through both films.
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The beginning of that film was what I'd call pointless drivel, up until we were exposed to a dark world and a vicious, unnerving ending. Hostel: Part II opens just as we left the ending of the first film, and there's a really interesting opening, which actually builds up a half-decent tension and shows us a bit more about the mechanics of what's happening.
However, once we get into the ending, the entire thing takes a twist and goes from being nearly subtle into being more sudden, dumb and even attempts some kind of humor. This edition of the film is pretty good, at the very least decent.
What bothers me is the inconsistency - Eli Roth can't seem to deliver an entire horror film or an entire comedy from start to finish. Hostel is not a complete failure, it just needs to stay grounded somehow, because it always digresses in different directions.
There are features beyond the regular promotional segments, and it even goes beyond the film itself into the history of torture in general. My problem with the first Hostel was the exact opposite.
The "pay-off" does not live up to the first hour of the film, it's just absurd, and a lot more disappointing than funny.
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Bottom line, Enjoyable flick, not as groundbreaking as the first entry.
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If you liked the movie, this should be a definite buy. Roth was in an awkward position with this movie, since everyone allready knew the big plot twist, there was nothing left to shock the audience(other than bringing the blood, which he did). Video and audio quality on the blu disc are nothing short of amazing. Definately not as good as the first film, but still good film making. Bottom line, Enjoyable flick, not as groundbreaking as the first entry.
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Eli Roth wrote these girls so well. The acting was superb from the whole cast. I truly believed these characters, and what drove them to the ultimate goal. It wouldn't be Hostel if the characters don't end up being tortured by the Elite Hunting Club. These guys were so fun to watch.
It was actually pretty funny, but at the same time it had very ominous undertones. This movie shows that money makes the world go around and those who have the money have the power. Brilliant. We get a group of girls being lured this time. He stuck to the story, and added to it. You could truly see what would drive guys like this to commit the ultimate sin.
The girls that do end up getting the nastiness in the factory make these scenes work. Eli Roth used so much symbolism throughout the movie to foreshadow what was coming. The point is that Eli Roth was smart not to try to "one up" himself. Lets face it, everyone that watches Hostel 2 knows exactly what to expect. Friday the 13th has to have Jason Voorhees chopping up horny camp counselors.
Yes that is no surprise. We get an Elite Hunting Club leader added to the story. The thing I am most impressed with about Hostel 2 is the underlying themes of Capitalism. Roth made the smartest decision of all when he decided to continue the storyline started in the first Hostel.
This movie had smarter characters, smarter plot points, and it was executed better. However we also get a few other aspects of the Hostel world. The best addition to Hostel 2 was the two American business men going on their maiden voyage to the factory of torture. We get an upgraded Elite Hunting Club security since the first protagonist took advantage of their weak security. Yes we get torture in the movie.
Hostel 2 however, is a much better movie in my opinion. Too many movies have attempted to do too much with sequals, instead of sticking to what the movie is supposed to be. Also very believable characters. It was thier acting ability that made the scenes real. Director/Writer Eli Roth really put a lot into this movie.
I enjoyed the first Hostel movie due to it's entertainment/shock value. This means that promises of sex will not cut it.
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Not as good as the first one
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Maybe it's because there was more of a mystery surrounding the organization that was responsible for allowing these killings in the first Hostel. Now we get to actually see them do the bidding over these girls. The darkness and suspense that was present in the first film was no longer there. I just didn't think the storyline was as eerie as the first one. It just looked really cheesy to me.
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