Hostel: Part II
Hostel: Part II
R | 08 June 2007 (USA)
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Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.

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Claysaba

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

AshUnow

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Tayloriona

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Mandeep Tyson

The acting in this movie is really good.

Thanos Karagioras

"Hostel: Part II" is a mystery thriller movie and also the sequel of "Hostel" in which we watch two stories, in the first we follow three American women who change their plans from partying and having fun and lured to a Slovakian hostel by a European woman. This woman promised them seclusion, fun, and romance. After a while, they understand that everything was a big lie since they are about to be sold to the highest bidder who can do whatever he wants with them and even kill them. On the other side and in the second story we follow two men who want to pay in order to join this exclusive club where they can do whatever they want with their acquisition. I have to admit that I expected more from this movie due to the success of the first movie. I had also high expectations from this movie because I liked the first very much and I believe that it was a very interesting movie because of the plot and also because it was the first so, I did not know what to expect. Since I have watched the first movie unwittingly I compare it with the sequel of it and I have to say that I was disappointed by it. I liked the direction of Eli Roth's and I believe he did a great job on it for one more time. The cast and their interpretations were below average and I believe that was the worst of this movie.Finally, I believe that "Hostel: Part II" is an interesting movie that everybody can watch just to spend their time. Do not have high expectations from this movie and you won't be disappointed by it and if you have already seen the first movie then don't expect much from it or think that will even reach the first one. I recommend this movie for everyone to see it either you are alone or with company.

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a_chinn

Worthy sequel picks up where the original left off, with the one surviving protagonist of the first film, Jay Hernandez, back in America but still haunted by his ordeal. The film quickly cuts to a new group of ugly Americans abroad, this time a group of girls instead of boys, again with two party girls and one good-girl character. Writer/director Eli Roth wisely doesn't try to simply retell the same story again and he comes up with a smart solution for where to take the story, since the first film already revealed the purpose of "Elite Hunting Club," who offer torture and murder to the rich and powerful, this time taking the audience behind-the-scenes club's operations. Besides following a new group of girls who are target of the club, it also follows two rich guys on their first experience with the hunting club (one full of bluster and the other more mild mannered) along with their build up to their eventual descent into the torture chamber. As you'd expect, the two stories collide, but with quite unexpected results. My main complaint about the sequel is that it doesn't offer anything new thematically, but in terms of suspense and shock value, the film does manage to live up to the original and even exceed the first film in some respects. As with the first film, "Hostel: Part II" does not have wide appeal value and most viewers would find it a repellent endurance test, but if you are part of that narrow band of horror fans who this film does target, "Hostel: Part II" is a must see.

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mistoppi

While Hostel: Part II is very much alike to the first one, there's one main difference. After the first movie people know what is going on. People know what's going on in Hostel and who is torturing the others and all that. So that's why Hostel: Part II has a chance to explore the people killing more than the previous movie, that tried to keep that a mystery for as long as possible. The second movie introduces us to two possible killers and we follow them as we follow the girls we know are going to experience what the guys in the first movie experienced. And while Hostel films are pure horror, it's interesting to see the two possible killers and their personalities - and see the development in the characters. That shows some true writing skills from Eli Roth.Another thing was that the three main characters were female in this film. This offers a lot more plot devices for the story. Now I was worried that the female characters would be the kind of typical horror movie girls, but something about how they were written reminds me of Death Proof. While the genres are different both Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino have proved they can write very interesting women.Also if the viewer has seen the first Hostel movie, the second one isn't as thrilling, because you already know how the system works. Of course there's still the violence and torture that create the horror, but the thrill is gone because you already know. And while you still may be excited to see if the characters are going to survive, it's too easy. Who survives is following the pattern. But the "how" is much more interesting in Hostel: Part II than the first one. Otherwise Hostel: Part II is pretty similar to the first one, and it's hard to not to repeat myself apart from those three key differences that I just pointed out. But the thing is, of course it's similar. I didn't expect it to be different in a major way. Still, Hostel: Part II is just as interesting, even if some of the mystery is gone. While the themes and patterns are similar, there are so many new details that make this one worth watching if you have seen the first Hostel movie.

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Wizard-8

I wasn't exactly a big fan of the first "Hostel" movie, so it probably comes as no surprise (especially when you also consider most sequels are inferior to the original) that this first sequel failed to move me as well. Actually, there is one thing about this sequel that I thought was better that the first movie, and that was with its look. This sequel looks a lot slicker than the first movie, from the cinematography to the sets and location. However, this sequel also takes problems the first movie had and increases them. The movie is agonizingly slow at times - it takes forever for the movie to really start going. Is it worth the wait when the blood starts to fly? I would say no. While there are some gruesome moments, they are few and far between (and I saw the unrated version of the movie!) This is a real boring movie for the most part. Needless to say, after subjecting myself to the first two movies of this series, I am in no mood to check out part three.

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