Hostel: Part II

Director Roth has accomplished the near impossible with Hostel: Part II: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to a film already considered something of a classic by genre aficionados, one that supersedes its predecessor's sadistic entertainment quotient by orders of magnitude while also upstaging its own outrageous gore effects with a script that's smart, vicious, and occasionally, gleefully subversive.

While the sequel isn't as unrelentingly gory as the original, there are still rivers of blood.

Given its premise, it's hard for any Hostel sequel to be little more than a rehash.

A decent second chapter in the tourist horror saga.

A suspenseless rehash.

Fails in what amounts to its only distinct purpose: to smugly push the envelope of depravity farther than anyone else.

You live in a free country, you put up with crud like Hostel Part II. It truly is crud, though.

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Hostel 2 is better than the original. I didn't like the original. The only reason I saw this was because of Lauren German (famous for Lucifer). This part was more enjoyable and the story although almost same as first, was more detailed and properly paced. In this part, director's work was better. Not great, but better than the original. Like the original, this part also had problem with the music. Movie like this needs a good background music that helps to create spooky environment but sound team did nothing good to contribute in the movie. The cast and their performance was little bit better than the original cast. Overall, you can give it a try. You may enjoy it especially if you are a slasher fan.

Hostel: Part II leaves off at almost the exact point the first one ends and has an awesome opening scene. Last time it was the boys, this time the girls go on vacation. Once again I loved the gore and the scary story, however this ends quite differently from the first one, and too be honest I really didn't like what they did. If this is indeed just a continuation of the story of the hostel, then they could have done a lot better job closing it out. The rushed, lazy ending really left me with a bad taste in mouth. For the most part thou, Hostel: Part II is every bit as scary and disgusting as the first. If you liked the first one, you'll like this one too.

A marginal improvement over the first, but still not saying much. The characters are slightly less annoying than the ones in the first film, and they give you more insight this time around with the group that is behind the killings. Some of the scenes of violence with torture felt less disturbing than the first one. They certainly toned down the goriness, sometimes opting to do the violence off camera. They also toned down the sex and nudity. There was very little suspense or buildup. The ending involved some instant character transformations that made zero sense, and I thought some scenes had been cut from the movie. Very jarring, and confusing. It felt like they were trying too hard to have a Saw like twist at the end, but it was just poorly done. Seemed very rushed. Very little to no character development, and a pretty forgettable gore flick.

In short, a repetition of the first film. All I can say is, those who enjoyed the first film, or those who are hardcore horror fans, will probably find the film alright. I, on the other hand, did not.